> i remember reading (i think it was in the biography written by =
fernand
> ouellette) that var=E8se had started experimenting quite early=20
> with record players/turntables that allowed the user to adjust the =
speed
of the
> record.
>=20
> however, i can't remember around what year he started working on =
that.
A few interesting dates, as listed in The New Grove Dictionary of Music =
and
Musicians, 6th ed. (includes a good bibliography and list of works):
1913 - In Paris Var=E8se took an interest in Bertrand and his electric
instrument, the 'dynaphone.'
1933 - Before leaving Paris Var=E8se wrote to the Bell Telephone Co. =
and the
Guggenheim Foundation in an attempt to raise interest in a centre for
electric-instrument research. His failure to obtain funds or =
facilities was
the principal cause of the depression which overtook him for many =
years.
1953 - Var=E8se received, from an anonymous donor, an Ampex tape =
recorder,
which enabled him to begin concrete work on the plans he had nurtured =
for 40
years.
The dynaphone is not a record player exactly, but it can manipulate =
sounds
in similar fashion with hand gestures, etc. More info can be found at
www.obsolete.com/120_years/machines/dynaphone/.
Jeni
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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 21:33:36 EDT
From: Nudeants@aol.com
Subject: Re: new jim black release on W&W
In a message dated 9/15/00 1:21:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
proussel@ichips.intel.com writes:
<< It is as if Uri Caine had found a successul recipee and is now applying it
to every composer...
>>
Yup.
- -matt mitchell
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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 22:21:44 EDT
From: Velaires@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: new jim black release on W&W
Matt --
Actually, Uri had been toying with the idea of the Goldberg's long before the
Mahler thing came up (in the form of writing music for a silent film about
Mahler for the old Knit's LOUD MUSIC, SILENT MOVIE series).
Frankly, aside from its being so sprawling, I think the Goldberg's come off
nicely, if in need of more editing. As for his recipe being successful, I
take that to mean you haven't heard his realizations of Schumann (just plain
weak) or the Wagner (regular salon transcriptions devoid of any of kind of
jazz/new music quotient, and surprisingly fresh).
I remember Uri turning me onto Glenn Gould via the Goldberg's, and his point
out stuff about each variation (and, in some cases, Gould's performances
thereof), and pointing out all kinds of stuff that now, about eighteen years
later, he's put into motion himself as a program unto itself.
As for the "recipe" assessment, I am reminded of something Mose Allison said
in the mid sixties, when an interviewer posed that question about his own
work:
"That same accusation gets levelled at Thelonious Monk all the time. It's
the pitfall of having your own style."
skip heller
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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 22:30:14 EDT
From: Dgasque@aol.com
Subject: OT: Matrix
Don't know how many fans there are here of this Michigan-based brass ensemble that released a handful of LPs in the early-to-mid 80's, but if anyone here could verify the release of a live LP by the band, I'd appreciate if if they could supply some info. AFAIK, the band released 4 LPs, none of which have made it to CD-
_IX_
_Merlin_
_Tale of the Whale_
_Harvest_
All of these were studio LPs. Much appreciated in advance...
- --
=dg=
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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 23:22:23 -0500
From: Steve Smith <ssmith36@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: new jim black release on W&W
Uri's friends and foes alike will be interested in seeing a feature on him in
the New York Times this coming Sunday, Sept. 17. It'll be on the web,
naturally, for those who can't buy the paper as easily as I can...
Jim Black's new one is dense, difficult, choppy and dazzling. He gave me a CD-R
a couple of months ago. That I've said nothing about it thus far should give
you an indication of the challenges it presents - which is not to say I don't
like it, quite the opposite.
Steve Smith
ssmith36@sprynet.com
NP - nothing, the sounds of Threadgill's Zooid still merrily bouncing 'round my
head...
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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 04:42:08 GMT
From: "Bill Ashline" <bashline@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Ignaz Schick/Perlon
>From: JonAbbey2@aol.com
>when I was at the Musique Action festival in France a few months ago, I was
>browsing the Metamkine stand when Phil Durrant pointed me to a CD which he
>said that I absolutely had to check out. it's called Perlon, and it's the
>trio of Ignaz Schick on electronics, Jorg Maria Zeger on guitars, and
>Burkhard Beins on percussion, none of whom I'd ever heard before.
>nevertheless, I bought it, not expecting much, and it's one of the best
>things I've heard this year. completely original and unique approaches by
>the
>three, especially Schick and Beins. two pieces, 72 minutes.
I was wondering if you had listened to this guy's work. He's on the avant
list and occasionally comments. Awhile ago he gave a very deft and
informative explanation on electro-acoustic improv on the list, so I
suspected he'd be exactly the kind of figure that Erstwhile would embrace.
A smart guy who knows a damn lot about contemporary music.
