Martin Edwards
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Back in 1999, Venetian producer Cristiano Spiller released an instrumental track called Groovejet, presumably so-called because it features a prominent "jet effect" at various points.
The distinct sound of a close passing jet comes from the varying time delay between the waves we hear directly from the engines and those reflected off the ground, plus of course Doppler shift. Early digital decks like the classic Pioneer CDJ-100S encouraged the use of the same phase difference technique as an effect in music.
The following year, a vocal version of Groovejet became an international hit. From what I recall, the singer was largely uncredited and indeed unknown at the time: Sophie Ellis-Bextor. It wasn't until 2001 that she released her breakthrough singles Take Me Home and Murder on the Dancefloor.
Groovejet also has a unique place in tech history, as Steven Levy recalled in a 2006 article for Wired: "In August [2001], the team [developing the iPod at Apple] finally got one of the physical prototypes to play a song. A group of people working late at night took turns listening on a set of headphones from someone's old Sony Walkman. That first song, by the way, was Spiller's 'Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)'."
https://youtu.be/9mQ2MuDAKro
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