quoted 5 lines I sampled very short fragments of the recent "transform" at a store a while
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>I sampled very short fragments of the recent "transform" at a store a while
>ago and that seemed even better, though I haven't bought it yet for some
>reason. (Actually, for a very precise reason...)
yes, transform is great, too. i love all the stuff by alva noto. and i love
his label raster noton. i have 9 out of the 12 20 to 2000 releases and they
are great as well. especially coil's and ilpo vaisanen's.
quoted 14 lines When it comes to Morton Subotnick, for me, there is a very strong dividing
>When it comes to Morton Subotnick, for me, there is a very strong dividing
>line separating the great from the awful.
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>IMO, again:
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>Silver Apples/Wild Bull goes in the great category.
>Return/Key to Songs goes in the awful category.
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> From this, I induced the rule that early Subotnick is good and late
>Subotnick is bad. Which would seem to indicate that "Touch" (1969) would be
>good and would leave an aura of incertitude around "A Sky of Cloudless
>Sulphur" (1978) -- or perhaps I could infer that it is a merely acceptable
>piece... Per this rule, "Gestures" would be awful, being a very recent work
>(1998-2000).
this, imo, is quite true. subotnick really excels on the buchla synth, with
his early compositions. some of the later ones (including gestures) do have
some interesting aspects sometimes, but i do not consider them great music.
i have yet to check out more recent stuff. i listened to "the key to songs"
once, and did not really like it.
i rarely listen to gestures. usually i just listen to one of the other two
pieces, with "a sky.." being my absolute favourite. it has amazing rythmic
structures, and, imo, the same qualities as his earlier work. great sounds
from the buchla, and a great vibraphone part in it (it seems, the
vibraphone was recorded, processed and then used in the composition aplying
tape-cut techniques (but this is just "some" information, and might be untrue.
i really have to obtain the dvd version, though... (and the player, and
the 5.1. set to go with it....;)
i should add, that i got heavily into subotnick, after interviewing richard
devine, who told me that he "tries to compose according to the same
principles and aesthetics as morton subotnick, but with beats, where he
uses melody"
quoted 14 lines Any comments/further opinions on this?
>Any comments/further opinions on this?
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>Maybe I should also point out an artist who has deeply impressed me
>recently: Janek Schaefer.
>
>It's not IDM (more in the microsound vein) but what the heck. He creates
>music with multi-armed turntables of his own fabrication. But that
>interesting factoid is not the point; the point is that he makes fantastic
>music, warmly atmospheric, with very nicely interoperating multiple layers.
>Yada yada yada... I don't have time to describe it more precisely. Do check
>it out. ("Pulled Under" on AudiOh! -- and if you can catch him live, don't
>miss the occasion. I first heard his music live at Mutek and it was a
>revelation.)
sounds veray innarestin...:)
hidario
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