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. music, four lunchpails: wednesdays 7-9pm kuci 88.9fm www.kuci.org "Nope. Sorry. I don't give up my hardcore for IDM." _chicks dig laptops_