The Wired CD: Ripped. Sampled. Mashed. Shared.
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In 2005, Creative Commons
and Wired Magazine launched The Fine Art of Sampling Contest in which contestants sampled the tracks from The Wired CD
to create their own composition. The top winning entries were subsequently compiled onto a CD
entitled The Wired CD: Ripped. Sampled. Mashed. Shared.
The following is the Press Release from Creative Commons:
The WIRED CD was the first major compilation of music free to sample and share under Creative Commons' "some rights reserved" copyright
. The groundbreaking album features tracks from the Beastie Boys
, David Byrne
, Zap Mama
, My Morning Jacket
, Spoon
, Gilberto Gil
, Dan the Automator
, Thievery Corporation
, Le Tigre
, Paul Westerberg
, Fine Arts Militia featuring Chuck D
, The Rapture
, Cornelius
, Danger Mouse & Jemini
, DJ Dolores, and Matmos
.
Entrants in the Fine Art of Sampling Contests were challenged with sampling or mashing up the WIRED tracks to produce new works judged on their originality, incorporation of the sampled songs, and technical merit. The contests included two categories of competition, the winners of which appear below.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
and Wired Magazine launched The Fine Art of Sampling Contest in which contestants sampled the tracks from The Wired CD
The Wired CD
The Wired CD is an album that was released in 2004 as a collaborative effort between Wired magazine, Creative Commons, and sixteen musicians and groups. The Wired CD was distributed inside the front cover of the November 2004 issue of Wired, which also featured a variety of interviews and bios of...
to create their own composition. The top winning entries were subsequently compiled onto a CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
entitled The Wired CD: Ripped. Sampled. Mashed. Shared.
The following is the Press Release from Creative Commons:
- "CREATIVE COMMONS ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF "THE FINE ART OF SAMPLING CONTESTS
- Music Fans Sampled The Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Dangermouse, Le Tigre, My Morning Jacket, the Fine Arts Militia featuring Chuck D, and Others to Win Spot on New CDs!
- SAN FRANCISCO, USA -- March 8th, 2005 -- The most prominent experiment in free culture reached yet another milestone today with the announcement of the winners of the Fine Art of Sampling Contests. The contests, run by Creative Commons, the innovative nonprofit dedicated to expanding the range of creative and intellectual works that are free to build upon and share, were based upon the original WIRED CD -- Rip. Sample. Mash. Share., released in the November 2004 issue of WIRED Magazine."
The WIRED CD was the first major compilation of music free to sample and share under Creative Commons' "some rights reserved" copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
. The groundbreaking album features tracks from the Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
, David Byrne
David Byrne (musician)
David Byrne is a musician and artist, best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography,...
, Zap Mama
Zap Mama
Zap Mama is a Belgian musical group founded and led by Marie Daulne. Daulne says her mission is to be a bridge between the European and the African and bring the two cultures together with her music...
, My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket is an American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky.The band consists of Jim James , Tom 'Two-Tone Tommy' Blankenship , Patrick Hallahan , Carl Broemel , and Bo Koster .-History:My Morning Jacket was...
, Spoon
Spoon (band)
Spoon is an American rock band formed in Austin, Texas. The band is composed of Britt Daniel ; Jim Eno ; Rob Pope and Eric Harvey .-History:...
, Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment...
, Dan the Automator
Dan the Automator
Daniel M. Nakamura , better known by the stage name Dan the Automator, is a Japanese-American hip hop producer. He founded the record label 75 Ark, which was distributed by Tommy Boy Records during its short existence....
, Thievery Corporation
Thievery Corporation
Thievery Corporation is a Washington, D.C. based recording artist and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza, Eric Hilton, and their supporting artists, including current drummer Jeff Franca...
, Le Tigre
Le Tigre
Le Tigre is an American electroclash band, formed by Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman in 1998. It also featured Sadie Benning from 1998 until 2001, and JD Samson for the rest of the group's run...
, Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg is an American musician, best known as the former lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal alternative rock bands of the 1980s. He launched a solo career after the dissolution of that band...
, Fine Arts Militia featuring Chuck D
Chuck D
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour , better known by his stage name, Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer. He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the mid-1980s as the leader of the rap group Public Enemy.- Early life :Ridenhour was born in Queens, New York...
, The Rapture
The Rapture (band)
The Rapture is an Indie rock band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock, pioneering the post-punk revival genre...
, Cornelius
Cornelius
Cornelius is a Roman family name and a masculine given name. It could be derived from Latin cornu "horn". People, places and things named Cornelius include:-Surname:...
, Danger Mouse & Jemini
Jemini the Gifted One
Jemini the Gifted One , better known as Jemini, is a rapper from Brooklyn who has worked with DJ Danger Mouse, most notably on the rap/pop album Ghetto Pop Life...
, DJ Dolores, and Matmos
Matmos
Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo originally from San Francisco but now residing in Baltimore signed to the Matador Records label. M. C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on their records and in their performances, including...
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Entrants in the Fine Art of Sampling Contests were challenged with sampling or mashing up the WIRED tracks to produce new works judged on their originality, incorporation of the sampled songs, and technical merit. The contests included two categories of competition, the winners of which appear below.
The Freestyle Mix Contest
WIRED Magazine music editors and contributors chose eleven winners to appear on the forthcoming, Creative Commons-produced WIRED CD—Ripped. Sampled. Mashed. Shared. The winning tracks were:- "Bored on Your Backside" by Trifonic
- "counterfeit funk (the open source conspiracy)" by jsn http://www.myspace.com/jsn
- "My Fair Hiphop (Challenge Mix)" by VEGO featuring DJ AKA
- "Dangerouse" by Ashwan http://ccmixter.org/files/ashwan/406
- "dislocation" by Sllid
- "freemix-simplemix" by Cezary OstrowskiCezary OstrowskiCezary Maciej Ostrowski is a Polish composer, musician, songwriter, author, visual artist and journalist....
- "hiphop holiday (stoner rap mix)" by Short Faced Bear
- "Gil's Zapture Loop" by megabuzz
- "out of my way" by Prof. m.Stereo
- "Revolve" by hisboyelroy
- "Beatgorilla's 28 grams Remix" by Pat Chilla The Beat Gorilla