A purely conceptual "song," wherein Tundra compiled over 1000 different samples into one, 58 second track. In 2002, for Pitchfork, he wrote, "I wanted to make the piece of music with the most samples of other peoples' records ever. I have no idea if I succeeded, but there are over 1000 different recordings compressed into a minute. Needless to say, it took a few weeks. I worked my way through a pile of records, choosing percussion sounds and making sure for all other sounds that the turntable was adjusted so that the song I was 'sampling' from would be … read more
A purely conceptual "song," wherein Tundra compiled over 1000 different samples into one, 58 second track. In 2002, for Pitchfork, he wrote… read more
A purely conceptual "song," wherein Tundra compiled over 1000 different samples into one, 58 second track. In 2002, for Pitchfork, he wrote, "I wanted to make the piece of… read more
Max Tundra, real name Ben Jacobs, is an English multi-instrumental musician, singer and music producer. His work is predominantly electronic music but incorporates non-electronic styles and instruments. Jacobs was born in the United Kingdom and grew up taking piano lessons, but mostly enjoyed playing television theme songs and music from adverts. As a teenager, he bought a Commodore Amiga 500 and began exploring electronic music with it. He still uses this 1985 computer to this day, but only for sequencing. The sounds on Max Tundra's records come from a wide variety of sources… read more
Max Tundra, real name Ben Jacobs, is an English multi-instrumental musician, singer and music producer. His work is predominantly electronic music but incorporates non-electronic styles and… read more
Max Tundra, real name Ben Jacobs, is an English multi-instrumental musician, singer and music producer. His work is predominantly electronic music but incorporates non-electronic styles and instruments. Jacobs was born in the United K… read more