[microsound] radical computer music

[Phillip Thomas]

I guess to describe yourself as 'radical' to begin with seems presumptuous...
I did see this chap at the Brainwashed festival in Boston a few years ago and he was engaging if a bit bonkers!

Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:19:29 -0500
From: jeffreymelton at gmail.com
To: microsound at microsound.org
Subject: Re: [microsound] radical computer music

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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