Re: [microsound] Re: niblock

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

The irony is that when I played Phil's Experimental InterMedia studio, in
2004 (the '60s barn you are talking about -- entrenched around the block
from LaMonte Young's dreamhouse in TriBeCa), well, in front of Phil and an
audience cramped into every nook and corner of the loft, and about 10
minutes in, I blew the amp. He said it was the first performance to do that.
Heh. - t

> From the comments about him playing loudly
> 
> -Yeah Niblocks performance is pretty amazing, I saw him a few years ago
> knock out an amazing three hour drone-a-thon, sans any visuals.
> 
> Niblocks set was a harmonic orgy of sound. From what I gather by pushing the
> levels as high as possible, you really start to hear all kinds of unplanned
> overtones, for me this is one of the most interesting aspects of his work,
> making something so dense and thick that at the same time is totally minimal
> in how it slowly evoles and changes, very very focused listening. What was
> also nice about that set, was that it was in a huge open space with a
> massive vaulted ceiling, with many speakers, you where encouraged to move
> around, experience the sound from many different perspectives, you could
> also walk out and take a breather, then come back in, it was nice that the
> piece carried for so long and he had no you must do this and sit perfectly
> still dogma surrounding the performance.
> 
> If you ever get the chance to see a performace in his space in downtown,
> dont miss out, that place is like walking into a barn out in the country
> from the 60's, total brain drain awesomeness. Super nice guy to boot.
> 
> 
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