quoted 10 lines Two. Dumbtype. Is there anyone who knows just how loud Ryoji Ikeda
>Two. Dumbtype. Is there anyone who knows just how loud Ryoji Ikeda
>plays the music? I thought it was really loud and just fine by me ;), but
>a coworker and his wife were _so_ offended by the volume that they took
>the entire experience as an assault and pretty much hated it. I
>couldn't see it being any louder than a typical concert
>experience, just intermittent and shocking. Personally I feel that it's
>good that some music is reaching out and grabbing people by the balls (so
>to speak), not just allowing them to be passive consumers. But is this
>dangerous? Unsafe? Unethical? What other work runs in this strain, and
>in what other ways can music "attack" you besides noise/volume?
i didn't find it to be all that loud (or at least, not so much that it was
unpleasant), and i wasn't wearing earplugs. Also, it's a performance space
so I think the acoustics are pretty good where I saw it (MCA Chicago). I'm
sure that the blasts of white noise seemed louder to some than they actually
were based on them following generally something very quiet or even silence.
As you said, it's definitely not a passive experience, and I think Dumbtype
is fully aware of how demanding their show can (needs to?) be.
I've been to shows where the volume is far more oppressive, especially V/VM,
Oval (the Ovalprocess tour, i think it rattled my skull), and then most
obviously MSBR/Government Alpha.
A few people actually left the space during the second performance I
attended for Dumbtype, and I suspect that these were either patrons or
members who felt obligated to attend but had no idea what they were in for,
and generally wouldn't find an Ikeda or Panasonic record to be their tea.
;-)
As I said before, though, it was truly an awesome show.
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