Re: [microsound] review: m.northam, y.dauby & t.koner @ STEIM

[Bill Jarboe <billjarboe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 2/16/02 2:42 PM, Derek Holzer at derek@xxxxxx wrote:

> Bill,
> 
> my big memory of Jeph Jerman was him playing feathers and pine cones,
> completely unamplified (!) to a completely silent audience at the former XRay
> Cafe space in Portland. The purist in me starting thinking out ways he could
> preserve those sounds w/o electricity, inspiring much late night discussion on
> theoretical "recording" techniques.
> 
> Northam also hails from Portland (my old pre-Euro home town as well), so
> perhaps there's a geographic connection: funny-looking facial hair, flannel
> shirts and "junk rock"...

  Hhey, speak for yourself, 'Buddy'.
  
  Actually , most of times I've listened to Jeph Jerman it was also
unamplified. I think there's still alot of room for exploration in the area
of utilizing ancient recording techniques .(cones, handmade transducers
etc.) with modern computers.  Causing plants to grow in accordance with the
vibrations and then digitizing the result is probably still a year or two in
the future; am I wrong?
  
> Quoting Bill Jarboe <billjarboe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> --> on 2/16/02 2:04 PM, Derek Holzer at derek@xxxxxx wrote:
> --> 
> --> > Northam's approach reminded me of seeing Jeph Jerman live -- it is an
> --> approach
> --> > which seeks to squeeze all available sounds out of a single object
> --> before
> --> > moving on to the next.
> --> 
> -->  
> -->   I've listened to Jeph Jerman live more than once. Several people I've
> --> known have performed with him and there is a sort of 'seattle tradition '
> --> of
> --> coaxing sound from objects not usually considered musical instruments and
> --> playing store bought instruments in manners they don't generally teach at
> --> the conservatory.
> --> 
> -->   It's possible Jeph was in that group "Blowhole". They used to play
> --> large
> --> arenas amplifying really small objects.They also presented themselves as
> --> an
> --> ordinary rock band; I heard a live set from the 'gorge at george'and
> --> thought
> --> it was quite effective for musicians of that style to be'filling up the
> --> sky'. 
> --> 
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