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Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:07:32 +0200 (MEST)
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Re: [idm] Trurl and Klapacius ?
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haven't heard it, but i must say that it sounds very interesting... being a big fan of both stanislaw lem and c. vogel, this even more intruiges me... i especially would like to recommend lem's cyberiad. it is not only a good read and very amusing, but also a very philosophical book, without ever forcing a thought or an opinion on anybody. my 2 €cents, hidari
quoted 39 lines Has anyone hear the Trurl and Klapacius (Cristian> Has anyone hear the Trurl and Klapacius (Cristian > Vogel) cd? I was curious what it's like. > > > TRURL AND KLAPACIUS - Sing Sweet Software! [SUPREMAT] > CD "Trurl and Klapacius are robots. In Stanislav > Lem's Cyberiad mid-60´s novel, they´re busy flying > around the universe building machines. Each machine > they build makes up a chapter from this visionary > book. Cristian Vogel was reading these stories while > celebrating his hobby in the studio: recording the > variation of modules of modular systems he programmed > himself -- modulating each other for periods of time. > The result is music that does not evolve, it´s > varying. Borrowing the names of Lem´s robots in > reference to his own automated studio work, the Vogel > experiment turned into a project when he picked his > favourite musical modules -- computers and their > software -- and let them go to work on their own. In > his own eyes, he´s not the composer of the work so > much as the executive producer. The computer itself > rather -- the software within -- wrote the music: > Vogel´s contributions filtered and edited the final > outcomes. This parallel to Cyberiad´s Trurl And > Klapacius sidelines and highlights the Supremat > philosophy: Machines constructing machines; machines > creating music that´s constantly varied and > reinventing itself." > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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