Closer to the Edit

Richie Hawtins 2001 album named DE9: Closer to the Edit got me thinking about producing. I stumbled across this on the web a while ago and it made me think.

"After recording, sampling, cutting, and splicing over 100 tracks down to their most basic components, I ended up with a collection of over 300 loops, ranging in length from 1 note to 4 bars. I then started to recreate and reinterpret each track, putting the pieces back together as if an audio jigsaw puzzle- using effects and edits in between each piece. This 53 minute piece, consisting of over 70 tracks and 31 ID points, represents what those loops became, and how their interactions created something that had not existed before."

Richie Hawtin

This is something that has given me ideas for producing, I always struggle with arrangement but I have a few loops I've made myself. I am going to strip them down even more to there basic components and try to make a small mix using simple edits in the same vein as Richie Hawtin to see if my work will flow better!