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Re: [microsound] robert henke



i really don't know

structures and sound arrangements in a large quantity of electronic music are extremely traditional by contrast to their content. there is a huge variety of very interesting sound design and exploration going on with electronic music artists, so it makes me wonder why a lot of it isn't all that interesting. when i really try to think about it, lifting clear of a nihilistic 'anything is art' attitude, i'm not as interested in hearing new sound as i am in hearing new music. after all, i can always hear new sound by merely listening.

it's almost like many many producers get caught on a hook or a way of doing something (perhaps even unique to them), then they trample it into the ground and don't develop it at all.

there's a lot of development and transformation missing in today's electronic music that i enjoy in more traditional forms, and i wonder if that's a factor of the age of this electronic language. and while i enjoy minimal/Minimalist music a great deal, is there a point where these things move on?

if it doesn't sound like it's constantly starting or constantly ending, it sounds like it's a rip off of Bach or Scarlatti made with fancy sounding synths dripping with digital fx.

in short i guess i prefer the fact that technology made the music to be unapparent in the music itself. but i'll also be the first listener to wonder how the sounds were made. :)

m

Bill Jarboe wrote:

On Oct 12, 2005, at 2:10 PM, Mr. Cookie wrote:

a lot of electronic music being made today leaves me with this feeling



why is that, do you think...

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