Re: koenig, tudor &c.

[dieter scheyhing <scheyhing@xxxxxxxx>]

> of interest also the "indetermination" double cd

oops - of course this has to read "indeterminacy" ...
i know i should not quote anything by my unreliable memory :-)

> my colleague (who knows about my interest in electronic music)
> brought me today a printout of an article by Bruno Spoerri which was
> published in the Neue Zuericher Zeitung last friday. The title of this
> article is very glitchy ;) "Technische Fehler als Impuls zur Kreativität"
> meaning glitches (well, more or less) as an inspiration for creativity
> (maybe someone with better knowledge of English could improve the
> translation). There he mentioned the problems inherent with analog
> synthesizers (before the introduction of digitized parameters and storage),
> namely not having the possiblity of recalling sounds exactly. This lead in
> his opinion to situations where the player would have to adapt his musical
> concept to the new sound/situation, i.e. the player had to improvise due to
> this technical restriction.

i think not to be able to reproduce the very same sound exactly is indeed a
great challenge and chance of analog equipment, at least of the not
pre-programmed kind of synthesizers.
btw this was exactly what alan ravenstine was interested in and what drove
him crazy when performing on a stage with poor pa equipment (with bad or no
monitoring).

regarding controlled feed back systems:
did someone mention yet rafael toral's "aeriola frequencies" and - a lot
earlier - the work of david myers aka arcane device?

best -
 
- dieter