RE: [microsound] Urban sounds in music

[Michael North <michael.north@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have some pieces up at http://sonus.ca that are live improvisations with
urban/suburban and rural sounds...just search for m north, everything is
downloadable...i would recommend using the advanced html version of the
site.....also I'm sure you'd find a lot of other material on the site that
would fit your needs...........

//*-----Original Message-----
//*From: András Rónai [mailto:ronaiandras76@xxxxxxxxx]
//*Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:40 PM
//*To: microsound
//*Subject: [microsound] Urban sounds in music
//*
//*In two weeks I'll give a lecture illustrated with music examples about
//*the
//*use of urban sounds in (experimental, maybe a little pop) music.
//*The basic idea is that in life, urban noise is a kind of sonic background
//*(with more or
//*less discernible components) from which distinct sounds as signs can
//*"emerge" -
//*e.g. the sound of a tram etc.
//*When moved to the musical context these sounds are changed and
//*according to the context they acquire a place
//*somewhere on a scale that ranges from signs (e.g. the sound of cars in
//*a pop songs) to pure sounds (where
//*the origin doesn't matter, only sonic qualities).
//*These are only two extremes, neither of
//*which exists: in music, no sound can be just a sign (sonic qualities
//*always matter), and even if there are pure sounds (I doubt that),
//*they can't have any "origin" thus can't be called urban sounds.
//*But nevertheless we can well place music using urban sounds on that
//*scale.
//*For example, field recordings have an interesting stand somewhere in the
//*middle: they're "documents" which means they're signs, but removing these
//*sounds from the natural world (just be recording them) makes their sonic
//*qualities to stand out, to be perceivable for the listener for the first
//*time.
//*
//*What I ask you is to recommend music to use as examples (downloadable
//*releases are mostly welcome) and recommend some essays (that can be read
//*online) about that topic. Of course any comments on the thoughts outlined
//*above are also welcome.
//*
//*Thanks,
//*r.a


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