"riversitter" is a little of a peculiarity, in that it uses an unintended set of samples! early in the process, i accidentally opened a folder of samples from my personal listening collection instead of the main set of dance radio samples i've been working with. i only caught it once many of the early samples were set, and the river rushed from there!

it also includes quite a few samples from jewish nationalist dance music. for me, this song offers an alternative to that nationalist music, retooling those samples for a different story of community -- one that doesn't sing of "one people, one song" or a single collective goal.

covering "the riversitter (after dave eggers)" by vienna teng

samples used:
marshmello feat. bastille - happier
the chainsmokers feat. rozes - roses
lady gaga (prod. redone) - scheiße
audien feat. deb's daughter - crazy love
alma (prod. shawn wasabi) - nightmare
xu mengyuan - ted-x chengdu presentation
blue scholars - the ave
james hype and kim petras - drums

and, because no academic work is complete without quoting its opposition:
ari goldwag (prod. ian freitor) - am echad
beri weber (prod. naftali schnitzler) - yachad