Vadim in the Mix

dj mixes = aural psychogeographies through the archives of recorded sound history.

but, just as boards of canada now reproduces the sound of grainy seventies film soundtracks such as those commissioned by canada's national film board (nfb), and hip hop artists like the roots reintroduce the sound of dust-and-groove-induced vinyl lp static on digital tracks, so too will future artists reproduce the sounds of the machines that record and represent contemporary sound histories — such as the flat, tinny sound of bass-induced vibration heard on mass-produced computer speakers when turned up a little too loudly.

thus the dj mix can offer not only an aural psychogeography of the archival audio content for one or many cultures, but also an aural psychogeography of the borderlinks between form of communication and mechanical reproduction technique.

all of which is another way of stating that the medium is the message is the medium.