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From:
Mathias Verraes
To:
IDM
Date:
Fri, 13 Jun 1997 18:27:49 +0200
Subject:
Re: (idm) ScannerOnCNN
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I've got his latest album, 'Deliviry'. The music is pretty cool, though probably not idm, but when you realise your actually listening to other people's private conversation, it's great. ------------------------------------------------------- M a t h i a s V e r r a e s ET.phone.home@ThePentagon.com To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And, at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between, plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing." This is truth, to me. ------------------------------------------------------- chall@leonardo.net wrote:
quoted 15 lines So, this afternoon, CNN ran a story on the works of SCANNER.> So, this afternoon, CNN ran a story on the works of SCANNER. > I think he was in New York. Anyway he was performing for a small crowd > and describing what he does. Basically, sampling telephone > conversations via a scanner, then accompanying the manipulated sample > with atmospheric noises and melodies. > Scanner was pretty hip, and an interesting character. > They asked him about the law forbidding the broadcasting or distribution > of intercepted phone conversations. He countered that he was very > careful to manipulate any samples to render them harmless. (Pitch > shifting, distorting, etc.) > > I've got to hear his stuff....sounds cool. > I know Nichole Blackman is a fan...whatever that means. > > C