Re: (idm) "Glitchwerks" article

From mltsnt
Sent Tue, Aug 24th 1999, 02:29

>>>>    http://www.wfmu.org/~kennyg/popular/articles/glitchwerks.html
>>> All in all, not a bad article....but how the hell do you do an article on
>>> glitching CD music and not mention Oval once?!? I'm baffled, but maybe
>>>that's
>>> just my Oval preference showing through.

and [into hyper-anal trainspotter mode]:
am i the only one that noticed that raster has NEVER once pressed up a
record on 'trademark spermy-white' vinyl?
always either clear or black...

>what really disturbs me with this article is the simonreynoldizing found
>in the 'glitchwerks' term itself.  puh-LEASE.  glitchWORKS perhaps (if

or glitchwerx ;-)

>PS- I'll take 'Sound Research' (thanks: Airlock), possibly 'Digital Sound
>Research' for the Mego set...

no, the main problem, IMHO, is the whole pigeonholing of these artists. i
mean, when you get right down to it, Farmers manual and Noto really don't
have anything in common except the techniques used in creation.

how is the airlock(tronics) stuff, btw?
worthwile?

honestly, though, it was a pretty good article for the uninitiated.