From william ratke Sent Wed, Aug 4th 1999, 22:35
From william ratke Sent Wed, Aug 4th 1999, 22:35
> i believe a 'track' can have millions of layers of sound and still
> remain minimal ... similar to sitting back and listening to a loud,
> punkrock
> band in a crowded bar and allowing the overall 'sound' or 'ambience'
> dominate or remaining at a stop light with a tape recorder blinking red
> and finding out later the time slips by much quicker in real time. i
> would not like to define 'minimalism' as anything "too"
> specific. i would say that some people feel it's a broad reference point
> to something
> yet undiscovered ... or, simply, making something the most effective,
> using the fewest elements.-> a pure-headed type approach?
>
> the term can also be good to use when nothing else fits. even the most
> complex, multi layered music has to stop somewhere. so why not think
> positively and hope that sound will continue to amaze in whatever
form.
these are my sentiments exactly, reducing the volume of audio
to the point its nearly sunc below the threshold of the human ear
doesnt make audio minimal, i think minimalism as a philosophy is
multifaceted especially in audio. can be applied to the most dense
shriving of activity to the thinnest microwave warble to the actual
construction/equipment used in the process of composition(which
is something ive been keen on the past bit)
to confine minimalism to one single element is an error
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