Re: [microsound] new autechre

[aleks vasic <bvasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think i love you...

Seriously, what a great post...


aLEKs


On May 7, 2005, at 5:56 AM, jeff gburek wrote:

> i have wondered about this (cage) in relation to
> microsound as well. there is a lot to digest to get at
> the comprehensive image of cage's work but the
> discussion could take place between the shifting polar
> centers of what you call algorithmic and the
> non-intentional history extended through glitch. not
> too long ago someone posted here that s/he could not
> seriously listen to xenakis without knowing all the
> mathematical tables were there, something allegedy
> ensuring its validity as a "work". while i have
> studied xenakis' "tables", i would never say that
> cage's i-ching threads (computer-generated or not)
> would make me feel more inclined to listen to his
> work. there could be numerous other ways of
> structuring the compositions. the concept of what
> listening was for is renewed with cage. it was not a
> mere gesture. what is most important is the
> indeterminacy: a work written with indeterminacy as a
> parameter means that each realization would be
> different. the paradigm itself is somewhat at odds
> with commodity. if works are so easily identifiable by
> any elite as legitimate over against any others, we
> may have lost the entire meaning of what art in the
> twentieth century was adding up to. are microsounders
> on the average more interested in process than
> product? an answer perhaps as various as who logs
> on...
>
> jeff gburek


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