musique concrete

Matti Niinimäki created this video, which visualizes William S. Burrough’s thoughts on the origin and theory of Tape Cut-Ups.

via RichardMetzger

This is an interesting, though dated, commercial from 1967 that features a musique concrete sound-collage soundtrack created by Frank Zappa.

via cranjo16:

In 1967, I hired Frank Zappa for $2,000 to do the sound track for this animated tv commercial that I was animating and producing. It won a clio award for “best use of sound.” it was the beginning of a two year relationship that had me filming 14 hours of footage to be used for a film he called “Uncle Meat”.

via BB

Tim Prebble demonstrates effects made with bowed cymbals. Bowed cymbal sounds interesting forward and backwards, as the video shows.

The question I have is this: if you play a cymbal with a bow, is it still a percussion instrument?

More at the Substation site.

Electro-Music – a forum & site focusing on electro-acoustic music, has announced electro-music 2008, a three day conference/music festival to be held at the Renaissance Center in Kingsport Tennessee, August 14 – 16, 2008.

The program will include lectures, demos, jam sessions, and concerts.

The scope of this festival is very broad, covering all aspects of electro-music, experimental electronic music, including circuit bending, computer music, electro-jazz, modular synthesis, musique concrete, improvisation, algorithmic composition, multi-media, visual art and much more. The focus will be on participant involvement, sharing, community development, audience education, and great music.

A three day pass is available for purchase online for only $50. Tickets for individual concerts/events will be available at the door.

If you would like to participate in electro-music 2008 by giving a musical or visual performance, seminar, workshop, or demonstration, please follow the instructions here. Note that in order to cover the expenses, all participants are required to purchase tickets for the event.