— yaxu, 2024

@TodePond @yaxu let us not forget stockhausen's advice to rdj

"I heard the piece Aphex Twin of Richard James carefully: I think it would be very helpful if he listens to my work Song Of The Youth, which is electronic music, and a young boy’s voice singing with himself. Because he would then immediately stop with all these post-African repetitions, and he would look for changing tempi and changing rhythms, and he would not allow to repeat any rhythm if it were varied to some extent and if it did not have a direction in its sequence of variations."

@tehn @yaxu what is this?
@TodePond oh just further evidence of the university anti-rhythm club. there are some other impressive opinions from the same moment: https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/10/15/karlheinz-stockhausens-electronic-music-tips-for-aphex-twin-plastikman-others/
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Electronic Music Tips (For Aphex Twin, Plastikman & Others)

Back in 1995, classical composer and electronic music pioneer Karlheinz Stockhausen (22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) took the time to give a listen to some then-current tracks by Aphex Twin, Plas…

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@tehn @TodePond Wow at the opinions. Here is Stockhausen's Song of the Youths, FYI! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcCs6Muljmk
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang Der Jünglinge ("Song of the Youths")

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@Gregori @tehn racist low energy music