Out of clips of musicians downloaded from YouTube, Israeli musician Kutiman (Ophir Kutiel) cut and mixed more than a hundred performances into original music. As Sasha Frere-Jones put it: “total strangers collaborating on what sound like live songs”.  Hear the album and watch the videos (with attribution) at thru-you.com.  

In Track #8 “About”, you can watch some of Kutiman’s inspiring process:

Hear more of Kutiman’s music here.

via The New Yorker Magazine 4/6/09; Thanks, David!

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