one of the guys in the Gescom crew told me they did a gig using this
technique in manchester ... like ten guys in labcoats with bandages over
their faces playing minidiscs of random snippets of top 40 radio hits for
45 minutes.
high concept art.
josh
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On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, ed wrote:
quoted 29 lines There isn't a whole lot of music goin' on on the Gescom md. It's just 45
> > There isn't a whole lot of music goin' on on the Gescom md. It's just 45
> > tracks of snippits of noise that last for a few seconds a piece. A few of
> > the longer ones might last a minute or two, but still just noise, no
> beats.
> > It seems more like source material for people to sample.
>
> Well it was meant to be played on 'random'. That was the whole idea behind
> the MD (according to an interview with Ae). They were impressed with the
> sounds you could get using the super-fast random function on the MD, so they
> releases that album....just for that purpose. I havent had the opportunity
> to listen to it, but Im sure it sounds much cooler when on random than
> regular. I have experimented with my MD in that way though - putting a
> short breaks or squelch on a single track and randomising it - very cool
> results.
>
> Peace,
> Ed
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