----- Original Message ----- From: "viagratek ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 10:02 PM Subject: [313] john cage vs. modern electronic music
> sorry if this topic has been cained to death but im not sure how to find the > RECENT archives. > > i have a school project and would like to make infrences to how cage has > influenced modern electronic musians today. i need specific examples, > opinions, and whatnot. also, can anybody point out any interviews or > comments of the like? all suggestoins welcome, thanks > > -having 313 do his homework for him, v I'm expecting lunch money for this... :) See the book, "Ocean of Sound : Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds" by David Toop. He also wrote Rap Attack 1, 2 + 3. Oceans of Sound touts itself as a history of 100 years of electronic music, dating back to Debusey. It's an interesting read, and he spends a lot of time talking about Cage, and revisting him over and over again. Personally, I prefer his music to his writing. You may remember him from his contributions to the emit label (how I miss them). Also talks about a number of frequently talked about people on 313 like Stockhausen and Sun Ra. What the book lacks in detail about the more modern stuff, it makes up for in breadth and history. Clipped from Amazon: "A member of a radical editorial collective on the cutting edge of British music criticism in the 1970s, later a critic for more standard papers, including the Times, David Toop'S second book covers a vast expanse of music. His tour-de-force survey describes a dissonant and invigorating clash of music and noise from western classical to Javanese gamelan, from Claude Debussy to Miles Davis to Brian Eno, from disco to techno to ambient. He discusses the changes in our sound world caused by the global reach of radio and recordings, and shows himself a rigorous pluralist, open to all styles and forms, but unafraid to offer robust criticism in any musical sphere." Tristan ---------- http://ampcast.com/phonopsia <- My music http://phonopsia.tripod.com <- Mixes, pics, thought, travelogue & info [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- email <FrogboyMCI> <- AOL Instant Messenger _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
