JANUARY

Audio visualization & album covers for an experiment in music sampling.

In January of 2024 I made a song using a different sample everyday for 8 days. All of my music creation up to this point had been primarily focused on completely original music (with a few exceptions), and I felt as if sampling is almost a different artform entirely that I should explore. I had also taken a break from creating music in my transition from college to full time work, so I thought a week long sampling experiment would help me on both fronts.

I spent around 1-2 hours on each track, forcing myself to not be too much of a perfectionist or worry about details in the mixing, and instead focus on creating a full track that recontextualizes the original artists' songs and instrumentation through my perspective.

Above:
Motion graphic demonstrating how the first track "january 2//agape - nicholas britell" was created from the original sampled song.

Below:
Album covers for each of the songs created during the experiment
1. january 2//agape - nicholas britell
2. january 3//your hand in mine - explosions in the sky
3. january 4//october passed me by - girl in red
4. january 5//sad day - fka twigs
5. january 6//rosyln - st. vincent & bon iver
6. january 7//sospesa - malika ayane
7. january 8//ali - mustafa
8. january 9//cry - cigarettes after sex