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From:
Aleksas Tunikas
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Laurent Knauth
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Sun, 22 Oct 2023 08:57:14 +0300
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Re: new Autechre interview
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Check out KLF book Chaos, Magic, Money. You'll like it. Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> writes:
quoted 72 lines I find it's a warm interview overall.> I find it's a warm interview overall. > > Above all, I retain humility and open mindedness, like when one says "We’re all in the same boat, aren’t we. We’re all trying to make a > living." They give more of an impression of empathy than that of two cloistered nerds. That already struck me last week while watching a > replay of an interview with Simon Angel for Party Zone, to whom they replied that "our music is no more complex than garage, but it just > doesn't have a formula". However, in their own words, at some point they had to face up to some form of "formula" eventually. > Personally, I have nothing against formulas : as a Depeche Mode fan, I think they should never have abandoned theirs, but that's > another story... and it's understood that with Autechre, "accident" is not an empty word. To finish on the subject of humility, I recently > saw an interview with Dubfire and, to my great surprise and despite the fact that they play on a very different terrain, I was also > surprised by the modesty, not to say doubt, that seemed to inhabit him... Deep Dish's communications wouldn't let this appear. > > I also liked the paragraph about the cryptic aspect of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Art of Noise sleeve designs. I'll have a look at > them, as don't know these covers : I've never liked their music (except "Moments in love"). On the other hand, KLF's crazy videos and > White Room cover have long intrigued me : "Trancentral", "Mixed live at the SSL", "Why sheep ?" — there was no internet back then, so i > kept wondering "what do they mean ?" Of course, I could also mention Depeche Mode's "Strange" VHS, which I watched over and over > again and never recovered from. Anyway, my point is that the duo seems to have had a branding session with the Designers Republic > maybe, to come up with the unforgettable and splendid covers they're known for... or maybe not. > > They're playing in Paris next April... so I've booked my place (Autechre, i mean, not Depeche Mode). > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 9:33 AM Aleksas Tunikas <mail@aleksas.ru> wrote: > > Best when he said they didn't like to perform at Tresor! > Connor Higgins <connor1higgins@gmail.com> writes: > > > So many good parts but this bit from Sean is probably my favorite: > > > > Sean: It’s funny that you mentioned Tim Morton. I’m really into nature. Well, everyone is on a fundamental level, but I feel like I > understand the things > > about nature that I like. That you can walk through a forest, and you can’t possibly take it all in, it’s not about that. It’s not the way > you’re supposed to > > engage with a forest at all. You walk through and you have your own journey through the space, and you maybe stop, probably > more than once, and > > you might look at things or smell things or just feel what it’s like there and the way that the air moves there. There’s so much there > to experience that it > > can be quite overwhelming, especially for someone like me. > > I know I always mention Lynch and I am a huge Lynch fan. It’s just an easy reference point to communicate this. It’s very difficult to > understand a Lynch > > film, but you can watch it and feel that you understood it. It might be very difficult to put into words later what the meaning of it > is, but you feel on some > > level that you understand it. > > I feel the same with Tarkovsky as well, I feel the same watching Stalker [1979 film by Tarkovsky], that there’s just so much in > Stalker, and yet there’s so > > little. You couldn’t write down all the things that are happening. I mean, it just wouldn’t make any sense to do that. And there’s > always going to be more > > there than you’re able to take in in one sitting. > > Ambiguity is one of these things that I’m really drawn to in all kinds of art. Where I don’t really feel like a need to have one specific > explanation that kind > > of narrows it down to a sentence. I feel like if you can describe a piece of work that way then the work’s probably not got much for > me. > > I feel like music actually can’t be described in that way either. I think this is a thing for most music, not just what we’re doing. > There’s a kind of denial > > around the idea of what music is and how it functions, right? I’m quite happy putting out loads and loads of music, where you’re > not really sure what’s > > happening. I don’t think you need to take everything in in order to have a good experience with the thing. It’s a bit like driving a > car, nobody sees > > everything that they’re driving past, or like just riding a bike somewhere or going on a downhill or something, in those experiences > there’s just way too > > much information for you to consciously process, but you’re still experiencing it even though it isn’t really possible to understand it > in totality. > > > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 8:17 AM Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > no mention here yet! > > > > https://nialler9.com/autechre-conversation-about-music-art-funk-and-emotion-interview/ > > > > Great stuff as per usual > > -- > Aleksas Tunikas > http://www.schopenhauer.fm
-- Aleksas Tunikas http://www.schopenhauer.fm