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(idm) xenakis/granny synth

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1999-08-25 20:56Sean Cooper (idm) xenakis/granny synth
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1999-08-25 20:56Sean Cooper>>"Glitchwerks" article, btw), consisting of 60 1-minute tracks that run >>continuously; t
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(idm) xenakis/granny synth
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quoted 6 lines "Glitchwerks" article, btw), consisting of 60 1-minute tracks that run>>"Glitchwerks" article, btw), consisting of 60 1-minute tracks that run >>continuously; the disc becomes more bizarre as it progresses. It sounds like >>what Xenakis might be doing now if he were into DSP technology. > >Xenakis IS into DSP technology...he invented granular synthesis... >KIM
if i'm not mistaken, xenakis was the first to conceptualize the notion of composing via small "sound atoms" (a notion he traces to hearing the sounds of rioting crowds in his native greece during his youth), but it was barry truax who "invented" granular synthisis. sc