During my 2020 residency at the Library of Congress, I developed Citizen DJ (https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/) to invite the public to make hip hop music using free-to-use sounds in the Library’s vast collections. During this time I also created my own album using Citizen DJ which remixes a Library collection called Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies (https://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/about-this-collection/) which contains early sound recordings on Edison Diamond Discs published between 1912 and 1929.

This track  samples "Allah's holiday" by Rudolf Friml (1879-1972), Eugene Jaudas (performer), and Jaudas' Society Orchestra (performer) published in 1917. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694027/

The full album: https://soundcloud.com/functionfoo/sets/some-tracks-from-the-stacks

Some Tracks from the Stacks - 03 Secular Holiday

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Some Tracks from the Stacks - 03 Secular Holiday

Brian Foo