Re: [microsound]: What is microsound ? [was: autechre/richard devine//techniques]

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Speaking of Vladislav Delay---live in Canada (again) in April???


Best,

Praveer / Yatra Arts














At 09:37 AM 1/12/01 -0500, you wrote:
>On 12/01/01 09:25, Guillaume Grenier said in living color:
>
>>> well, what about vladislav delay? he is far from a "minimalist".. his
>>> music is maximal.. layer upon layer of warm, thick sound... but,
>>> people call him a microsounder, too.. so i guess there are always
>>> exceptions..
>> 
>> I guess the "minimalist" label here would apply more to the harmonic
>> material (usually one chord or an oscillation between two chords -- however
>> I haven't heard recent Delay so maybe this has changed)
>
>And VERY often B minor, might I add to my own post...
>
>And actually, it's not really two chords in most cases but rather one chord
>[say, B minor... ;)] with "broderies"... er, how do you say that in
>English...
>
>(And just to be sure [you often have to be paranoiac to avoid
>misunderstandings on the Internet, it seems], this is not at all a
>denigration of Delay. I love his stuff.)
>
>g.
>
>-- 
>Guillaume Grenier - gollum@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>in space there is no north  in space there is no south
>in space there is no east   in space there is no west
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