Re: [microsound] Dusted Theories

Cool! Thanks for letting that on .. Yeah, when I said 'Scanner is the random
element,' I meant I couldn't easily guess what he was doing .. he's like the
indeterminate event in the composition .. I've got to try this out ..

I really enjoyed this release, btw. I think this is in many respects a very
difficult work, and rewarding at the level of consideration and thought that
was applied in the listening and which I tried to explain in the "review"
(which isn't a review -- more of an exegesis. I don't really write
"reviews"..)

best, tobias
ps. Please feel free to pass on the link to Robin R.

>> 2. That Cascone applies his Max/MSP random-patch mixing strategies to a
>> series
>> of Scanner's sounds.
> yes...this is partly what took place...
>
>> 3. That Cascone and Scanner add layer upon layer to the other's work =AD
>> although this sounds unlikely.
> this also partly took place...
>
>> 4. That [1] and [2] are mixed and applied to the other =AD
> no, more like [2] and [3] were mixed and applied to each other...
>
>> In a random
>> composition of random particles, this yields, as remainder, a minimum lev=
el
>> of
>> cohesion necessary for this duration of sound that seems to see neither e=
nd
>> nor beginning; that interrupts rapidly its own direction; that settles in=
to
>> no
>> pattern; that only remarks its own sonic landmarks through a similarity t=
o
>> previous works of Cascone =AD but not to previous works of Scanner.
> well now that our working process has been partially revealed, I'll divulg=
e
> a little more:
> you'll have to rip the CD, reverse it in your computer and then look at bo=
th
> pieces (from approx. 4:33 -> 10:02) on a spectrum analyzer to see the
> material that Robin hid in the work...in addition to literally thousands o=
f
> his soundfiles, Robin used a 'very large array of masking frequencies'=81
> (these are typically used in 'beat-frequency hemispherical masking
> structures') which when notch filtered reveals more of his material...and =
if
> you listen very closely to the scanned voices on the CD they will direct y=
ou
> to time markers on the CD that contain material that was created solely by
> Robin...
>
>> Scanner is thus a random element of this collaboration.
> you'll think differently when you piece together all the various clues to =
be
> found on the CD...
>
> daedsiluap,
> KIM
>
>
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