From william ratke Sent Wed, Aug 4th 1999, 22:35
> i believe a 'track' can have millions of layers of sound and still > remain minimal ... similar to sitting back and listening to a loud, > punkrock > band in a crowded bar and allowing the overall 'sound' or 'ambience' > dominate or remaining at a stop light with a tape recorder blinking red > and finding out later the time slips by much quicker in real time. i > would not like to define 'minimalism' as anything "too" > specific. i would say that some people feel it's a broad reference point > to something > yet undiscovered ... or, simply, making something the most effective, > using the fewest elements.-> a pure-headed type approach? > > the term can also be good to use when nothing else fits. even the most > complex, multi layered music has to stop somewhere. so why not think > positively and hope that sound will continue to amaze in whatever form. these are my sentiments exactly, reducing the volume of audio to the point its nearly sunc below the threshold of the human ear doesnt make audio minimal, i think minimalism as a philosophy is multifaceted especially in audio. can be applied to the most dense shriving of activity to the thinnest microwave warble to the actual construction/equipment used in the process of composition(which is something ive been keen on the past bit) to confine minimalism to one single element is an error _w the permutation diode- www.telusplanet.net/public/adroxy/ xx-xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx(mego, panasonic, organic composition, raster/noton, reel to reel, collage music concrete, minimalism, etc._