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I don't know, it seems we're imposing our aesthetic imperative on Diego. He's doing his own thing (and quite well). I don't think he ever claimed these videos were live recordings, and all the editing cuts should make that obvious in any case. What I take from those videos is a context for the sounds he creates. Whereas you view it as a recorded performance, instead he's showing us how he made his sounds and where they're from... this is contrary to the acousmatic's tradition of obscuring reference to the sound source. I appreciate that... it makes me want to hit things and make my own instruments. My favorite of his videos is the basso forte: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhp6P9Ygsoc I think it's a mix of recorded performance and editing magic. Regardless, it's genius in my book. Sylvain On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote: > I feel you, Matt. > > There's something a tiny bit dishonest about it.......and yet, I like > the > concept. > > Rick Walker > > > > On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, Matt Davignon wrote: > > There was something that bothered me about these clips, including > "musician > plays a tree" (also featuring Diego) and "music for one apartment and six > drummers". I gradually figured out that it's not the musicians > themselves. I > see Diego as taking the torch from Matmos and running with it. He is > doing > a lot of creative stuff. > > The thing that bugs me is the video treatment and promotion. He's not > really > playing a dry cleaning shop as an instrument - he's making lots of tiny > recordings, then arranging them on the computer to make music. The video > treatment suggests that he's playing all the "instruments" from start to > finish live. > > The "music for one apartment and six drummers" video > (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVPVbc8LgP4) specifically lies to you - > it > doesn't even show the computer! Somehow, the drummers are able to amplify > the sounds of perfume bottles, etc without microphones. Also, the sounds > of > books being dropped on the floor sound like handclaps, and sound exactly > the > same each time. > > So yeah, it puts the sensationalism above the music, and that bugs me. >