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Comments on: Artist cuts LPs like pies, makes edgy music

Christian Marclay breathes life into old LPs by slicing up and reassembling them into new music.

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by 4schler March 28, 2009 12:19 PM PDT: reminds me of the tape manipulations steve reich has done... very much in the vein of 'it's gonna rain' and 'come out'. cool stuff.; Like this Reply to this comment

by infinitely March 28, 2009 12:35 PM PDT

Not that this isn't cool, but it's nothing new. In fact, that was how they made noise collages before tape became viable.

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by Taylor McLaren March 30, 2009 7:23 PM PDT: It's also nothing new for Marclay, who has been doing this sort of thing since the '80s.; Like this


by hopjunkie March 28, 2009 1:17 PM PDT: Uh...OK... Dude, I this might be how Trent Reznor does Nine Inch Nails' songs.; Like this Reply to this comment


by professionaladventurer March 28, 2009 1:59 PM PDT: Uh, that would be "unlistenable" noise. I like what comes out of an MRI better, no really!; Like this Reply to this comment


by shootthecops March 28, 2009 2:37 PM PDT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch_music; Like this Reply to this comment


by dynesh March 28, 2009 8:33 PM PDT: Awful. It seems like one of those things that some people call art and then others feel bad for saying its awful, cause well, its art. A child could make these noises.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Stephen Macklin March 28, 2009 8:51 PM PDT: I couldn't make it through the whole clip.

I'm guessing NEA money is involved?; Like this Reply to this comment


by William Crow March 28, 2009 8:56 PM PDT: Is there any wondering why there hasn't been any original music in years?; Like this Reply to this comment


by TX_Dragon March 29, 2009 5:50 PM PDT: Crap; Like this Reply to this comment


by pjscullion March 30, 2009 8:18 AM PDT: I tried to e-mail a copy of this article to myself, but the "submit" button on the pop-up is hidden behind the YouTube video... drats.

Yeah, listen to NIN's track "At the Heart of It All" from Further Down The Spiral. It's a great demonstration about how even static can be a rhythmic and musical device. Aphex Twin and Reznor did a great job with this album, but this track brings their musical style into focus.; Like this Reply to this comment


by alegr March 30, 2009 10:22 AM PDT: I guess this music doesn't need no stinking DRM. Nobody would want to download it, legally or not.; Like this Reply to this comment


by research1st March 30, 2009 11:09 AM PDT: One man's noise is another man's music...
Nothin' but noise comin' out of my speakers...

This is a joke... right...
Please let it be a joke....; Like this Reply to this comment


by Jelly Baby March 30, 2009 2:53 PM PDT: All I can say is... If the music was any good - he wouldn't need to talk about it, just play it.

Not art; Like this Reply to this comment

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