quoted 1 line ===== Original Message From Philip Sherburne <philip@askjeeves.com> =====
>===== Original Message From Philip Sherburne <philip@askjeeves.com> =====quoted 5 lines one interesting point that nicolai made was that with so many people working
>one interesting point that nicolai made was that with so many people working
>in the clicks'n'cuts vein (and as he puts it, "releasing so many cds that
>all sound the same), where attention to process is increasingly eclipsing
>the success of the output, a turn to acoustic instruments is a way of at
>least temporarily side-stepping that particular problem.
I was just wondering last night how many recent electronic artists rate the
success of their work on the process or concept, rather than the end result. I
can imagine very, VERY few music listeners (and again, even less buyers) rate
things that way.
I started trying to think of artists who might well approach music that way
and was thinking many of those represented by something like Clicks and Cuts
(and many releases on Mille Plateaux) might fit that category. I'm just saying
this because it interests me to then find that the guy behind Alta Noto (on
that very compilation) complains about the output.
Mind you, I guess SND, while clearly interested in process, care about the
results too, as evinced in their interview in 'The Wire'. Something nags at me
that a lot of people interested in working with rhythm are definitely
concerned with the results, but they needn't be. Still, I suppose few
"conceptual artists" (if I can use that term really broadly) working with
sound don't entirely discount what the results are like, although such people
certainly exist.
As another thought, if anyone can suggest to me (off-list, I guess) some
examples of electronic music that you know was written with no attention to
the end result (ie. a purely conceptual or process-driven piece of music) I'd
love to hear about it.
I dimly think of acts like the Hafler Trio... sometimes their music seems to
be documenting a concept, rather than something at all connected to
aesthetics.
Michael
np. 'Voodoo' - D'Angelo (yeah again. :P )
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