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Re: Re: LOOPING a DRY CLEANING SHOP
I don't know, it seems we're imposing our aesthetic imperative on
Diego. He's doing his own thing (and quite well). I don't think he
ever claimed these videos were live recordings, and all the editing
cuts should make that obvious in any case. What I take from those
videos is a context for the sounds he creates. Whereas you view it as
a recorded performance, instead he's showing us how he made his sounds
and where they're from... this is contrary to the acousmatic's
tradition of obscuring reference to the sound source. I appreciate
that... it makes me want to hit things and make my own instruments.
My favorite of his videos is the basso forte:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhp6P9Ygsoc
I think it's a mix of recorded performance and editing magic.
Regardless, it's genius in my book.
Sylvain
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
> I feel you, Matt.
>
> There's something a tiny bit dishonest about it.......and yet, I like
> the
> concept.
>
> Rick Walker
>
>
>
> On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, Matt Davignon wrote:
>
> There was something that bothered me about these clips, including
> "musician
> plays a tree" (also featuring Diego) and "music for one apartment and six
> drummers". I gradually figured out that it's not the musicians
> themselves. I
> see Diego as taking the torch from Matmos and running with it. He is
> doing
> a lot of creative stuff.
>
> The thing that bugs me is the video treatment and promotion. He's not
> really
> playing a dry cleaning shop as an instrument - he's making lots of tiny
> recordings, then arranging them on the computer to make music. The video
> treatment suggests that he's playing all the "instruments" from start to
> finish live.
>
> The "music for one apartment and six drummers" video
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVPVbc8LgP4) specifically lies to you -
> it
> doesn't even show the computer! Somehow, the drummers are able to amplify
> the sounds of perfume bottles, etc without microphones. Also, the sounds
> of
> books being dropped on the floor sound like handclaps, and sound exactly
> the
> same each time.
>
> So yeah, it puts the sensationalism above the music, and that bugs me.
>