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Re: [microsound] Socio/political implications of microsound music?



I would still have to disagree. The proliferation of (niche) knowledge is one of the great tools of the internet. And sociologically you and I are a part of the Microsound society because of this very list.

However, if you mean that the heavy technological approach is the cause of socio/political implications of Microsound music, then we may as well include everything else which involves computers and Western World technologies, relatively speaking.

In any case we're back to the beginning: there are very few socio/ political implications of Microsound music, and those that exist bear no meaning on the music itself to have a measurable effect.

And yes it could be considered avant garde. Whatever the current definition of that might be.

Mat



On 30 Jun 2006, at 00:43, Jon wrote:

Mat: Fair point -- and no book quoted! -- but it's less about the equipment (that was a lesser point) and more about the section of society who are given to developing knowledge and understanding of things like Microsound -- in other words, I think it's privileged knowledge, and that's reflected by the fact that it's a) a heavily technological approach and b) avant garde.



Not sure which books you paraphrased that from, though I agree with
it, but if you used your own reasoning you'd have noted that a cheap
second hand PC and a free copy of Pure data is well within the budget
of most 'revolutionaries'.


Mat

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