Re: [microsound] niblock (woolgathering pretty diverse)

[roberth <roberth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

that's a pretty great list and diverse too. what about tony conrad and his
arch nemsis lamont young. lamont's black record ( the one where one side is
all bowed gong) is one of my favorite drone records. and a current favorite
is birchville cat motel chi vampires. great ambient, drone, and it  morphs
into drone black metal. excellent. though autechre haven't done much for me
personally in  years, but hey i still listen occassionally to their early
stuff.
robert horton
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Subject: Re: [microsound] niblock (woolgathering pretty diverse)


> re: phil niblock---i highly recommend TOUCH WORKS, FOR HURDY GURDY AND
VOICE.  I find it hard to speak intelligently about this music, it has had
such a profound effect on my listening/hearing/production.  I do find it
interesting that there is not much discussion on this list of many of the
artists on the fringe of what was once dubbed 'minimalism', much of my
practice on computer sound production has been heavily influenced by people
like Arnold Dreyblatt, Phil Niblock, Charlemagne Palestine, Henry Flynt,
Pauline Oliveros, and Eliane Radique.  And while I love Autechre, John Cage,
and Iannis Xenakis, I also love Fennesz and Pita.  But I would also place
Raphael Toral's "Calm of Acceptance, Violence of Discovery" and Keith
Fullerton Whitman's "Playthroughs" alongside any of the previously mentioned
artists works.  These records undercut , for me, any intellectual interest I
might have in arguing the
objectification/commodification/reification/fetishization of recorded
sound....they are quite simply beautiful, rich, and rewarding productions
that I can listen to again and again.  Forgive me for name dropping, it's
just that I've gotten a little tired of reading "new autechre" in the
subject heading of so many emails for the last week.  Surely there are other
interesting subjects old and new to occupy/unite/divide us.  Anybody else
love John Fahey as an author, guitar player, composer, and human being?
>
> mhwrpc
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> > Can anyone recommend any works by Phil Niblock? I have 'Touch Food',
> > which is slowly becoming one of my favorite ambient releases, but I
> > gather that his work can be pretty diverse.
> >
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