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It's just the normal way of making a music video; you record the music in a studio and then you play back the mix and act in front of the camera. Shouldn't be confused with documentary live shooting. Per On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Sylvain Poitras <sylvain.trombone@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >> > >