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Re: Repetition

I like that Basinski piece, thanks for the nod!

You're right that it may well be called "loop music" because it is
definitely not "looping music" (as in live looping). But both these
names are technical, as they describe the way the music is created in
a technical way (loops repeating). Another interesting way to describe
music is to rather go with the listener's view (like looking at what
the music communicates) and in this context it could be called
"ambient", since this music is just like a room in the way that its
outer borders do not change. The change you might experience is all
taking place inside your own consciousness.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.perboysen.com
http://www.youtube.com/perboysen


On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:43 AM, X X <the_beat_conductor@hotmail.com> 
wrote:
>> From: philip.ojc@gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:05:40 +0900
>> I enjoy listening to repetitive loops because I can usually expect that
>> the performer will be adding a bit here and there and/or is ultimately
>> working toward some kind of goal or an ending.
>>
>> If a performer just looped the same bar over and over, it would be 
>> boring
>> to me. Even a complex one--as soon as I got my head around it, I would 
>> be
>> wanting and waiting for them to work with it or develop it in some way 
>> or
>> another.
>>
>
> William Basinski pulls it off amazingly. Same loop, but somehow I seem to
> get lost in time. I think there are subtle changes being made to the 
> loop as
> it progresses.
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFWme9D6LkQ
>
>
> Getting a solid loop down is special, but I think once we begin breaking 
> it
> down, expanding it, and allowing it to morph NATURALLY, repetition is
> beautiful. Not to get egotistical or anything, but I think it takes a 
> very
> appreciative individual to enjoy loops like the one above. When I play 
> this
> stuff around the house (where one usually listens to "this kind of 
> music")
> my family is like, "WTF IS THIS CRAP!" They listen to a lot mainstream 
> radio
> so it ain't much of a surprise.
>
> Looping = Zen, BUT, his story repeats itself. LOOP wisely lol