Re: [microsound] miles of styles of philosophes

[jeff gburek <tsazmaniac@xxxxxxxxx>]

the problem of transcendance is always what you do
afterwards! my experience of this kind of social
activity was before techno and raves. and it was on
the burning shores of california where it was
happening. i think not instutions but the overall
cultural vibe is what gives rise to these
possibilities. what existed in the eighties in the bay
area is quite different than what we see now. more
parallel is the berlin i live in now where the  war
destruction, partition of the city and the slow
economic development has left these strange unused
architectural spaces and people disenchanted with the
mainstream can make some of their dreams come true
there. but we are at the tailend of it i think. there
are always discussions about noise complaints here
now. the need to sleep is big problem. (that also is a
form of transcendance!). i think the strangest
experience of transcendance i had recently in berlin
was when a theater group did a piece on prohibition
and then had 20's era party with a dj spinning only
78's. it was certainly problemmatic for the american
(me) to see these whities dancing around to big band
music when i am aware of the politics of black and
white in that era. but nevertheless, they managed to
run the thing for two whole months twice a week and it
was packed always until the wee hours, i myself being
under the spell and often not leaving until 5:30 am. i
am curious why, because many of them where people in
their twenties (so it is a numeric thing,hmmm). it was
really a place out of time (and yet in time fixed, by
its vestigial cultural trappings). it is in such a
sphere that one encounters the ghosts of our cultures.
the symbol of the american big band and its reception
by the germans in the era of the nazis. the music of
our genetic forebears. when death was probable and
life needed to be now?

best, jeff gburek
--- Damian Stewart <damian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Stephen Hastings-King wrote:
> 
>  > the business of
> > transcendence is one undertaken by authorized
> specialists in transcendence
> > production.  there are special buildings around
> where you can go to look at
> > or listen to outputs generated by authorized
> specialists in transcendence
> > production.  
> 
> I'm currently undergoing an intense period of
> research into techno music 
> (of the Detroit/New York/Chicago variety) and these
> sentences resonate 
> strongly with the construction of the techno gig and
> the role of the DJ 
> therein. I'm also helping organise a techno party
> which happens in two 
> weeks and we find ourselves having discussions about
> how to bring about 
> this production of transcendance through the
> production of the party.
> 
> Interesting...
> 
> -- 
> Damian Stewart
> +64 27 305 4107
> 
> f r e y
> live music with machines
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> 
> 
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