quoted 16 lines From: "Ebola 3" <andylists@hotmail.com>
>From: "Ebola 3" <andylists@hotmail.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] Confield
>Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 07:32:38 +0000
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>>Right, well, I'm just wondering how a listener would distinguish
>>this. People always slap the "generative" label on Mr. Devine, although
>>it's not. And some people slap the "non-generative" label on things that
>>are. How can you tell the difference?
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>People usually just guess. I mean, a fractal music would sound like
>different iterations of slight variations of a central theme...that's a
>good
>deal of what creative humans do!
Autechre have talked about using generative software for years. Rob Brown
said that he spends a lot of time programming algorhythms in Opcode Max. He
said that he wishes he could create algorhyths and put them on CD so that
people would hear a different song each time. They're heavily into
generative software.
What's nice about generative software is that you can keep things
interesting with little effort. Once you learn the language (which is not
easy with the sort of software Autechre uses), it's not hard. You still need
musical skill. It just makes things less time-consuming. My distaste for
Confield stems from the arrangements and textures, not the generative
process itself.
quoted 8 lines And, for the record, I've never liked all of Tri Repetae. About half the
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>>And, for the record, I've never liked all of Tri Repetae. About half the
>>songs are pretty decent, basically the first 4 songs and Rsdio. Can't say
>>I like Amber all that much, either. But I love Incunabula, and listen to
>>ep7 all the way through, but don't really like lp5? maybe I'm just
>>confused ;D
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>Hmmm...you seem to be your own individual.
I didn't like LP5 either. The same goes for Chiastic Slide. The only
post-Tri Repetae album that I can get into is EP7. I think it struck a good
balance between headfuck and melody.
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