Looping in action

Laura David Ford is a 30-year old English musician who uses a technique that records snippets of music and loops them over and over, piling more and more layers of music on top. He uses technoloqy that allows him to selectively stop recording loops in order that he can sing some vocals. By the end of the song it sounds as if he has an entire studio of musicians playing behind him. This particular video was shot live in one take as he wanders through a Brooklyn recording studio, and is quite impressive.

Predictably, being the Interwebs and all, commenters on YouTube are arguing whether the video was faked or for real. In this interview Ford explains that it is definitely real, and was the last of four complete takes shot.

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