I've only read the first page of this thread, but I consider most electronic musicians to be composers. Sampling is one of the best things that has happened to music in recent times (in my opinion). Instead of working exclusively with an instrument, you can take sounds (from off your street, the internet, from another country), work with it, and use it in a composition. Hell, you can take sounds of sex (something extremely personal) and turn it into music.
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