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From:
Mark Kolmar
To:
anAlFiXation
Date:
Mon, 16 Jun 1997 16:15:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Panasonic Kulma
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quoted 3 lines do all Panasonic releases sound like this? I hope not, because it was shit!!!> > do all Panasonic releases sound like this? I hope not, because it was shit!!! > > What the heck do the people at MUTE think. One track was nothing but a sound > > going thru a flange pedal, anybody can do that. Another track sounded like a
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sure. However: First, you have to think of the idea. Then the idea has to get past your internal censor. Then you'd have to actually do it, with some amount of elegance. If the objective is to focus the listener on the changes in one parameter, one good way is to minimize the changes in other parameters. Think of the tweaking of acid basslines, the way a hip-hop beat can put the rapper in the foreground.... Or the way Scelsi's orchestral music embellishes basically a single note for 15 minutes, but never stops moving. --Mark