gesellschaft zur emanzipation des samples: anthology of american pop music

Six great pop standards remembered: five pop songs are dissected by sampler, stretched, compressed, and re-collaged. In this way, their identity is lost. What remains is a vague concreteness: flashes of déjà vu and remote echoes that evoke the original. GES (Gesellschaft zur Emanzipation des Samples) active members: Helmut Schmidt, Jan Jelinek. Founded: 2009. Headquarters: Federal Court of Justice, Karlsruhe, Germany. Concepts and people of interest and influence: Bundesgerichtshof (German Federal Court of Justice), Karlsruhe, Circulations, emancipation of sampling, field recording, gambling, Kraftwerk, Marcel Duchamp, Orecchio di Dionisio, sampling, uguisubari, wind, Zwischen (Between). Includes download code.