The American composer Steve Reich started using tape !oops !n his music during the 1960s, and these seminal works have provided sampling ideas for a new generation of hip-hop, ambient and house producers. Last year. with the backing of the composer, a group of British.
Japanese and American DJs each contributed versions of their favourite
Reich pieces for a remix album on the Nonesuch label Mark Russell and Robert Sandall take a closer look at the project and talk to the British DJs involved, including Howie B. D*Note. Andrea Parker and Coidcut.