Re: [microsound] "anti-correlation" radio servicing

[Mark Landman <mlandman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm, typically a reasonable question regarding the legitimacy of the 
processes used would would be positioned as just that, a reasonable 
question, not a semi-rabid diatribe…

The appearance is more that you want to take a cheap shot at Kim, rather 
than you're truly concerned whether new artists are on the level of 
"Xenakis/Stockhausen/etc"…

ML

On Sunday, July 14, 2002, at 03:42 PM, Several people wrote:

> > I am releasing a new CD titled "anti-correlation" on anechoic
> > street date is Aug 13th 2002
> > the style is difficult listening with no beats: material is an hommage 
> > to
> > the ideas/software of the late Iannis Xenakis...
>
> Interesting. How exactly did you pay hommage to Xenakis's 
> ideas/software ?
> Did you use the UPIC system and make use of high-level mathematics,
> mythology and architectural concepts in your compositions ?
> Or did you just make some Max/MSP patches which are at best only
> superficially related to Xenakis's ideas and let them generate some 
> noises
> and then claim that they're an hommage to his work in order to bring 
> some
> legitimacy to your "pieces" ?
>
> Andrei

also from your attitude it seems you're most likely not very familiar
with kim's work either in music or writing if at all. before you open
your yap, and barf out some dumb uncalled for shit maybe you should give
things a chance.

I made my comments because I *am* familiar with Mr. Cascone's work.