RE: [microsound] micropolitics

[Philip Sherburne <philip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I certainly didn't mean to disparage Sachiko M - at the time I was listening
to the track on Lucky Kitchen's "I Love Fantasy," and the austerity of the
tones at such close range was actually giving me a headache, despite my
enjoyment, hence what brought it to mind.

Additionally, regardless of whether you or I find her work "pleasant" or
"unpleasant," I'm sure it's not at all related to what most of W's staffers
would think!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gg [mailto:gg2g4ink@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 1:27 PM
> To: microsound
> Subject: Re: [microsound] micropolitics
> 
> 
> Philip Sherburne wrote:
> > Invite Sachicko M and Ryoji Ikeda to set up outside the 
> White House and
> > direct earsplitting sinewaves at the building (a microsound 
> version of the
> > drum protests that were happening a few years back, courtesy the
> Revolution
> > Summer peeps).
> 
> I don't like this comment; it suggests that there's something 
> inherently
> unpleasant in the sound of Sachiko M's sine manipulations. on 
> the contrary,
> her music is exceptionally nuanced, instinctual, and refined. creating
> discomfort in the listeners does not appear to be her 
> objective. this is not
> a case of extreme noise-terror tactics. if Sachiko M is 
> protesting anything,
> its the trite orthodoxy of tonality. and she certainly 
> doesn't do so in in
> an obnoxious or offensive way.
> 
> as for Ikeda, could anything be more innocuous and 
> un-revolutionary than his
> recent efforts?
> 
> 
> gg/
> gg2g4ink@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> "Music is the space between the notes." - Claude Debussy
> 
> np: värttinä - ilmatar
> 
> 
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