quoted 4 lines (the scratch was allegedly invented in 1977...Cage> (the scratch was allegedly invented in 1977...Cage
> died in 1992), so I'm sure he at least was aware
> of hip hop DJing, at least in its not-so-incredible
> 80s form. I wish I could remember stuff.quoted 1 line I'm pretty sure that Cage wouldn't have been particularly down with>I'm pretty sure that Cage wouldn't have been particularly down with
hip-hop.
well, I was that the Kitchen Center for the Arts in the early '80's.
Cage and his partner, Merce Cunningham, were in the audience. At
some point there was some DJ (I forget who it was) armed with only a
couple turntables who was creating a wild collage of beats and
non-musical sounds. And Cage was absolutely delighted, I saw him turn
to Merce with a big, amused grin on his face.
so...I don't know if he would neccesarily been into hiphop as a
whole, but there was clearly a moment where he was discovering and
digging turntablism.
also, as far as it being "not-so-incredible"...I don't know, you
shouldn't go by what hit records came out during that period. There
were people doing pretty interesting stuff with turntables by the
early '80's. the reason Cage might have been intrigued by it at that
particular point was that it was evolving very quickly and it was
surprising.
kurt
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