For 2014's Moogfest, an annual five-day festival held in Asheville, NC that features some of the world's most influential electronic artists, a number of Avid live sound systems were chosen to help record and mix the headlining performances.
by Clive Young Long before the mashup became a cultural touchstone, there was Plunderphonics, the brainchild of John Oswald, a Canadian avant garde composer who would create dense musical works by stacking different musical works on top of each other—a process he called "folding." One of his best-known efforts was the 1994-95 composition, Grayfolded, which mixed together 100 live recordings of the Grateful Dead jamming through "Dark Star" in concert.
"I am a bit of a perfectionist. In some instances, having such a short time frame to record helped us get a better live energy and feel, but in other cases, I feel like some of the ballads and other things could have been realized a little bit better. But there is always some of that when you are working at this high level in New York City with one of the best studios and musicians in the world."—Sean Sullivan, From the latest issue of Pro Sound News; want to read more? Click here to subscribe to our free online edition!