From H James Harkins Sent Mon, Jun 29th 1998, 17:02
From H James Harkins Sent Mon, Jun 29th 1998, 17:02
Hey, I just wanted to let you know about the new track (.mp3), called
"infection," I just put up on my website. A house beat at the beginning
slowly mutates, by way of additive rhythms, into something totally
unpredictable. I mean *totally*--Saturday I notated the more complicated
sections for a live-performance version (sax quartet and electronics), and
then blew a couple of hours trying to play some of the individual parts on
keyboard. I couldn't do it! These rhythms are not kind, but they feel
right... it takes about 3 minutes for the track to get to that point, but
when it does, your feet will not know what to do--but they want to do
*something*. It's a strange sensation, very disorienting, and I really
like the irony of an uber-regular beat becoming *this* irregular, or a
stereotypically "un"intelligent dance beat doing something very
intelligent. I'm very curious to hear what some of you think:
http://www.duke.edu/~jharkins/infection.mp3
9 5 9 4 5 4 3 7 7 3 5 5 9 7 7 9 5 4 4 5 4 3 2 3 3 5 4 ...
8 8 8 4 8 4 4 8 8 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 8 4 8 4 8 8 8 4
( ^^^ actual series of meters toward the middle of the track! Each is
only 1 measure's worth. Programming nightmare! But there will be more
like this from me in the future, probably with less irony and more
playfulness...) J
PS Sorry for dredging up the old topic--I wanted to say this at the time,
but didn't think it was worth a message with no other content. Anyway, if
the straight boys out there think it's hard to find women who like this
music, you should try looking for (openly) gay or bi men. Maybe it's a
function of living in North Carolina, where there's very little of our
music going on--maybe things are different in a proper city, but IDM
fairies seem awfully scarce to me. And lesbians? There must be some, but
I haven't seen any traces.
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