From Sharon Maher Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 18:41
From Sharon Maher Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 18:41
> Nicholas W Zammuto <xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx> writes: > >>we were driving through wyoming. we had just entered yellowstone national > >>park and i had Aphex SAW II on at a comfortable listening level. it > >>struck me at that moment how amazing it was that the music seemed to have > >>the ability to seemlessly absorb its surroundings. the variegated hum of > >>the engine, the wind around the car, the smell of sulphur, the fluffy > >>big clouds... i felt the need to awaken my friend, asleep in the passenger > >>seat, so she could experience the way the turning of the car on the road > >>seemed to perfectly accompany the rhythm of the music, but i didn't > >>because the slow sound of her breathing was such a perfect counterpoint to > >>the tightening of the brakes as we rolled into the valley. I think all good music has the potential to be infused with a moment in time. For an example, the second track on the Reload LP - i first heard it while going over the Bay Bridge in the middle of the night and every time i listen to it, just a little bit of that moment is still there.