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mustardpupil on 2001-11-25 00:07 [#00055315] | |||||||||
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I'm teaching a class on experimental music in the coming weeks and am researching the electronic field now, bif fan of Aphex Twin and am trying to find a good resource on how Richard actually composes his music. I've heard things about algorithms and raves of him being a mathematical genius but... well, haven't found any solid info as of yet. Can anyone help me out, or know anything about his composition techniques? Any knowledge of any other experimental electronic composers/composition techniques (autechre, IDM, etc) would also be of great help. Oh right in case no one else knows youo can get all of Aphex Twin's videos through a program called Kazaa. |
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Frothbottom from New York on 2001-11-25 00:11 [#00055317] | |||||||||
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sounds like a great class! you should bring in some Hrvatski, that stuff is really experimental (and good!). |
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Scary Bear on 2001-11-25 00:25 [#00055319] | |||||||||
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And tortoise as well. They are very very good. |
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w...ww(wwMMww)ww...w on 2001-11-25 00:27 [#00055320] | |||||||||
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I think it's largely a matter of evolved technique, it has way more to do with the mind and reason for creating it than the technology used. Crunch (album: "1" from www.forcedexposure.com) is as good in terms of giving order to complexity and in my opinion is as interesting as autechre. Autechre really unleash the full power of their minds while aphex twin is more interested in fucking up heads. I love all 3. You might talk about how he composed some of his ambient works in a dream state. |
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mustardpupil on 2001-11-25 00:45 [#00055323] | |||||||||
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I wasn't aware that Richard composed some of his ambient works in a dream state, that's really spit, as I'm really intereted in that, more so with writing but am planning on doing so with more musical ideas as well. There's probably articles with Richard where he talks about that, right? Thanks to everyone else for their help as well, much appreciated. |
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The_Funkmaster from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-11-25 01:27 [#00055337] | |||||||||
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a class in experimental music huh? That's sounds pretty awesome... I'd actually study for that one... :) I did a course called North American Popular Music last year, and it was half decent, but we spent most of the year talking about Tin Pan Alley crap... we did study the Beatles for a small portion though... that was cool... |
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Frag from nj on 2001-11-25 06:10 [#00055355] | |||||||||
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He once said that sometimes he would mash the keyboard to how the rhythm should be...then later spend hours rearranging the notes to how he wanted it. He does that quite a bit, puts chaos into his machines then organizes it. |
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Baron Von Picklefoot from From my "special" place on 2001-11-25 08:02 [#00055359] | |||||||||
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Sounds like a very cool class good work mate !THE BARON HAS SPOKEN!!! P.S. IF YOU EVER NEED TO FIND ME I WILL BE RUNNING AROUND THE STREETS OF CHICAGO WITH MY BALD HEAD PAINTED BLUE AND I WILL BE POKING PEOPLE WITH SMALL FORKS !!!!!! |
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wayout from a plastic bubble on 2001-11-25 19:30 [#00055409] | |||||||||
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about his ambient music...he says that most of the songs on SAW2 were based on sounds/songs he heard while lucid dreaming, apparently, he'd wake up, jump out of bed and try and re create what he had heard while it was still fresh in his mind.. i also read in an interview with squarepusher that he likes to get himself into a deep trance state while making music...just doing whatever he feels without thinking about it...in fact he says he doesnt even remember making some of his songs (like the obelisk tracks) good luck finding solid information about compositional techinques though, as most musicians seem unwilling to discuss specifics...i guess your best bet would be to just look through interviews on the net (here, autechre.nu, etc.) as they do give some clues occasionally.. oh, and another group that may be interesting to look into is matmos...they use sounds from unconventional sources (liposuction machines, acupuncture point detectors, eye surgery lasers, etc..)which they then arrange into rhythmic structures.. |
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FreakyNinoBrown from usass on 2001-11-25 19:42 [#00055412] | |||||||||
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are there any good squarepusher sites?...i can t seem to find them...maybe someday a squarepusher.nu, perhaps? |
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Xanatos from NYC on 2001-11-25 19:45 [#00055417] | |||||||||
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squarepusher.com |
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ww...MwmwM...ww from bologneville on 2001-11-25 23:25 [#00055512] | |||||||||
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I bought that matmos cd, a chance to cut is a chance to cure but it didn't come in the mail yet. I also bought arovane "atol scrap" and funckarma "parts" in the same order. I read some interviews of matmos, they make music for gay porns and don't use very high tech equipment to organize their sounds but it might be quite a unique album to be made with surgery sounds mostly. |
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Taxi on 2001-11-26 02:27 [#00055573] | |||||||||
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mustardpupil, check out some of the interviews in www.nativeinstruments.com A lot of "cutting edge" musicians interviewed go into fair detail about the technology that they use for their art, and how they do it. Also would be worthwhile to check the link archive in www.warprecords.com There are always an interview or two for each artist posted in there. Alternately, you might want to check out http://www.schematic.net/ Those are some of the furthest left guys in this genre. They will prolly have a good resource or two for you. |
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mustardpupil on 2001-11-27 05:31 [#00055954] | |||||||||
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Thanks everyone for your help! |
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Ceri JC on 2001-11-27 12:02 [#00056047] | |||||||||
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A frequent technique he seems to use for his classical sounding pieces is sampling individual notes of an instrument then arranging and altering them on a pc. |
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