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post-techno duchampism
Things I've put in my stereo this week include The Hands of Caravaggio, a collaboration between veteran improv pianist John Tilbury and MIMEO (the "Music In Movement Electronic Orchestra", a sort of supergroup of electronic musicians). Prepared guitar pioneer Keith Rowe writes about MIMEO, "post-techno Duchampism," "e-mail democracy," and the way the piano "reflects history" here. Other sets of program notes and sound samples taken from the piece can be found here.
Also in heavy rotation around the house has been the album .kgs from the Japanese group Minamo, an enormously appealing mix of electronic drones, simple acoustic patterns, and odd microsound-ish knocks and crackles.
Minamo's works can also be found on a compilation recently released by the Apestaartje collective. I don't own any Apestaartje stuff, but they seem like an interesting label—they recently encased a microphone in a block of ice, recorded the thawing process, and released the results as an album. Labels: music_commentary |
Monday, September 16, 2002
2:29 PM
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