Re: (idm) []pusher & recommendations

From zimbo
Sent Wed, Jul 7th 1999, 16:30

On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, david turgeon wrote:

> i suppose what i think electronics would _heavily_ benefit from is the
> 'free' element from 'free jazz'.  & by that i don't mean that live
> players are necessary (i.e. squarepusher), but rather that new ways of
> playing rigid-sounding instruments such as beatboxes, synths, samplers,
> & other hardware or software, can be found by analyzing free jazz
> music.  the song structure is chaotic but melody & tonal progression
> remain a priority, even if these end up sounding extremely abstract, so
> that rather than a conceptual array of sounds whose melody & tonality
> are dismissed as secondary to the profit of a research in pure form
> (which is what contemporary & avant-garde music sounds to me), you end
> up with something more immediately appealing to & understandable by the
> listener, all the while keeping the chaotic structure & general 'edge'.


i think low res, and at times, phthalocyanine do a good job of this.
but thats me..


chris.

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