[microsound] Silence But Louder

[David William Newman <dwnewman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Has anyone ever released a professionally pressed cd (not cd-r) of pure 
silence? If not what is the most silent album known to us? 


M. A. Doherty / concresc_e_nce writes: 

> Regarding Cage, and the consideration brought forth by him...
> I do NOT think that the question raised by his music has been answered.
> When speaking of such things as art, you can not ever end an inquiry,
> really.  
> The very fact that we are now raising the questions that he did is a good
> mark that those considerations are still valid.
> I would like to point out that music, in general, has not had time to absorb
> considerations of silence as Cage proposed, and in other ways- however I
> have seen a lot of work that points toward incorporating silence into
> musical composition again, in microsound, in digital minimalism, and in
> acoustic works.
> ANY MUSICAL INQUIRY IS VALID. 
>
> -Michael Andrew Doherty
> www.michaeladoherty.com 



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