quoted 10 lines i read this little article about noise and there was a mention of a>i read this little article about noise and there was a mention of a
>person named maryanne amacher. it goes on to say that she has "developed
>a form of music that enables the listener to become, literally, the
>musician. some frequencies, when played at certain levels, turn our ears
>into 'neurophonic instruments'. in other words, they make the inner ear
>resonate, inducing the ear itself to 'play' its own music. each
>individual ear will respond differently to different frequencies, so
>every listener's hearing experience will be unique". sounds interesting
>right? anyone know where to find any recordings of these frequencies, if
>recordings exist?
"sound characters" (tzadik, 1999) has two or three of her tracks in this
vein. amacher calls this "otoacoustic music," and it really is quite
something to hear -- once or twice. the other cuts on the cd have more
staying power.
sc
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