Gulliver’s Travels – Om. From 1971 Was A Pioneering Plunderphonics Album That Redefined Sampling

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Long before sampling became a mainstream production tool, Gulliver’s Travels – Om. (1971) pushed the boundaries of sound, weaving together fragments of existing recordings to create something entirely new. Considered by some as the first plunderphonics album, it laid the groundwork for a genre built on sonic collage, decades before artists like John Oswald, The […]

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Longer pre-film ads ‘wasting time’ of frustrated cinema fans

In past decade, pre-film reels have extended to about 25 minutes for ads and trailers, according to experts

Movie buffs already lamenting the length of time it takes to get to the start of a film might be disappointed to learn pre-cinema ads are getting longer.

Over the past 10 years, adverts for products and brands have taken up a larger proportion of pre-film reels in cinemas, according to experts.