My good pal Owen recently gave me a collection of about 180 CDs as he had digitised them and wanted to free up space. What do you do with all this new music? Well, it seemed to me that the best way to get to grips was to construct a plunderphonics set from them.
It's a massive haul covering noise, hip-hop, contemporary composition, jazz, industrial, and much more. Plunderphonics (or, as John Oswald called it, "Audio Piracy as Compositional Prerogative") seems very in keeping with the vibe.
The rules were simple:
1) Use a sample from every single album,
2) No other sources can be used, and
3) Other than chopping and volume, no effects on the samples.
In some ways, this is a lot of the music that inspired our hip-hop duo, Sileni. So, consider this a Sileni DJ mix. It just happens to be the most demented DJ mix ever.
Contrary to the title, this debut LP from Melbourne producer Megadead leans heavily on instrumental hip-hop fusion and plunderphonics. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 8, 2021
A wild and surrealistic trip from the great Ursula's Cartridges, this tape goes from slow-moving funk to bananas brightly colored pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 28, 2025
Giddy music that could easily score a playful Nintendo game, these are bright, chirpy melodies designed to bring a smile. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 3, 2023
Colin Andrew Sheffield (Elevator Bath) repurposes heavily manipulated jazz samples into gorgeously eerie soundscapes. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 20, 2023
Megadead offers a set of meditative, carefully constructured experimental pieces that capture a longing for escapism. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 24, 2023
Using A.I., synths, and samples, “by clicking you agree” presents a brain-melting collage of sounds that is wonderfully disorienting. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 20, 2021