Re: [microsound] fashion statement + C-Schulz + Don't Dolby

[Joshua Maremont <thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:15 AM 9/12/00 -0400, Arelar33@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >guitar-phallus to center stage as a runway prop
> It could also be seen as a sound producing device. Some people might not even
> see it as a phallus at all.

I have performed with this indeed as a "sound producing device" in an 
electronic musical setting without overt phallic overtones (I left my 
stadium air guitar stage in about the 8th grade) and received quite 
perplexed looks, as if it were in fact some sort of janitorial 
implement.  At least once I have been interrupted and asked whether a DJ 
would be arriving soon.  But even musicians are tuned to the erotic (or 
perhaps autoerotic) currents of guitar aesthetics, as any look at the 
gearporn centerfolds of certain guitar magazines will remind.

And by way of the 5% real micro content promised on the box:  I finally got 
around to the C-Schulz & Hajsch album on Sonig and will recommend it very 
highly.  I would put it closer to the PFN LP on Quiet Artworks (both 
members are present here) than to the C-Schulz CD on Extreme (although the 
acoustic instruments make a reappearance) and not close at all to my 
associations in the past with Sonig, but the location recordings and 
organic sounds laced within the scraping drones place it nearest to the 
world of Organum and Ora (one of whose frequent collaborators is here as 
well), adding a few subtle digital distresses - as well as a bit of Hands 
To and Sack & Blumm content - for good measure.

And finally, I listened for the first time in months to the CD by Don't 
Dolby last night and was again quite impressed with the wonders of this 
album, leading me to wonder if its creator has been up to anything else 
more recently.  Any clues?

joshua maremont / thermal - mailto:thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
boxman studies label - http://www.boxmanstudies.com/