Re: [microsound] critical

[Andrei <andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, stephan mathieu wrote:

> hi andrej
> i agree with richard and your mail proofs it.
> i'd be interessted if you have a hint for what was fesh music for you 
> recently.
>  - stephan

I'll post a few (positive) reviews later today. :-)

Sorry for getting a little nasty, this stuff's sort of been on my chest
for a while.

Andrei




> from andrei -
> 
> > Yeah, I feel that way too, so I'm gonna just gonna deviate momentarily and
> > say that personally I don't care for Mr. Cascone's work, at least not
> > the couple of albums I've heard. I was listening to "Cathode Flower" the
> > other day and despite all the philosophical pretensions and use of
> > "advanced" software it just sounds like a static ambient album to me. 
>  
> > There are other artists on this list whose work I find overrated.
> > In fact I find there's so much pretension in this "microsound" scene. This
> > whole austere, minimal thing is so formulaic and worn out at this point. I
> > mean I don't even buy Raster-Noton cds anymore cuz I don't really expect
> > to hear anything new. I get the impression that a lot of artists think
> > there is something intrinsicly artistic about making that kind of music
> > and backing it up with pseudo-intellectual theories. There's a lot of 
> > pseudo academia around. Like people who are familiar with the work of
> > Stockhausen, Xenakis, etc. think that because they've discovered those
> > composers' works somehow they've become "serious" artists after having
> > spent the last 10 years or whatever making techno or ambient or
> > whatever. I just wanna see some real effort and intellect put into 
> > people's work. That's what I think made the music of people like
> > Stockhausen or Xenakis so impressive. I sound negative, but all I really
> > want is to hear some fresh music.
> 
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