Re: [microsound] eno: wired or tired?

[MVFarley@xxxxxxx]

> >Brian Eno
> >
> >> “I don't think
> >> (computer-reliant producers)
> >> are aware of what particularly
> >> stilted music they make. You
> >> can't do anything interesting
> >> with cutting-edge technology
> >> except not make it
> >> cutting-edge.“
> >> - Brian Eno, the electronic and
> >> ambient music pioneer, on
> >> why today's computer-crafted
> >> tunes are lame.

I don't know what musicians or types of music Eno was talking about, but personally I think that, despite all the years of theorizing and experimenting, Eno has always maintained essentially a "pop" sensibility (by no means a bad thing).

I recall a comment in an interview he made years ago, that he found it interesting when a composer went to the outer reaches of experimentation, but he felt no need to go out there himself.  It seems this more recent comment is in keeping with that.

michael