ufoclub said:

there's something new of hers out any time now (well not new obviously)

This music still being on the site (and the site having become an odd piece of contemporary/conceptual art), i realize how much i loved this little ambient loop from day one.

This kind of weird but clever experimental things is EXACTLY what I'd love Prince to do next!!!

erik319 said:

IT'S NOT DELIA DELBYSHIRE!!! It's Roger Limb, another english electronic composerfrom the same era and for some reason it ended up being credited to Delia on the bootleg that "revealed" it to us.

And the CD Prince used was a sounds-databank CD anyone could purchase and use without paying additionnal fees or having to credit anyone. It's possible that Limb wasn't even credited on this CD for all we know.

databank said:

Ambiant music is not clever or experimental.....it is shit!

Thanks databank and Disciple for the info.

I seem to have missed that discussion.

I remember from the HQ days that someone posted the 'discovery' and linked to a place where you could grab the file (long before it was included on Wow!) and it was credited to Derbyshire.

Not into incidental music, so I knew nothing about Derbyshire or Limb.

Regarding Prince's use of it, even if it's 'available-for-whomever' music I think we're not discussing birds chirping or water rushing from some 'sound efects' cd. It's a piece of music and I think Prince -who's always boasting about his originality and anal about credits- shouldn't have used it for the intro of a song and album.

vitriol said:

Its all part of his little Piped Piper deception.. to keep you coming back for more

Its an ambient noise and effects, used to support some poetry - it was licenced for use in other peoplems compositions.....what the hell is the problem? Musicians use a massive resource for sounds - why should sounds other people have created be precluded? that's ludicrous. should we extend the logic and say "hey, you didn't invent the piano, so you can't use it's sounds!"

Its just as crazy as your suggestion. Did Prince use this supposed music as a melody? Did he base the song Eye Know around the piece? No! After the poetry intro, ita an entirely original and inventive song. So, what is your problem? Why on earth would you get your knickers in such a twist about this?

I'm holding out for a CD of whale sounds or maybe panpipes.

:fingers crossed:

As for "Ambient Loop", i kinda like it in a weird way. It reminds me of being up at some stupid time in the morning registering for the site and watching it load for the first time and wondering what was there.

Ahhhhh good times.

Militant said:

I'm just glad someone else knows how to spell "ambient".

ernestsewell said:

I was the best speller in my primary school. Sadly we in the UK don't have any sort of spelling bee competitions like you guys, so I had no opportunity to kick any ass.

As for "Ambient Loop", i kinda like it in a weird way. It reminds me of being up at some stupid time in the morning registering for the site and watching it load for the first time and wondering what was there.

Ahhhhh good times.

vitriol said:

Its an ambient noise and effects, used to support some poetry - it was licenced for use in other peoplems compositions.....what the hell is the problem? Musicians use a massive resource for sounds - why should sounds other people have created be precluded? that's ludicrous. should we extend the logic and say "hey, you didn't invent the piano, so you can't use it's sounds!"

Its just as crazy as your suggestion. Did Prince use this supposed music as a melody? Did he base the song Eye Know around the piece? No! After the poetry intro, ita an entirely original and inventive song. So, what is your problem? Why on earth would you get your knickers in such a twist about this?

vitriol said:

Its an ambient noise and effects, used to support some poetry - it was licenced for use in other peoplems compositions.....what the hell is the problem? Musicians use a massive resource for sounds - why should sounds other people have created be precluded? that's ludicrous. should we extend the logic and say "hey, you didn't invent the piano, so you can't use it's sounds!"

Its just as crazy as your suggestion. Did Prince use this supposed music as a melody? Did he base the song Eye Know around the piece? No! After the poetry intro, ita an entirely original and inventive song. So, what is your problem? Why on earth would you get your knickers in such a twist about this?

The sound is from the Motif keyboard/rack. I have the rack and was going through sounds one day and came across it... no alterations at all... someone just pressed one key for a long time and there you have it....

loveu2the9ss said:

I think we have a winner.
It's NOT a Prince composition.

Mindflux said:

Well, if you weren't going to contribute with an answer to what I was asking, I wonder why you didn't save everybody your empty dissent.

loveu2the9ss said:

I think we have a winner.
It's NOT a Prince composition.

dannyd5050 said:

No - its a sound on a keyboard. And a sound on a keyboard is not a compostion. A composition is an arrangement of sounds in a musical order. So, what's your point?

Mindflux said:

My point if anyone thinks that Prince produced this "sound" then they're wrong, smart ass.

dannyd5050 said:

Likewise he didn't "produce" the sound of a trumpet. Again, what's your point?

Mindflux said:

My POINT IS Prince did not CREATE this AMBIENT NOISE!! Some people think he did. It's a freakin' keyboard sound!

dannyd5050 said:

You mean just like what I said to you earlier when you said it wasn't a prince composition? why are you repeating back to me what I said to you?

you seem a little confused. there there - its ok.....its just a keyboard sound (which, in case you missed it, is MY point - in that, what are you getting so worked up about who "invented" the sound.....how is it at all relevant?)