I discovered this documentary from Stones Throw, who created a project titled Second Hand Sure Shots, in ode to crate-digging culture and everything that surrounds it. Explained as this “
SECONDHAND SURESHOTS: an experiment in creative sound recycling
This dublab documentary film by the dublab creative collective features four amazing, LA-based beat makers in a secret mission to create new musical magic from the dusty remains of thrift store vinyl.
Featuring artists
Daedelus
J.Rocc
Nobody
Ras G
I found interesting the way they think about vinyl and their process and studios as a ritual space for them. Similar to my own, and their attitudes when crate digging, what they have heard before and what they know just from looking. I also learnt a lot from them about crate digging and what to look out for. Sometimes the cover, what year it is, what the instruments, any famous musicians?
The idea for this project is that four sample-based artists go crate digging spend $4 and go home and make an instrumental only using the samples on these records. Musical recycling, after each going digging and not listening to the record, buying it, taking it home, and making an instrumental, it then got repressed into 4 exclusive records that used the artwork from all the others, and when combined they became one big cover. The artists returned the newly created record back from where they went digging to get the originals. Beautiful, completely dadaism in my opinion. Anti art, anti-consumerism and completely going against copyright culture, to release and make for the sake of it. Give back to culture!
I want to try to do this, buy 4 records at £1 each, only purchase from what it looks like and then create an instrumental from it. Super dope.