(idm) oval

From m
Sent Thu, Jan 28th 1999, 06:12



J m A i V k O e R w r o t e
> the early days (wohnton) were a bit krautrock, with cd skips thrown in as
> samples, but later efforts grew more and more experimental.  there is
> still traditional song "structure" in diskont97, which is completely
> absent in systemisch.  all of their stuff now is generated by computer
> logarithms that mutilate samples into terse digital snippets, and the end
> result is often quite beautiful and tranquil soundscapes.  dok heavily
> features bell samples, and their latest, aero daero, is quite brilliant.
> for a good introduction, find diskont97 on thrill jockey.

yeah i'd go for diskont first.
cd skips samples aren't just thrown in>>>i think the music is entirely
composed of 'distressed' (!) cd samples... he (oval is one person, markus
popp) did a small lecture here a couple of months back (which i recorded
with intentions to mp3 it, but disappointingly it's barely audible....  it
was interesting... the man thinks very very deeply about what he's doing...
he screws up the cds by scribbling on them with marker pens......

i got to check out the program he uses to manipulate his sound samples.. all
done on a mac g3 ... some coder friend of his in london has built this
insanely sexy looking piece of software that he's planning on releasing as
his next cd.   he was brutally honest about how easy his music was to make
with the tool (an idea which seemed to upset a whole lot of people present)
saying that anyone can do it... it's true::::you just drag samples onto the
play area and give them distortion functions by manipulating the
interface... the next cds released after that will just be full of
samples...