Re: (idm) burningman

From Steve Simitzis
Sent Thu, Sep 10th 1998, 01:20

On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Zach Hoon wrote:

> it was fucking amazing there. any and everything you could imagine it
> seemed like. and for the idm content? i played a bunch of warp, cup of
> tea, ninja tune, countless others on assault radio 102.3, one of the many
> temporary radio stations set up[ for the event. saturn5, a lurker on this
> here list, also laid down some tasty idm and industrial tracks.

heh. assault radio was fun. I think we managed to interfere with whatever
traces of Reno classic rock radio that would normally float out to
Gerlach.

Forest Green spun some tasty electro in the Cloud Factory dome. More new
music to add to my shopping list!

> there was also a huge sound array out a ways from the south end of the
> playa. i didn't get a chance to see/hear this, but reports are this thing
> was incredible. somnething about picking up soupcans on sticks and hearing
> weird noises through them. anyone who went see this? clarification?

It was about a quarter mile or so away from camp, in the middle of
nowhere, hidden in the darkness and the surrounding winds.

There were four sound arrays (that I could see) of 10x10 wooden poles
with soup cans. Each can contained a small speaker and an nvram
chip that stored a different sound loop from the others.

The sum of the different loops (which ranged from chimes to other slowly
moving sonic textures) produced a sound that was something beyond 
stereophonic. Each soup can triggered at different times, which led to
neverending patterns and textures.

The experience was unrecordable.

> anyways, idm and all other forms of music were there in adundance. the
> whole event was, well, too much for words really. too bad some people
> believe the bullshit they see on tabloid tv. and marketing scam? please.
> this thing has happened every year for 13 years. only in recent years has
> it made media.

I'm not sure what the marketing scam was. I didn't spend a single cent
for 8 days. I must have walked right by "Scam Camp"; maybe I'll catch it
next year.

Burning Man typically loses money each year. The people I know who are
involved in the event invest months of their time and pour every drop of
their energy into creating a safe and amazing experience for all those
involved. And also have to put up with more than their fair share of
bureaucratic bullshit from the powers-that-be in Nevada (mmm, BLM).

Believe what you want. The grumpy people can sit at home scowling at
their TV screens while the rest of us play in the desert.

whee!

Steve

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