christian marclay is not a musician, he's an artist. there's nothing to get about his 'music'. it's all about the processes
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:08 PM, AntonBanks.com <[email protected]> wrote: > Really interesting topic! > > I don't mean to derail the conversation but this link got me thinking... > > I'd never heard of Christian Marclay before so I checked out the links. I > don’t find myself saying this too often but I REALLY don't get his music. I > thought this wass odd because I've come to really like ambient and > soundscapes. I can tell that there is a definite purpose behind what he is > doing. Wikipedia pegs him as the "unwitting inventor of turntablism" and I > agree with that statement. You can certainly learn a few turntablism > techniques by watching what he does. It's just that the overall performance > is totally lost on me. > > -ant- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Taylor [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 6:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: (313) Re: Research question about vinyl manipulation > > > I don't know if anyone in the dance scene has done anything like this. This > kind of stuff falls more into the noise scene. I can remember the Time > Stereo guys drilling holes in records so that they would play off center and > sound wobbly, but that is the only thing that comes to mind. > > This guy has made a career of that gimmick: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Marclay > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIFH4XHU228 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVr-_lGxib4 > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Denise Dalphond <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 18:08:48 -0400 >> Subject: Research question about vinyl manipulation >> Hi all, >> >> Has anyone ever done or heard of anyone doing the following IN >> DETROIT: >> >> Physically manipulating a piece of vinyl by cutting it down the middle >> exactly and then gluing it to another half of vinyl so that the >> grooves match up and it can actually play? Or any other kind of >> dramatic vinyl manipulation? I'm thinking of things beyond concentric >> grooves, groove reversal (starting a record from the inside to play >> outward), and looped grooves. >> >> Feel free to message me directly if you'd rather. Thanks! >> >> -- >> Denise Dalphond >> Ph.D. Candidate >> Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology >> Indiana University >> http://denisedjsdetroit.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> > > This > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.864 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3235 - Release Date: 11/03/10 > 04:36:00 > >
