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From:
Alan Michael Parry
To:
Zachary Eitzen
Cc:
Teep , I.D.M.
Date:
Fri, 25 Mar 1994 14:09:44 -0500 (EST)
Subject:
Re: SAWII / button up
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On Fri, 25 Mar 1994, Zachary Eitzen wrote:
quoted 2 lines well i thought that the original quote basically threw out all (or at least> well i thought that the original quote basically threw out all (or at least > most of trance music because it was three notes repeated.
I asked Rich about his influences for this album, and you can also read it in magazines. SAWII was mostly inspired by a lot of minimalist and avant-classical works which he had listened to the last year or so, these included Cage, Stockhausen, Reich, Riley, and Eno. To quote Rich himself, "Selected Ambient Works II is full of the simplest pieces I could make" As for the trance quote, I cannot find the "3 note" quote. WHat he has said is "Trance came out at this point where there was nothing happening, and then trance just made it even more boring. There's good trance, but only a very small percentage. It's weird, cos its hard to say why one track is good where the others are shit. You could make a great record or a shit record using the same riffs, it's all in the production and the mixing." _______ (__,-, \ / /\ \ f l u i d /,_) \ \ (/ \\ brit@chopin.udel.edu \) flu'id (floo'-)