> I just wanted to add one track to this thread, 'djed' from tortoise's secondI really like tortoise, they do a great job in their style of music. I had the pleasure of watching one of their live shows, and have to admit to being blown away by their show and the band's concentration on the music. they had a visual background which was fully of glitchy images...so, yeah. about the djed loop...that extra exciting to find out that it was an accient turned into appreciation, then used.
> album 'millions now living...'
> about half way through this 20 minute track the composition breaks down to
> this mutating cd sound, glitch- but is worked into this great abstract beat.
i read in an old issue of raygun (i think) that the tape glitch halfway was actually purely accidental but that they liked the sound so much that they used it to create a segue to the next movement.
one of the few things to like about tortoise, i suppose...
~ david
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