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Also check out Marc Ducret for some serious noise and there is also an album by Pat metheney as well with nothing but noise! Luis --- Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote: > On 18 sep 2006, at 00.22, hazard factor wrote: > > > For me too, it means 'avante-garde' or > 'experimental', or 'difficult > > listening' if you had never been exposed to such a > thing. > > (not about "a solo looper" but a funny memory > somewhat related to > "weird") > > I was Exposed once... In 1980 I bought a double > album of Eugene > Chadbourne, bought it unheard after reading in > Guitar Player about > his experimentation with "prepared guitar". When > listening for the > first time I just couldn't believe my ears: Eighty > minutes of noise > sounding like someone was ripping off small pieces > of paper, > crunching them into small paper balls and throwing > them to the floor. > I think I listened through the double album three > times on a row and > I didn't find any sound that appeared to emanate > from a guitar or > even carry a melody or a rhythm. Musically I found > it totally > unusable, but I was amazed and inspired by the > knowledge that this > american weirdo had actually put that much energy > into releasing this > weird statement. I was also somewhat lifted by > finding out that > recordings could be created for communicating a > statement as opposed > to communicating music. But I never listened to the > vinyl again ;-)) > > Then I really didn't think about it much until some > years later when > I read that Chadbourne and his japanese partner was > almost beaten up > by country music lovers at a concert. Then I thought > that his > "concept art" was way too aggressive, at least when > comparing to what > I myself was able to envision doing. I mean, using > concept art in a > provocative way that almost turns into harassment of > people that do > love a certain musical style. Although I hated > country music myself I > felt with those cowboys and understood why they got > so angry. At this > phase of understanding, Chadbourne's activities did > not come out > "weird" to me - only unluckily misplaced. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > www.looproom.com (international) > http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast) > http://www.myspace.com/looproom > > > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com