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From:
Pier G Antolini
To:
R. Lim , IDM
Date:
Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:56:21 -0400
Subject:
Re: [idm] dada
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neo-dada sure does it. but rather, the concept idea that grew out of the neo-dada folks, that is what is still rocking the left field music scene nowdays. Thank Fluxus for that. ricky@agrolights ----------
quoted 12 lines From: R. Lim <rlim@escape.com>> From: R. Lim <rlim@escape.com> > To: IDM <idm@hyperreal.org> > Subject: Re: [idm] dada > Date: Monday, June 04, 2001 4:56 PM > > On Tue, 29 May 2001 andrei@world.std.com wrote: > > > I'd have to say that friendly person needs to do a little more reading > > up on the Dada movement. That comment seems pretty nonsensical to me. > > First of all there's really no Dada music to speak of. The people > > Yeah, I don't really understand how that comment could make sense.
Duchamp
quoted 3 lines did actually write some music, though it doesn't really seem connected> did actually write some music, though it doesn't really seem connected > with his Dada work. There's one piece of his on the Sub Rosa comp > "Futurism and Dada Revisited", but it's interpreted in a very
contemporary
quoted 1 line style using long string drones & thus has a tendency to blur together> style using long string drones & thus has a tendency to blur together
like
quoted 15 lines a Jonathan Coleclough track.> a Jonathan Coleclough track. > > I think the same label put out an entire full-length of one of his > compositions, but I haven't heard it. Not to say that Duchamp=Dada, but > it's surely an avenue worth pursuing... I myself have been too busy > soaking in the art gallery ambience of the _Theatermusik_ comp on > Crosstalk to be bothered. > > > music. The Fluxus movement which came later and was influenced by Dada > > was a lot more involved with music, but still I don't see a connection > > with what Autechre does. I don't find any of the absurdism, anarchy > > I wouldn't necessarily say that Fluxus was more involved in music per se, > but rather they chose to expound upon the Dadaist notion of > performance/theater in a manner suitable to the way they critiqued the
art
quoted 19 lines object (namely, using mass producible items). It is true that there's a> object (namely, using mass producible items). It is true that there's a > lot of Fluxus artists who went on to produce music afterwards, but their > compositions are almost never concerned with the original movement. > > > and defiance to logic of Dada in what Autechre does. Something like > > V/Vm is perhaps closer to Dada. Even Aphex is closer to Dada than > > Autechre in his pranksterism. > > Agreed. > > > speak of early 20th century art movements). Futurism influenced the > > early musique concrete pioneers who in turn influenced Autechre. > > How do you figure? I could see how this might work from a sound > aesthetic, but are you referring to their extolling the virtues of > Parmegiani in an interview? I ask because methodologically, Autechre's > current direction seems to be opposite the approach used in concrete. > Not to mention that I would still argue that the style that influences > them is the part that went furthest astray of the original Futurist
goals.
quoted 7 lines -rob> > -rob > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org