On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 09:05 AM, George Williamson wrote:
quoted 30 lines I've come up with a method of making lowercase music. It>>> I've come up with a method of making lowercase music. It
> involves pissing
>>> on CDRW discs, where the uric acid of the piss encodes
> music on the disc.
>>> Available in a plastic bag.
>>
>> The funniest thing is, I wouldn't be surprised if someone
> actually tried
>> this... :)
>
> Yeah, but the thing about this kind of art is that it IS
> interesting the first time its done, hence the legitimacy of
> many minimal art pieces/sound styles. However it is almost
> impossible to make people seriously listen to experimental
> stuff unless you already have a reputation for ordinary
> stuff; you need artistic credibility before you can ruin it.
>
> What causes a problem is when everyone else hears about it
> and decides that "this sounds easy, I'll have a go" hence
> the formation of entire genres where a single artist was
> enough, leading to saturation with poor quality unoriginal
> stuff. Usually there are two or three main artists and a sea
> of imitators, who, although capable of the odd piece that is
> interesting, churn out bland imitations of the form that
> they study.
>
> my opinions, obviously, open to scrutiny.
>
> georgewilliamson
>
If anyone is looking at something more interesting / accessible in the
microsound/glitch/lowercase genre, I'd suggest the 0/r project on Taylor
Deupree's 12k label (www.12k.com). It's a collaborative project between
*0 (Nosei Sakata) and Richard Chartier. There are two discs out so far :
a self-titled one (12k1006) and Varied (12k1018) which just came out.
I tried getting into the whole microsound thing a while ago and this was
one of the few things I found even remotely enjoyable. You don't need
headphones to listen to 0/r, which is a nice switch.
Chris
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