Re: "best"microsound? (plus: "micro" in Boston? Really?)

[Howard Stelzer <hstelzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm new to this microsound stuff, and I am confused by who or what >might 
> be the definitive artists of this genre. So, if my life depended >on it:  
> Which is the "ONE" or even 2 microsound, artists / CD's I >ought to get 
> which might best introduce me to this stuff?

bernhard gunter "un peu de neige salie" (Selektion, GER), reissued on (Table 
of the Elements, US)

Kevin Drumm "Second" (Perdition Plastics, US)

The gunter CD started this whole "micro" thing, inspiring many on this list 
(please correct me if I'm mistaken) to work exclusively in tiny details. 
Definitely an important, heavy piece of music, worth seeking out and taking 
plenty of time (like: years) to digest. The Drumm CD is, I feel, one of the 
strongest albums of the contemporary non-academic computer music we're all 
vaguely refering to on this list. Drumm is a consistently creative and 
daring artist, not at all limited by genre, instrument, anything at all. 
He's just unpretentious and genuinely inventive. Real quality, y'know. Can't 
reccommend th' guy's work higher.

So: between these two CDs, I think you'll get a good idea what it's all 
about. Hope this info is helpful!

> Also, a hello to all the Boston microsounders.

....are there any? I know that there are lots of improvisors here whose work 
began acoustic and has, over the past couple of years, embraced electronics 
as either an additional voice or as a general aesthetic. But 
"microsounders", I'm not sure about. We've got James Coleman, an improvising 
thereminist whose work is almost always subdued and low-volume (he prefers 
the term "low velocity"); we've got nmperign, of course... they are entirely 
acoustic, even if they don't sound like it, and thier work uses silence very 
effectively; Jason Lescalleet's work is pretty varied; Hrvatski is pretty 
loud most of the time I've heard him; Brendan Murray might be "microsound" 
sometimes; Vic Rawlings uses both cello and circuit-bent electronics, and is 
mostly very sparse and quiet... if you could turn me on to other artists in 
my city that I might enjoy hearing, please do! I'm thinking about holding a 
festival of electronic/electro-acoustic music sometime next year, would love 
to hear more folks workin' in the area.

best,

Howard Stelzer. Intransitive Recordings.
www.intransitiverecordings.com

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