From eric hill Sent Thu, Jun 4th 1998, 04:27
From eric hill Sent Thu, Jun 4th 1998, 04:27
>> Thaemlitz just made a bunch of noise and >> added in this supposed meaning in subsequence. it seems the reviewer has constructed a creative timeline to satisfy his reaction to the liner notes. >> Anyway, it wouldn't matter if the track was composed of samples of >> Thaemlitz farting on the toilet over a span of two months. No >> unrecognizable sound will "exemplify" anything. hey, leave matmos out of this! >> As an artist and as a fan of this form of music I am completely repelled >> by this bullshit Thaemlitz peddles in his liner notes. The only thing >> that keeps me buying his music is that I like the way it sounds. (Oh, >> well...that's reality...) :) > >then shut up. i am uncomfortable with muslimgauze's anti-semitic >stances but i still listen to his albums. i think a lot of people just prefer to have a sterile sense of the music (understandable, given the sterility of technique and influence in much electronic music - hey, there's something that music can exemplify!). i imagine it would be very uncomfortable to be a person who buys music based on its "stoniness," "fucked-uppedness," etc. and then - after reading candid liner notes - feeling pressure to account for more complex extramusical concepts contributing to the sound, making for hard feelings when they can't. it's the obverse of the rephlex team taking the piss out of fame and of the creative process in interviews (and output), or the unexplainable silence surrounding the choco p.b.o. theft. eric