From Rodney Perkins Sent Fri, Feb 5th 1999, 20:27
From Rodney Perkins Sent Fri, Feb 5th 1999, 20:27
As far as mathematical representations of music are concerned, I think Anthony Braxton has everyone beat. Of course, His math-musical theories always comes off as impossibly dense and obscures his great music. Heed the warning... > I think that from now on, whenever I review a release, I will express it > in mathematical terms. All IDM releases will be described by a > mathematical expression involving beats (B), funkiness (F), noisiness > (N), cut-up (C), subliminality (S) and Autechre units (Ae). > > For instance: > > Autechre's latest album: 9Ae + 7B - 4F + 2N > Bola's _Soup_: (5B + 8S + Ae + 2F) / N > Fennesz's _Hotel_Paral.lel_: 4B * 4N + 2C > Mouse On Mars _Autoditacker_: Ae * (6S + 3F + 3N + B) + C > anything by Funkstorung: (3/5)Ae > anything on V/Vm: 9C * 7N - 20Ae^2 > > See how easy this is? :-) > > -- > Adam J Weitzman > NewsEdge Corporation sleepy people | network down > http://www.newsedge.com > http://www.newspage.com > > >