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New podcast: PROBES #6.2 Auxiliaries. A musical selection curated by Chris Cutler Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/probes6-2_chris_cutler/capsula PDF: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20131217/Probes6_2_eng.pdf The PROBES Auxiliaries collect materials related to each episode that try to give a broader – and more immediate – impression of the field. They are a scan, not a deep listening vehicle; an indication of what further investigation might uncover and, for that reason, most are edited snapshots of longer pieces. We have tried to light the corners as well as the central arena, and to not privilege so-called serious over so-called popular genres. This sixth auxiliary investigates further preparations of stringed and brass instruments, in the quest for novel sounds. -
New podcast: PROBES #8.2 Auxiliaries. Curated by Chris Cutler
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PROBES #8.2 Auxiliaries. Curated by Chris Cutler Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/probes8-2-chris-cutler/capsula PDF: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20140808/Probes8_2_eng.pdf The PROBES Auxiliaries collect materials related to each episode that try to give a broader – and more immediate – impression of the field. They are a scan, not a deep listening vehicle; an indication of what further investigation might uncover and, for that reason, most are edited snapshots of longer pieces. We have tried to light the corners as well as the central arena, and to not privilege so-called serious over so-called popular genres. This auxiliary explores extended techniques for strings. You can find the complete series here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag -
New podcast: PROBES #8, curated by Chris Cutler In this eighth instalment, Chris Cutler presents modifications of string instruments that seek to move away from tonality while maintaining coherence. Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/probes8-1-chris-cutler/capsula Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20140710/Probes8_eng.pdf Transcript: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20140619/08probes_transcript_eng.pdf In the late nineteenth century two facts conspired to change the face of music: the collapse of common-practice tonality (which overturned the certainties underpinning the world of art music), and the invention of a revolutionary new form of memory, sound recording (which redefined and greatly empowered the world of popular music). A tidal wave of probes and experiments into new musical resources and new organisational practices ploughed through both disciplines, bringing parts of each onto shared terrain before rolling on to underpin a new aesthetics able to follow sound and its manipulations beyond the narrow confines of ‘music’. This series tries analytically to trace and explain these developments, and to show how, and why, both musical and post-musical genres take the forms they do. This programme explores ways to coax some highly unusual sounds out of strings. You can find the complete series here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag
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New podcast: PROBES #7.2 Auxiliaries. Curated by Chris Cutler
RWM posted a topic in Music Discussion
New podcast: PROBES #7.2 Auxiliaries. Curated by Chris Cutler Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/probes7-2-chris-cutler/capsula PDF: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20140424/Probes7_2_eng.pdf The PROBES Auxiliaries collect materials related to each episode that try to give a broader – and more immediate – impression of the field. They are a scan, not a deep listening vehicle; an indication of what further investigation might uncover and, for that reason, most are edited snapshots of longer pieces. We have tried to light the corners as well as the central arena, and to not privilege so-called serious over so-called popular genres. This auxiliary investigates preparations for percussion and extended techniques for piano. You can find the complete series here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag -
New feature: PROBES #7 transcript is now available online. Curated by Chris Cutler Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/extra/probes7-chris-cutler/capsula Probes #7 examines some of the preparations applied to percussion and voice before beginning to look at the recovery and invention of extended performance techniques; starting with the piano. Between not touching it at all and reducing it to firewood many techniques have been proposed. The new episode will be available soon! You can find the complete series here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag Enjoy!
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New podcast: PROBES #6, curated by Chris Cutler There's no end of things that have been laid on, tied to, screwed into or otherwise attached to alter the sound of conventional instruments. This sixth programme draws a map and explores some of the outer reaches of string and wind preparations. Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/probes6_chris_cutler_/capsula Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20130909/Probes6_eng.pdf Transcript: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20130909/06probes_transcript_eng.pdf In the late nineteenth century two facts conspired to change the face of music: the collapse of common practice tonality (which overturned the certainties underpinning the world of art music), and the invention of a revolutionary new form of memory, sound recording (which redefined and greatly empowered the world of popular music). A tidal wave of probes and experiments into new musical resources and new organisational practices ploughed through both disciplines, bringing parts of each onto shared terrain before rolling on to underpin a new aesthetics able to follow sound and its manipulations beyond the narrow confines of 'music'. This series tries analytically to trace and explain these developments, and to show how, and why, both musical and post-musical genres take the forms they do. This sixth programme continues to explore probes into pitch through the preparation and modification of conventional instruments – looking at the many tapings, wrappings, clampings, clippings, attachments and impairments applied across the family of strings, before moving on to the less familiar territory of prepared winds. Some people get up to some pretty strange behaviour in the pursuit of unusual sounds. You can find the complete series here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag