From James Sent Mon, Jul 27th 1998, 19:17
From James Sent Mon, Jul 27th 1998, 19:17
>After I had been listening to electronic music for awhile, I noticed
>that some of the everyday sounds around me started to sound more
>musical: The hum or noises of a computer, fan, refrigerator, or washing
>machine, etc. This is because of bands like Autechre and Aphex who gave
>me a deeper appreciation of sound. Not just certain sounds, but ALL
>sound. Farmers Manual is the next logical step in that kind of
>appreciation of sound. Now, just about every sound I hear has a bit of
>musicality to it.
I'm sure a lot of IDMers had an experience where reality blends into the
music. One I remember is standing on a Tokyon train station platform back in
'93 or '94 (the summer that Orb played Tokyo which ended up on the live CD),
and listening to some Orb CD (Pomme Fritz?) on my Discman. As a train was
arriving, the sounds of the warning bells, the voices from the schedule
announcement broadcasts, and the train noises all blended perfectly with the
music I was listening to, and surprised me enough to take an earphone out to
make sure it was "ambient" noise I was partially hearing. All that mumbo
jumbo
about ambient music blending in with real-world sounds makes good sense on
paper, but it was pretty startling when I heard it first-hand with my virgin
ears. Well ok, not exactly virgin, since they had been assaulted by MBV live
before that summer...
Cheers,
James Jung-Hoon Seo // Oracle Tools Division
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