RE: [microsound] microvising

[lamm <lamm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I totally agree with that. I think because of the lack of records, people
tend to loose their sense of critic when it comes to electronic improv...
The Fenn'O'Berg CD was quite nice at moments, probably stunning technically
(and technologically) but also boring at others... Same remark about the
Mimeo CD, or that CD on Charhizma (Dafeldecker/O'Rourke/Drumm...) Also, most
of them tend to come from the same country, even if Keith Rowe was
definitely a key player in Mimeo... Anyway - I think an improv album is an
improv album (instruments and laptops are only devices after all, and
glitches mainly an esthetic choice when it comes to improv ...), and should
be judged as such. One rare gem which comes to mind is that Farmers Manual
Live CD which came with the first issues of "Explorers_we"... Or that
Stangl/Kurzmann collaboration on Erstwhile.
Anyone has a suggestion of another great record (and possibly coming from
another country than Austria?)...
Also, I'm not sure if the record enters your category, but the Lawrence
Casserley/Evan Parker collaboration on Touch is amazing (but I have no idea
whether Wasserley uses a laptop or something else....)Anyway....;
O.

-----Message d'origine-----
De : patrick halbig [mailto:phalbig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Envoyé : mercredi 13 septembre 2000 08:01
À : microsound
Objet : Re: [microsound] microvising


>we had a discussion with the curator of the Kunstlerhaus about laptop
>microsound being the "new jazz"...I was wondering if there were any
>opinions on this list about the concept of "microvising"?...

This is something I have been thinking about for a while....I am not sure if
this digital improvisational genre has reached the peaks of say the FMP
climax achieved with several of the Brotzmann-related projects.....but, I
would appreciate recommendations for consumption.  Sorry to inject
negativity, but I find some of O'Rourke's work a bit too obvious, for
example.  Black Sabbath samples, showtunes, etc.....irony is overplayed.


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