On 24 Oct 1996 phaakmat@marketique.nl wrote:
quoted 2 lines What's the point in layering loops? After hearing each loop once,> What's the point in layering loops? After hearing each loop once,
> well, you can just recreate the entire piece in your head.
This is a problem? (A problem with the *music*, I mean.)
quoted 5 lines It's just> It's just
> addition/subtraction. If there is no progression over time other than
> this layering thing, well, then I'd just as rather not waste time
> sitting through the entire composition where it fundamentally exists
> of a twenty second loop.
I disagree with you 100% about this. Such a composition does *not*
"fundamentally exist" as only a 20 second loop. In effect, what you're
saying is that meaning in music can only be found in pitch and rhythm
structures--either that repetition has no effect on the listener, or that
this effect is totally insignificant. I like the effect of repetition; if
you don't in this case, that's your opinion, but to reduce a
repetition-driven musical process to just a short loop... I can't see how
that assertion is anything other than simply incorrect.
quoted 3 lines But the Ae-music is so superficial.. It does not, at any one time,> But the Ae-music is so superficial.. It does not, at any one time,
> seem to demand anything. It's just feel-good thumps and moans and
> groans.
You have your opinion; in *mine*, I'd rather hear "feel-good thumps..."
etc. than *self-consciously* demanding music. Most days of the week,
anyway. To me, in fact, "just feel-good" music is *more valuable* and
*more meaningful* than, what should we call it, "profound" music. Or, I
can't stand profundity unless it also makes me feel good. If you want to
see that as superficial, you're welcome to, but I'll still think you're
dead wrong about it! J
PS Ironically, the first time I heard Autechre, I thought it wasn't
feel-good *enough*, but that was quite a while ago, well before "Tri
Repetae"... perhaps I should give that one a listen...
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