EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 53, Issue 17 This issue's topics: Audioforum mail address? Ghost In The Machine IDEAS Festival New Techno Vinyl Announcement SILENT SPRING (OK, SUMMER) (2 messages) Stockhausen and My Cousin Vinnie Techno Radio Airplay Sydney Australia truckin' to the uk (2 messages) Your EMUSIC-L Digest moderator is Joe McMahon . You may subscribe to EMUSIC-L by sending mail to listserv@american.edu with the line "SUB EMUSIC-L your name" as the text. The EMUSIC-L archive is a service of SunSite (sunsite.unc.edu) at the University of North Carolina. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 09:55:29 -0400 From: "P.U.Computer Sc. Dept. by way of xrjdm@twinpeaks.gsfc.nasa.gov" Subject: > RECORDING _The Nature of Music_ on cassette 262-275 Signell > > Jeffrey Norton, Inc. has just released on the Audioforum label... Can somebody give me Audioforum's snailmail address? Thanks pucsd\@iucaa.ernet.in (Hari Sahasrabuddhe) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1993 18:31:00 CDT From: Greg Youngdahl Subject: Ghost In The Machine Hi all, I saw an interesting play last night at the Steppinwolf Theatre in Chicago called "Ghost In The Machine". It has nothing to do with the Police song (or is it the album) of the same name, but the plot is based on e-music composing/research. The premise is that the composer used various random techniques to compose his music, heavily based on computers, and starting with a "twelve-tone row" (as has been discussed here a lot recently). In the midst of one of his 3 large works a passage turns up (apparently 7 measures or so) that identically duplicates a passage from some several century old hymn (or other religeous musical work). Apparently this wasn't evident from a casual listening of the piece, but was detected by some kind of computer analysis of the piece (the music in question is never actually heard during the play (since of course it is just a play), although some very interesting emusic segues connect the scenes). The story revolves around whether this happened by random chance, devine intervention, or hoax. The various scenes are set up to cast doubt and suspicion of various kinds on all of the players, and has a scene where the researcher (a separate person from the composer) is discussing the possibility of publishing his research with his school's emusic professor (reminded me of some recent tales from this list). By the end of the play everyones credibility had been so tarnished that I wasn't sure if I believed that the play was really over. My wife felt the same, and apparently a lot of the audience had the same sensation. The performers came out to take their bows, there was a bit of hesitation before the audience broke into applause, and then it looked like people weren't sure if they should be getting up to leave. Part of this may have been due to the shorness of the play relative to others we have seen there (about 1 1/2 hour), and to the fact that there was no intermission as is customary at plays there, which may have been somewhat intentional in the production of the play (to enhance this effect). All in all I thought it was very well done, and would recommend it, especially to emusicians who could probably appreciate the descriptions of the composer's technique more than non-emusically inclined people. I mentioned the e-music used to segue from scene to scene. I'd describe it more as sonic textures or something like that. There was no "beat" to it or any chord progression. It seemed to me to sound like I envisioned the "morphing" process discussed here a while back might sound like, although there was no *recognizable* initial or final sound (at least to me). It seemed to blend from one sound into another, ebbing and flowing, very beautiful, kind of mysterious or haunting, and very effective at setting the mood for the play. I was really struck by how many connections there were between stuff that comes across in this list and topics in the play (the 12-tone row, the researcher and the e-music professor, the sounds of the musical segues...). I haven't had any formal musical training (just trial by the fire of playing in a club/wedding/??? band for several years), but the recent discussions of the 12-tone row technique of composing had piqued my interest, and now, having seen the play, the hook is set. Can anyone recommend a good reference I could get my hands on to find out more about it? -- Greg Youngdahl AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, IL greg@ihlpm.att.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 12:42:24 -0600 From: Gene Cooper Subject: IDEAS Festival 1993 Telluride IDEAS FESTIVAL "Tele-Community" July 23-25 Telluride, Colorado The Telluride InfoZone is a pilot project for broad spectrum community development and education in rural areas, using information and telecommunications technologies. It is being planned as a pragmatic answer to real issues facing this place, and as a test-bed for systems, services, and the long range social, economic and cultural implications of "telecommunities" in our "information society". This summer, the Telluride Institute eighth annual Ideas Festival will focus on "Tele-Community". On the weekend of July 23-25, the ideas Festival will host face to face discussions and teleconferences on the difficult issues: the politics, economics, technological, social and cultural implications of "Tele-Community." -------------------- (TELE-)CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, PANELS, AND ONLINE EXCHANGES: As government and corporate interests form alliances and position themselves to create a new National Information Infrastructure, there is a growing movement among regional and local communities and dedicated individuals to shape a more humane, socially serving direction for our tele-media-ted future. Participate in this vital conversation and help promote an ecology of the information environment. Technical Considerations: networks, hardware, software, standards. Applications and Implications: political realities; cultural uncertainties; economic opportunities; social responsibilities. Break-out work sessions will be held on critical public policy and access issues. Featured presentations include: Information Economics 101: The pay-per society Civic Networking: From information highways to home-town tele-communities. Science and the nets: The Human Genome Project (information mapping) Virtual Publishing: The medium is changing; what is the message? Native Nets: Talking drums on-line Colorado Initiatives: Setting the agenda DEMONSTRATIONS AND WORKSHOPS Join us in initiating the Telluride InfoZone, providing local access Internet connection to the world, and broadband community net services. Sample developing technologies and explore some of the many on-line applications and communities. SPECIAL EVENTS "Tele/Comm/Unity" - A tele-communication arts project: hosting interactive, multi-media connections with artists, universities and cultural centers around the world - featuring the Electronic Cafe International. Skyfield - Picnic on the West Meadows, site of the proposed new town of Skyfield, a ground-breaking, ecologically planned, tele-community. --------------------- The Ideas Festival is a program of the Telluride Institute, supported in part by Colorado Advanced Technology Institute & Colorado Supernet; The Colorado Trust; Apple Computer, Inc.; and the Town of Telluride, Commission on Arts and Special Events. The Telluride Institute is an eight year old non-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, active locally, regionally and internationally in natural resources, arts and culture, and research. Amongst the purposes stated in its Articles of Incorporation is promotion of *the understanding of the information revolution and its adaptation to the improvement of human welfare and culture*. The InfoZone concept is the result of several years' study as to how best transform this purpose into action. ----- PRELIMINARY LIST OF INVITED PRESENTERS. (* means confirmed) BOARD OF DIRECTORS *John Lifton and Pamela Zoline - Tellluride Institute/Skyfield *John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene - Megatrends 2000 Amory and Hunter Lovins - Rocky Mountain Institute INFOZONE ADVISORY BOARD *Jonathan Aronson - School of International Relations, University of Southern CA *Ann Branscomb - Program on Information Resources Policy, Harvard University *Lewis Branscomb - Kennedy School, Harvard University Duane Elgin - Director, Choosing Our Future *Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz - Electronic Cafe International *Ken Harmon - Director, Colorado Supernet Heather Hudson - University of San Francisco *Dave Hughes - Old Colorado City Communications *Ken Klingenstein - Dir., Computer & Network Services, UC, Boulder *Jeff Richardson - Director Rural Telecom Program, Colorado Advanced Tech. Inst. Richard Solomon - Research Lab on Electronics, M.I.T. INVITED PRESENTERS (preliminary) Albert Gore, Jr. - Vice President, USA *Richard Civille - Center for Civic Networking *Steve Cisler - Apple Library of Tomorrow Randy Ross - American Indian Telecommunications *Roger Fidler - Knight Ridder Information Design Lab *Stephen Berry - University of Chicago *Stephen Hull, TogetherNet *Gene Youngblood - College of Santa Fe *Andrezej Konopka - National Institute of Health Bill Washburn - Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX) *Howard Rheingold - Whole Earth Review *Lewis Rossetto - Wired *Douglas Carmichael - Metanet/Metasystems Design *Mark Graham - Pandora Systems *Judy Malloy - Leonardo/F.A.S.T. *Richard Lowenberg, Program Director ------------------- For Program Information contact: Telluride Institute, PO Box 1770, Telluride, CO 81435 (303) 728-4402 Email tellinst@csn.org Travel arrangements : Telluride Travel Company 800-833-8616 (inside Colorado 303-728-3044); Lodging: Telluride Central Reservations: 800-525-3455 (inside Colorado 303-728-4431) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1993 21:03:45 GMT From: Clarence Din Subject: New Techno Vinyl Announcement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A N N O U N C E M E N T NEW RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fresh Records, Philadelphia, PA (215) 567-7988 The songs off of my new techno album have been played in some of the top dance clubs (Thursday to Sunday nights) in the Philly area, including The Bank, Aztec Club, The Warehouse, Revival, and Egypt, as well as college radio. I have recorded these songs with the help of one of the top producers in Philly. So, without further ado, here is my announcement... U.D.M. TEKNO (DIN-001) Trance techno with Deep House roots and a very driving beat. A four-song EP with the two runaway club hits, "Correlation" and "The Raven" (an ode to Edgar Allen Poe), the Europop favorite, "Waialae," and a tongue-in-cheek strip club song called "Strip!" For more information (such as ordering and pricing info (cheap!)), please e-mail din@gradient.cis.upenn.edu NOTE: This record is HOT!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABOUT OUR LABEL Fresh Records produces and distributes mainly techno, club, and alternative albums. We DO NOT do hardcore stuff. Please send your demo tape of one to four songs to the address below. If your stuff is good, but we can't use it, we know people who may be able to handle it. Replies within 2 weeks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Clarence K. Din din@gradient.cis.upenn.edu | | Fresh Records * 2215 Arch Street # 203 * Philadelphia, PA * (215) 567-7988 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 13:48:13 GMT From: JOEL STERN Subject: SILENT SPRING (OK, SUMMER) What happened? The net was humming, Bandwidth had just been released, and then suddenly... Joel Stern stern@mail.loc.gov tel:301-588-8061 fax:301-585-7642 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 14:06:18 EDT From: Brian Good Subject: Re: SILENT SPRING (OK, SUMMER) Joel Stern write: > What happened? The net was humming, Bandwidth had just been > released, and then suddenly... I'd assumed that Mike Metlay's baleful glare (on the Bandwidth cover) frightened everybody off the net... :-) brian good ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1993 08:28:20 -0400 From: idealord Subject: Stockhausen and My Cousin Vinnie Last weekend my spouse invited an artist friend with a thick Brooklyn accent to our Saturday barbecue and beer thing. I played him my tape of emusic and we got to talking about emusic in general. So, he sez, "One of _my_ favorite emusic pieces is 'Song of 'da Yute.'" Karlheinz, you had to be there ;-). Jeff Harrington idealord@dorsai.dorsai.org ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1993 08:53:28 GMT From: Michael Dagn Subject: Techno Radio Airplay Sydney Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anyone with DEMO tapes/pressings that would like airplay in AUSTRALIA ... (Especially TECHNO, Rave, House, Industrial, EBM, etc...) I do a Radio programme here in Sydney Australia and also play at some Raves/Clubs/etc. I am also interested in any information, Magazines, playlists, DJ charts, etc... e-mail: au535@cleveland.Freenet.Edu or michael.dagn@lsupoz.apana.org.au or call me on ++61-2-3993554 ------------------------------------------------------------ au535@cleveland.freenet.edu or Michael Dagn @ 3:712/634 Michael Dagn (DJ MD) michael.dagn@lsupoz.apana.org.au M D A SYDNEY, Australia Music Dance Aesthetic Saturday Nights 10pm-2am 2RSR 88.9MHz ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 11:24:29 EDT From: ronin Subject: truckin' to the uk anyone here in the edinburgh or london areas who can tell me something about alternative label contacts? a composer i have been working with for the past two years will be in the uk (mostly scotland) for the summer, and will be shopping around some of her stuff to some of the major labels... i'd like to know what might be available that is somewhat more attuned to our particular product. it's a range of material... mostly electro-shamanic dance ritual, with some celtic ballads and straight-ahead synthbeat stuff on the side. anybody i should tell her about? -----------< Cognitive Dissonance is a 20th Century Art Form >----------- Eric Harnden (Ronin) or The American University Physics Dept. 4400 Mass. Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20016-8058 (202) 885-2748 (with Voice Mail) ---------------------< Join the Cognitive Dissidents >------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1993 09:41:44 +0000 From: Nick Rothwell Subject: Re: truckin' to the uk >mostly electro-shamanic dance >ritual, with some celtic ballads and straight-ahead synthbeat stuff on the >side. anybody i should tell her about? Er: Me! This stuff sounds pretty interesting. If the quality is there, it would go down well at the various performance venues here in Edinburgh. Record labels: I can hunt around. I'm more into the contemp. dance scene than the music scene here at the moment, but I do have one or two contacts (including members of Cauld Blast Orchestra and Mouth Music) so I might be able to get a handle on local independent labels. Anyways, I want to hear this stuff... Nick Rothwell | cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance | cassiel@cix.compulink.co.uk ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************