On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Andrei wrote:
quoted 2 lines The one time I saw Pita live I remember thinking it sounded like a laptop> The one time I saw Pita live I remember thinking it sounded like a laptop
> version of Merzbow. Just a barrage of digital noise. Actually, imo I don't
I haven't exactly kept up with Merzbow's every move, but I wouldn't ever
characterize his music as digital. In fact, I'd go just the opposite- his
early stuff tended towards crude-sounding tape music and I always
considered his mid 90s output to be a junky approximation of the
electroacoustic circuit "environments" built by serious mofos like David
Tudor and Roland Kayn. When I saw Pita live, his stuff had a more
gestural feel to it and was much more dynamic in pacing (e.g. it wasn't
the sustained gush of noise that Merzbow uses as a soundfloor). Overall,
I would say his recorded compositions are much denser (in terms of
composition, not sound frequencies).
quoted 2 lines find comparing Pita to Merzbow that off the mark. Merzbow did appear on a> find comparing Pita to Merzbow that off the mark. Merzbow did appear on a
> record on Mego after all.
Akita and Azuma (+1) did, but not under the name Merzbow. I assume they
didn't use the name because it doesn't really sound at all connected to
the Merzbow "thing". You know, like Ae/Gescom.
-rob
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