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From:
shift8
To:
kurt
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Date:
08 Sep 2002 14:53:37 -0700
Subject:
Re: [idm] books on glitch music
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troll. did i just say that?? hehe... i mean, yeah - i can see where you are comming from, but at the same time, i doubt the idea of happy accidents will ever get old. there's quite a bit to be said about serendipity. and the fact that serendipity is relative to your frame of reference. receding as a primary interest, -star On Sun, 2002-09-08 at 14:43, kurt wrote:
quoted 31 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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