Re: [microsound] something markus popp said

[Derek <d.pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi david 
I received the same message to, address to me personally. I thought it
was about my Shepard tone piece but who knows what its about.
Derek Pierce aka Beatsystem

david turgeon wrote:
> 
> this folk just sent me this message privately 3 times, replying to 3
> different messages i posted to the list, with no other explanation.  i
> suppose it's just his way to ask me to forward it to the list with
> appropriate commentary.  :)
> 
> it's interesting because popp sort of contradicts himself towards the
> end of the article, & to add some fuel to that fire, the live set i've
> seen from him last year (with david kristian & mitchell akiyama opening)
> was indeed some very typical improv, particularly bland if compared to
> the laptop magic of pita or morceaux_de_machines, for instance.  in a
> sense it was interesting because it was noisy & you wouldn't expect that
> from oval, but...  you had to wonder whether the noise was serious or
> just a pisstake for people expecting to hear systemisch or ovalprocess
> (like rdj & his "sandpaper" record).
> 
> his studio work may be another story (though nothing i've heard from
> oval has ever appealed much to me) but "taking a year to achieve" is no
> guarantee for a good recording anymore than say "letting it go
> spontaneously".  but we've been over that haven't we?
> 
> on the other hand, here are 3 things i have personally stolen from OVAL:
> 
> 1) generic 4-letter word used as artist name...
> OVAL -> CAMP
> 
> 2) systematically prefixing album titles with the artist name...
> _ovalprocess_ -> _camp féministe_
> 
> 3) sampling famous avant-garde ambient records...
> _selected ambient works vol.2_ -> _makesnd cassette_
> 
> i don't do CD skipping though, disc & the discmen do it better!
> 
> ~ david
> 
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