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4 unusual facts about William Sheller


Deltron 3030

Many samples originated with the contemporary French classical composer William Sheller.

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William Sheller (born 1946), French classical composer and singer

William Sheller

He left school at 16 to study composition with teacher Yves Margat (himself a student of Gabriel Fauré) and later harmony, fugue and counterpoint at the Paris conservatoire.

The "Introit" from his Lux æterna (1972) was heavily sampled for the title track from Deltron 3030 (2000), produced by Dan the Automator.



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