Re: Gilles Gobeil + academic electronic music at large

[ian stewart <artsonics@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

david turgeon wrote ----> not only has there been good academic electronic 
music since the 70s, there's been several different strains of it.  most of 
it however has come from europe & canada, & almost never from the USA where 
"tape
music" seems to have the worst reputation in the world for some reason. 
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america shouldn't be written off completely- there are many tape music 
composers working there, some amazing, some not. some of the best known- 
paul lansky, morton subotnik, paul koonce, joseph anderson.
recommendations: richard karpen's life studies are some of the most poetic 
tape music i've heard, and they are very different from his earlier 
synth-based work that is available on cd. ludger brummer, while not 
american, made several tape works at ccrma-stanford, and his work is also 
very good.

as for the uk scene, some excellent music here. for those interested in 
denis smalley, his work is subtler than most. give it a few chances and you 
will find rewards.

empreintes digitales is probably the best label in the world for this type 
of music.

ian

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