“It’s just a meme, nothing else. But every meme carries meaning. Indeed, there is in fact new music on the way. Just not such noise.” “How come?” “Things are already noisy as it is.” “Yeah, right…” “But they are! And beware, for within the realm of noise, wherever wonder meets disgust, a tentative yet candid … Continue reading Se vienen cositas
“Your music embalms wounds which previously seemed unreachable. The resulting and long-lasting pain is certainly punishing, debilitating. And indeed, while not devoid of tenderness, the lessons here unearthed were never to be deemed anything else but bittersweet tasks. And how could they not be? You were born alone, you live alone, and so shall your … Continue reading A Compromise
—He aquí la ligereza del ánimo que tanto ansiamos. Mientras exhalamos, mantenemos las manos y la cabeza ocupadas y, de paso, o así, apaciguamos temores habituales asociados a cotidianas formas de interacción humana. La vista, el oído y, en suma, nuestra atención se agudizan. La culpa se domestica, pero a regañadientes, no sin pelear por … Continue reading Cig Up
Ninguna de ellas sería buena. O quizá sí; no me acuerdo de ninguna, pero la costumbre es asumir lo peor. Intento controlarlas, o al menos ser consciente de la experiencia misma, pues por ahí he leído que la lucidez puede tener su utilidad terapéutica. Y cualquier ayuda me vale a estas alturas. Tumbado en la … Continue reading 3847 cuadernos
—Así pues, la materialización, o consolidación corpórea (si se prefiere el término escolástico), de la presente vajilla no resulta de la armoniosa cooperación estructural de sus múltiples partes constituyentes. Al contrario, su materialización se manifiesta como el operador final en una compleja, arbitraria o, en el más amable de los casos, contingente cadena de actos … Continue reading Self-Portrait
Delightful text. Thank you so much, 12 min albums, and to all of you who may give Miércoles, 16 de septiembre de 2020 a listen. <3 <3 <3 “Condensing the experience of a full-length album into twelve minutes, cosmic lithium presents us with 15 micro-tracks that oscillate between the most alien drones, flashes of ’90s … Continue reading Miércoles, 16 de septiembre de 2020
Some time ago, in an interview for the Journal of Electromusical Inquiries, Kerban reminisced: “Nights of Bus. Nights of Cinesa at Manoteras. Nights of Cinesa at Manoteras plus Bus. Nights of Destino. Nights of Wrong Way, Maravillas and other Malasaña dives. Nights of Wild Thing. Nights of Siroco and Mondo (of course!). Nights of ‘tercios’, … Continue reading Our Emotional State of Choice
“From a distance, the forms, techniques, and building materials of music may seem to be cumulative, like a technological tradition. But music is not a branch of technology, though it is affected by technological developments. It is more like philosophy, which may also give a superficial impression of being evolutionary. Each apparently new idea in … Continue reading Ethnodebate
“Another plugin. Granular synthesis now.” “It sounds amazing.” “Yes. Versatile, fun. And easy to use. I’m worried about the usual stuff.” “…” “Where does one find the composer? Or the composer’s identity, more specifically? This vanishes behind the technical and aesthetic sovereignty of the work tool, of the instrument.” “…” “And I also perceive a … Continue reading Easy to Use
“The last room of the ‘Anarchy of Silence’ exhibition is taken up with a 2007 realization of ‘Lecture on the Weather,’ with John Ashbery, Jasper Johns, and Merce Cunningham among the reciters. I sat for a long time in the gallery, listening to the grim swirl of sound and observing the reactions of visitors. Some … Continue reading Our Poetry Now Is the Realization that We Possess Nothing
cosmic lithium :) 