Performance: The History Of Electronic Music
EDINBURGH 2024:
I was given a rave-tape in the early 90’s.
It changed my life.
Now, I’m using a sampler to travel through time to share how the tunes on that tape came about.
The talk begins 40,000 years ago, yet oddly, it’s not boring.
You will discover:
What’s the first ever instrument (that wasn’t a drum)?
Who started sampling in the 1940’s?
What was found in a Chicago pawn shop, that changed music forever?
What’s the most sampled, sample?
It took 40,000 years to make a rave-tape. Find out why.
– Vinney (DJ PixelFace)
'Gloriously bonkers'
DJ, Comedian, Podcaster.
30 years of DJing on and off-air. Known for banging trance on a Thai beach.
More often: Playing Abba at a wedding in Worthing.
“I laughed a lot. I learnt a lot. I realised how much I didn’t know about music. I re-lived some of the 1990s (the good bits) and I had a bloomin good night.”
– Polly, London.
“Excellent, just excellent”. Thouroghly recommend”
– FatBoy Slim, Brighton Festival.
Show
Minutes of learning/laughs
Years of history
Facts. Nearly all true.