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From: owner-zorn-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (Zorn List Digest)
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Zorn List Digest Monday, December 31 2001 Volume 03 : Number 666
In this issue:
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Re: plunderphonics/etc.
Re: most satisfying releases of 2001
Re: plunderphonics/etc.
Re: plunderphonics/etc.
Re: most satisfying releases of 2001
Odp: the Gift/Ribot
Re: plunderphonics/etc.
Re: Plunderphonics 101
Re: plunderphonics/etc.
Re: plunderphonics/etc.
Re: plunderphonics/etc.
Re: plunderphonics/etc.
Re: plunderphonics/etc.
dated musik.
2001 "Best Of"
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:32:32 -0700
From: "M Pathos" <mpathos@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: plunderphonics/etc.
Oswald's ideas were visionary, but conceptualism and formalism in music (and
art in general) are rarely persuasive on their own; fatally, his pastiches
lack emotional resonance.
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:05:47 +0000
From: "Bill Ashline" <bashline@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: most satisfying releases of 2001
>From: SUGAR in their vitamins? <yol@esophagus.com>
>i'm very excited about all the byg-actuel re-issues.
>the alan silva stuff is excellent... i'd also
>add in a big recommendation for the
>aacm re-issue of 'les stances a sophie' (lp+cd).
Yeah, I had Les Stances a Sophie on my reissues list for 2000. I had to
list the other BYG releases for this year because I couldn't get them in
2000. I also bought the Alan Silva release during the summer but sadly
could not include it as I've been unable to play it on my turntable. Does
anyone know where one can buy a belt for an old Marantz? Thanks.
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:11:14 -0800
From: Skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: plunderphonics/etc.
> Oswald's ideas were visionary, but conceptualism and formalism in music (and
> art in general) are rarely persuasive on their own; fatally, his pastiches
> lack emotional resonance.
>
>
Is something called "Plunderphonics" designed for "emotional resonance"
purposes? I think Oswald is -- in the best and most creative sense -- a
prankster, pure and simple. I would sooner compare him to Penn & Teller
than to John Zorn.
skip heller
http://www.skipheller.com
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 16:10:08 -0600
From: Craig Rath <fripp@mn.mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: plunderphonics/etc.
>Perhaps I'm spoiled; having been raised on sample-based albums (Dj Shadow's
>"Endtroducing", Future sound of london records, any number of other
>sample-based records) that work together as pop-cultural pastiche as well as
>interesting aural experiences as well as cohesive albums, something like
this
>just isn't impressive, at all.
You are comparing two very different things here. Comparing FSOL's
sampling to Oswald's sampling is like comparing Angus Young to Robert
Fripp. They are not even attempting to operate on the same level.
>Again; anyone can sample a bunch of riffs, hooks, excerpts, sounds, etc; it
>takes skill to put them all together into something coherent (instead of
>Oswald's "just throwing them all together" approach).
I cannot see how you can consider Oswald's approach to be "just throwing
them all together". Have you ever listened to Plexure? Even if you
haven't heard that piece, his other plunderphonics works can hardly be
considered "thrown together". To me his works are very coherent. If you
look beyond the hard-wired standards that most music snobs call "coherent",
you'll see a lot more going on than initially meets the ear.
Granted - a lot of what he has done cannot be considered "easy listening"
in the same vein as FSOL. But that is beside the point - he isn't
attempting to capture the mainstream ambient/dance/electronic/whatever
market. To dismiss what he has done because it doesn't resonate with you
at this time doesn't mean that what he has done is any less important than
what a pop group like FSOL has done.
Just my opinion - take it for what it's worth. Considering most of my
music purchases of late have been things my friends consider unlistenable
(Aube and other Japanese noise artists in particular), I don't really
expect too many people to agree with me. But I also get irritated when
people shoot something down without really giving it a fair shake.
Craig M. Rath
H: fripp@mn.mediaone.net
W: rathc@questarweb.com
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 17:18:27 EST
From: JonAbbey2@aol.com
Subject: Re: most satisfying releases of 2001
In a message dated 12/30/01 8:04:39 AM, bashline@hotmail.com writes:
<< Seminal ear-shattering experiences of 2001:
1) Xenakis, La Legende d'Eer, Montaigne
2) Sachiko M & Toshimaru Nakamaura, Do, Erstwhile >>
wow, you would have loved the six hour DJ set at Experimental Intermedia last
December I put together (with help from Mike Goodstein of WFMU). I included
all of Legende d'Eer and the 37 minute track from do as two of the three core
pieces which I built the program around. the third was Robert Ashley's
Automatic Writing, in a different vein from those two, but just as
mindblowing.
Jon
www.erstwhilerecords.com
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 23:23:35 +0100
From: "Marcin Gokieli" <marcingokieli@go2.pl>
Subject: Odp: the Gift/Ribot
Zorn/ribot duo is great; i just lov the feeeling of 'quick work' you get
while listening to those tracks. The W&K tracks are also great - MR plays a
lesser role in
those, though. The best album to feature Ribot is IMHO Filmworks II.
> You should definitely listen to "Filmworks III" (if you haven't). There's
> some of Ribot's most inventive, amazing performances there, specially his
> duo w/ Zorn (Hollywood Hotel) and the music for the Weiden & Kennedy
> Publicity company. Just an opinion.
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 17:27:27 EST
From: JonAbbey2@aol.com
Subject: Re: plunderphonics/etc.
In a message dated 12/30/01 5:10:31 PM, fripp@mn.mediaone.net writes:
<< I cannot see how you can consider Oswald's approach to be "just throwing
them all together". Have you ever listened to Plexure? Even if you
haven't heard that piece, his other plunderphonics works can hardly be
considered "thrown together". To me his works are very coherent. >>
I agree, you guys are being awfully tough on Oswald. sure, some of his work
sounds dated, but he was definitely groundbreaking in this genre. much of the
original plunderphonic record holds up pretty well, specifically the first
eight or nine tracks.
and whoever cited DJ Shadow, Endtroducing also sounds pretty dated now, and
that's only five years old, not thirteen like Plunderphonic.
Jon
www.erstwhilerecords.com
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 23:08:56 +0000
From: "thomas chatterton" <chatterton23@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Plunderphonics 101
> >From: "M Pathos" <mpathos@hotmail.com>
>
> >Oswald's ideas were visionary, fatally, his pastiches
> >lack emotional resonance.
But they're sure a lot of fun...if you don't try to read too much into 'em!
np: Kyoaku No Intention
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 20:50:21 -0700
From: "M Pathos" <mpathos@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: plunderphonics/etc.
Is music designed for pranks?
>
Is something called "Plunderphonics" designed for "emotional resonance"
purposes? I think Oswald is -- in the best and most creative sense -- a
prankster, pure and simple. I would sooner compare him to Penn & Teller
than to John Zorn.
skip heller
http://www.skipheller.com
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:49:47 -0600
From: Joseph Zitt <jzitt@metatronpress.com>
Subject: Re: plunderphonics/etc.
On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 08:50:21PM -0700, M Pathos wrote:
> Is music designed for pranks?
Consider Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" or the opening of King Crimson's
"21st Century Schizoid Man".
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 21:47:02 -0700
From: "M Pathos" <mpathos@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: plunderphonics/etc.
I suppose a one-line rejoinder begs to engender such responses in return.
While it's possible to portray irony and humor in music, I would contend
that this is making poor use of the richness of possibilities open to
organizers of sound.
As an admittedly imperfect analogy, I'd draw your attention to the
durability of (verbal/written) jokes in the canonical works of world
literature. We need to be explained the funny bits in Chaucer or Shakespeare
(my Western frame of reference; equally true, I expect, of Oriental works as
Occidental ones) and they remain unfunny after being explained, whereas the
same authors' more serious comments on the human condition seem to translate
transparently to the contemporary.
>
Consider Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" or the opening of King Crimson's
"21st Century Schizoid Man".
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 23:49:35 -0600
From: Joseph Zitt <jzitt@metatronpress.com>
Subject: Re: plunderphonics/etc.
On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 09:47:02PM -0700, M Pathos wrote:
> I suppose a one-line rejoinder begs to engender such responses in return.
> While it's possible to portray irony and humor in music, I would contend
> that this is making poor use of the richness of possibilities open to
> organizers of sound.
Limiting music to just jokes might be a "poor use..." But limiting music
to exclude them would be, too.
> As an admittedly imperfect analogy, I'd draw your attention to the
> durability of (verbal/written) jokes in the canonical works of world
> literature. We need to be explained the funny bits in Chaucer or Shakespeare
> (my Western frame of reference; equally true, I expect, of Oriental works as
> Occidental ones) and they remain unfunny after being explained, whereas the
> same authors' more serious comments on the human condition seem to translate
> transparently to the contemporary.
Dunno if I'd want to choose between a good laugh now and a solemn
posterity.
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 21:59:01 -0800
From: Skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: plunderphonics/etc.
> Is music designed for pranks?
>>
Why not? Any language is available for any use you like. If you can
conceive it as a prank, you can execute it as a prank. Penn & Teller have
made a whole magic science based on this, and -- prior to them -- I think
people would have dismissed that very idea as shallow and destined for a
short shelf-life. But they -- like Oswald -- are the greatest of
pranksters, posessed of flawless technique. I like pranks, especially
victimless ones. My first exposure to PLUNDERPHONICS made me feel like I
had just been in on the best April Fool's Day anyone had ever pulled on my
stereo.
Short answer -- you can design music for any experience you like, be it
love, protest, humor, whatever.
skip h
NP: guy klucevsek, citrus my love
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Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 03:46:59 EST
From: UFOrbK8@aol.com
Subject: dated musik.
it's interesting, the thread about plunderphonic sounding dated. while i
really like what oswald i've heard (i have only heard one album, all the way
through, once, and no, i don't remember which one), i think the true test of
whether something can artistically hold up is its sounding dated or not. i
think that this is a very common symptom of electronic and computer music -
as the medium advances, previous endeavours in it sound, well, pretty bad.
occasional things override this - the early reich tape pieces, stockhausen's
gesang der junglinge, and music for airports to name a few - but a whole hell
of a lot of tape/electronic/computer music sounds like total ass now - i.e.
mort subotnick's the wild bull. pop/rock is so much the same way, too, maybe
moreso. everyone knows that peter frampton sounds like total shit now. but
it was groundbreaking then and it's interesting, if kitschy, now. so... i
forgot what my point was...
k8.
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Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 01:54:54 -0800
From: hatta <hatta@spiralcage.com>
Subject: 2001 "Best Of"
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Well it's NYE: finally time for a top 10...plus Makers and 'High
Fidelity' put me in the mood for lists ;)
My Favorite Music of the year 2001:
No Neck Blues Band 'Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But Names
Can Never Hurt Me' (Revenant)
Keith Rowe/Toshimaru Nakamura 'Weather Sky' (Erstwhile Records)
Secret Chiefs 3 'Book M' (Web of Mimicry)
Aiko Shimada 'Blue Marble' (Tzadik)
Wayne Horvitz & Zony Mash 'Sweeter than the Day' (Songlines)
Radiohead 'Amnesiac' (Elektra)
Bjork 'Vespertine' (Elektra)
Wayne Horvitz & the 4+1 Ensemble: 'Through a Window' (Avant)
Freight Elevator Quartet 'Fix it in Post' (C74)
Kim Cascone 'Dust Theories' (C74)
Sachiko M/Toshimaru Nakamura 'Do' (Erstwhile Records)
Personal Music Discovery of the Year:
AMM (thanks to this list)
The Best Live Shows I saw:
John Zorn with the Seattle Chamber Players ( Benaroya Hall, 02.25.01)
Bang on a Can Allstars (Moore Theatre, 03.11.01 )
Eyvind Kang's classical composition 'Petrified Wood' (Consolidated
Works, 03.14.01 )
The Residents (EMP, 03.30.01)
AMM (04.11.01, Old Church Portland OR)
Sex Mob (09.01.01, Bumbershoot)
Critters Buggin w/ Bachir and Mustapha Attar (09.28.01, Sit n' Spin)
Critters Buggin w/ Bachir and Mustapha Attar (09.29.01, Viking Union,
Bellingham WA)
Dave Douglas's Witness (10.07.01, Sit n' Spin)
Horvitz 4+1 / Acoustic Zony Mash (11.09.01, Tractor Tavern)
Books published this year:
David Mitchell 'number9dream'
Haruki Murakami 'Sputnik Sweetheart'
Scott Carrier 'Running After Antelope"
McSweeney's
Bill Waterson, 'Calvin & Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995'
Movies:
1) Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
2) Man Who Wasn't There (Coen Bros.)
3) Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)
4) Battle Royal
5) AI (Steven Spielberg)
6) Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe)
7) Monsters Inc. (Pixar)
8) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Kevin Smith)
9) Memento (Christopher Nolan )
DVD's
Twin Peaks (Lynch/Frost)
Dogma (Smith)
Untitled (Crowe)
Citizen Kane (Wells)
Akira
Cowboy Bebop Ultimate Collection
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
Memento (Christopher Nolan )
R.I.P.:
Ken Kesey ("Never give a inch!")
George Harrison
happy new year,
Robert
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-Bill Waterson, 'Calvin & Hobbes'
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<div>Well it's NYE: finally time for a top 10...plus Makers and 'High
Fidelity' put me in the mood for lists ;)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>My Favorite Music of the year 2001:</div>
<div>No Neck Blues Band 'Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But
Names Can Never Hurt Me' (Revenant)</div>
<div>Keith Rowe/Toshimaru Nakamura 'Weather Sky' (Erstwhile
Records)</div>
<div>Secret Chiefs 3 'Book M' (Web of Mimicry)</div>
<div>Aiko Shimada 'Blue Marble' (Tzadik)</div>
<div>Wayne Horvitz & Zony Mash 'Sweeter than the Day'
(Songlines)</div>
<div>Radiohead 'Amnesiac' (Elektra)</div>
<div>Bjork 'Vespertine' (Elektra)</div>
<div>Wayne Horvitz & the 4+1 Ensemble: 'Through a Window'
(Avant)</div>
<div>Freight Elevator Quartet 'Fix it in Post' (C74)</div>
<div>Kim Cascone 'Dust Theories' (C74)</div>
<div>Sachiko M/Toshimaru Nakamura 'Do' (Erstwhile Records)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Personal Music Discovery of the Year:</div>
<div>AMM (thanks to this list)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The Best Live Shows I saw:</div>
<div>John Zorn with the Seattle Chamber Players ( Benaroya Hall,
02.25.01)<br>
Bang on a Can Allstars (Moore Theatre, 03.11.01 )</div>
<div>Eyvind Kang's classical composition 'Petrified Wood'
(Consolidated Works, 03.14.01 )<br>
The Residents (EMP, 03.30.01)</div>
<div>AMM (04.11.01, Old Church Portland OR)</div>
<div>Sex Mob (09.01.01, Bumbershoot)<br>
Critters Buggin w/ Bachir and Mustapha Attar (09.28.01, Sit n'
Spin)<br>
Critters Buggin w/ Bachir and Mustapha Attar (09.29.01, Viking Union,
Bellingham WA)<br>
Dave Douglas's Witness (10.07.01, Sit n' Spin)<br>
Horvitz 4+1 / Acoustic Zony Mash (11.09.01, Tractor Tavern)<br>
</div>
<div>Books published this year:</div>
<div>David Mitchell 'number9dream'</div>
<div>Haruki Murakami 'Sputnik Sweetheart'</div>
<div>Scott Carrier 'Running After Antelope"</div>
<div>McSweeney's</div>
<div>Bill Waterson, 'Calvin & Hobbes: Sunday Pages
1985-1995'</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Movies:</div>
<div>1) Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)</div>
<div>2) Man Who Wasn't There (Coen Bros.)</div>
<div>3) Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)</div>
<div>4) Battle Royal</div>
<div>5) AI (Steven Spielberg)</div>
<div>6) Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe)</div>
<div>7) Monsters Inc. (Pixar)</div>
<div>8) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Kevin Smith)</div>
<div>9) Memento (<font face="Times" size="+2"
color="#000000">Christopher Nolan</font> )</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br>
DVD's</div>
<div>Twin Peaks (Lynch/Frost)</div>
<div>Dogma (Smith)<br>
Untitled (Crowe)<br>
Citizen Kane (Wells)<br>
Akira<br>
Cowboy Bebop Ultimate Collection</div>
<div>2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)</div>
<div>Memento (<font face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000">Christopher
Nolan</font> )</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>R.I.P.:</div>
<div>Ken Kesey ("Never give a inch!")</div>
<div>George Harrison</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>happy new year,</div>
<div>Robert</div>
<x-sigsep><pre>--
</pre></x-sigsep>
<div>Hobbes: "Is it a right to remain ignorant?"<br>
Calvin: "I don't know, but I refuse to find out!"</div>
<div> -Bill Waterson, 'Calvin & Hobbes'</div>
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