Re: The Historic and Aesthetic Origins of Live Looping

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

On 26/10/2014 18:52, Rick Walker wrote:

> Terry Riley's work with the Time Lag Accumulator technique is a lot more 
> interesting to me as an
> Stockhausen's use of tape delay in the formation of Musique Concrete.

Stockhausen's set up also had feedback.

> Does anyone else resonate with these distinctions about our aesthetic and 
> historical origins?

Have to admit that I'm not familiar with Riley's tape work.

..but yes, Matt's invention would seem like the beginning.

The interesting thing is that Stockhausen had a way of
doing long delay with feedback with just one
modified tape deck.
...but no-one seems to care about that.


I expect that innovations are generally done by folks
with little talent for self promotion, and that hence
they aren't recorded by history.



..and yes, I get that you have a foot in both camps in that respect :-)

andy