"The whole idea of chopping a sample up by either the transient or by the bar beat position was not something that was in the original MPC. It was added because that’s what Pete Rock was doing. He was getting a sample and chopping it up into eighth notes or sixteenth notes. So then the guys that made the MPC said, ‘Oh, well, we can actually add that feature.’ They added it, boom."—Prince Charles Alexander >

Prince Charles freaked the Funk >

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Prince Charles freaked the funk - DJ History

Now that the other Charles is finally King, the only Prince Charles you need to care about is Prince Charles Alexander, he of ’80s Boston electro-funkers the City Beat Band. America’s Prince Charles was an early electronic convert, adopting the Lyricon woodwind synth and a battery of drum machines across his productions. He went on

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Kids sitting at little tables, drinking orange juice and listening to 45s played by a nun, that’s possibly where the seed for The Loft was planted: https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/11/david-mancuso-dj-history-interview #DavidMancuso #TheLoft #NewYork #DjHistory #ElectronicMusicHistory #interview
Interview: David Mancuso

The most influential DJ of all time, David Mancuso, shares his incredible life story in this in-depth DJ History interview.

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