the clueless leading the blind

[anechoic <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>called Matthew Herbert makes dance music entirely out of the sound of a
>McDonald's meal being unwrapped and consumed. They are both part of a
>trend
>sometimes known as "glitch," which is music made without any
>instruments,
>entirely of found sounds, which are then arranged into musical patterns.
>
>Glitch is primarily about what fun can be had with samplers and
>computer-editing programs, but it is also about bridging the gap between
>pop
>music and conceptual art.


I have listened to both Herbert's and Matmos' material and what is really
funny is that all this "new sampler hijinks" was being done when the
technology first became available back in the 80's...I cannot tell you how
many demo tapes I got back then that were done with all sorts of "wacky"
sound sources...
this opens a discussion that I have been trying to let germinate for the
past couple of years concerning this style (Matmos/Herbert) of music and
it's inherent "novelty quotient" which always makes for "interesting copy"
for newbie journalists who think they have "discovered something"...
(quotes are meant to be "finger flexions" i.e., denoted sarcasm)
also, lumping these artists into the glitch movement (whatever that is) is
perplexing...what makes their music "glitch"?

any thoughts from some of our more media critical members?
KIM