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From Wired News, available online at:
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,52397,00.html
Whisper the Songs of Silence
Leander Kahney
2:00 a.m. May 29, 2002 PDT
Music generated on a computer is usually associated with the thumping
beats of techno. But a quieter aesthetic is emerging.
It's so subtle you can hardly hear it.
"Lowercase sound" is the name given to a loose movement in electronic
music that emphasizes very quiet sounds and the long, empty silences between them.
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Created largely by scientists, techies and experimental musicians,
lowercase recordings are frequently based on the magnification of minute sounds through a computer, typically a Macintosh.
Listen up: Toshimaru Nakamura's "nimb #20" (Sounds from a mixing board
feeding back on itself with no inputs). MP3 Download (1 MB)
Recent compositions include a bubbling symphony of boiling tea
kettles, the gentle hiss of blank tapes being played through a stereo and the soft bumps of helium balloons hitting the ceiling.
Listen up: Bernhard Gal's (a.k.a. gal) "Zhu Shui" (Zhu Shui is
Mandarin for 'boiling water'. All sounds originate from boiling up and
cooling down tea kettles.). MP3 Download
Wired News :Whisper the Songs of Silence
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>A note from t.whid:
> found this very interesting
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> From Wired News, available online at:
>http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,52397,00.html
" See also: -
Web Revival for Old Mac Interface -
Grads Want to Study on EMacs, Too -
Free Love and Selling Macs -
Join the Cult of Mac "
" Created largely by scientists, techies and experimental musicians,
lowercase recordings are frequently based on the magnification of minute sounds through a computer, _typically a Macintosh_. "
— ???
"Listen up: Toshimaru Nakamura"
"Roden is responsible for an album of paper being handled in various
ways."
— roden nor nakamura are using any computer in their music afaik
"Using contact mikes, composers record teeny-weeny noises and amplify
them with software such as DigiDesign's Pro Tools."
— ( or simpli with an amp. )
"The music is reminiscent of works by John Cage, the minimalist modern
classical composer. But unlike Cage's silent composition, "4'33," which caused a scandal during its 1952 premiere,"
(… and alike all other compositions by cage…)
" most lowercase compositions do include sounds. "
"A recent show at a coffee shop in Santa Monica, California, attracted
about 100 people to see three performers, all using Apple PowerBooks. "
"Macs are central to the creation of lowercase sound. Many lowercase
artists use field recordings and contact mikes for source material, and they amplify and edit the soft sounds on Macs. "
( … )
— wired = Mac.propaganda ??
lo_y
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>— wired = Mac.propaganda ??
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smart ass response = Macs need all the propaganda they can get!
(twhid = Mac.crazed)
actual response = wired has a section called 'cult of macintosh'
which focuses on the Mac. this article came from that section.
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>>— wired = Mac.propaganda ??
>smart ass response = Macs need all the propaganda
>they can get!
>(twhid = Mac.crazed)
lo_y = doesn't like black boxes
>actual response = wired has a section called 'cult of
>macintosh'
>which focuses on the Mac. this article came from that
>section.
but what's an aritcle about lowercase/microsound music doing there?
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