quoted 7 lines have you seen 'the aesthetics of failure'>have you seen 'the aesthetics of failure'
>by kim cascone at the mediamatic site?
>
>mediamatic.nl
>
>i'd say that glitch music hasn't come enough into
>it's own yet in order to have been written about
in book form
I wonder if it's possible that it will ever...it's an idea that had
an astonishing freshness to it a few years back.
once the idea had been identified, it was used by a lot of musicians,
sometimes well, sometimes not. unexpectedly, the sounds of digital
audio fucking up became increasingly familiar, until they no longer
represented cheeky conceptual innovation or Cage-ian openess, but a
new status quo with a palette of sounds as familiar and tired as any
set of pre-sets on a commercial synth. (Perhaps I exaggerate.)
I don't think the sounds will go away, nor do I think it's a bad idea
to exploit accidents and so forth. but i think these sounds and
strategies are receding as being of primary interest.
k
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