[microsound] radical computer music

[Laurens van der Wee]

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On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Jeffrey Melton <jeffreymelton at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't get it, myself. The Wikipedia article reads like a cross between
> Hakim Bey, KLF and Psychick TV, but the video feels for the most part like a
> mockumentary. Is it a stunt, like a Danish Die Antwoord? I dunno.
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:34 PM, David Powers <cyborgk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I read the Wikipedia article about "Radical Computer Music" first...
>> and it sounded like it could be interesting.
>>
>> However, after watching the video, I was completely confused about
>> what it had to do with music, computers, or indeed anything
>> "radical"... The guy just seems like some second rate
>> conceptual/performance artist, whose ideas look better on paper then
>> they do when you actually see or hear the work.
>>
>> I also couldn't really get any kind of coherent idea of what "Radical
>> Computer Music" was supposed to be about or why it is needed... no
>> doubt there's plenty of room to critique academic computer music, but
>> this video just left me completely bewildered as to what was going on.
>>
>> ~David
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 8:55 AM, flemming lyst <flemminglyst at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > let's read your thoughts about this:
>> >
>> > http://vimeo.com/19593647
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