Re: [microsound] microsound vs. DJ culture

["tobias c. van Veen" <tobias@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like the topic of an intensive paper -- if not book.

Of note, I'm intrigued by the "vs." -- I've been a dj since the early '90s,
and a lover of all forms of experimental and other music since I began
digging sound.

I see no "vs.," I hear no "vs." ... well I guess I do it hear .. but why?

I bought Silent records and discovered electro-acoustoc at the same time as
industrial, acieed house, Detroit techno .. punk, grunge, jazz,
psychedelia.. minimalism, repetition, happenings .. stockhausen, boulez,
technotronic .. 

What I do hear are a lot of people trying to draw lines in the sound --

-- for reasons not of qualification [the marking of differentiation of
application, performance, style, etc] but the aesthetic-ethical demarcating
of boundaries of legitimacy .. something else entirely ..

Time to get out into that more brilliant sun,

    tobias

ps. Of note,

    "The Black, the White, and the Mutek." Stylusmagazine.com, 2003-02-10.
    http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=37

> What is the relationship between "microsound" and "DJ culture?" Is the
> first a subset of the second...a stylistic genre? Are they completely
> separate, culturally autonomous realms? Or somewhere in between?
> 
> If DJ culture is about popular music, is microsound about unpopular
> music?
> 
> What role does race legitimately play in musical discourse. Is DJ
> culture really related more to "people of color" than what? non-DJ
> culture? Is microsound a music of people of non-color?
> 
> Does the terminology "DJ Culture" itself prevent critique by presenting
> itself as more than just music. In what way is this really the case?
> 
> I am trying to answer these questions for myself with little definitive
> luck so far. Can anyone help me out?
> 
> 
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