And, apropos of nothing, my 10 favourite titles of Xenakis' pieces:
WaargOophaaGmeeoorhKraanergKeqropsPhlegraTrookhTerretektorhAchorripsisTherapsPithoprakta
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 11:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Nitpick: should be Troorkh I think, for trombone + orkhestra?
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 13:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, Troorkh, that's right
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 13:28 (fifteen years ago) link
More Xenakis in "that" London, but didn't they do "Eonta" and "La légende d'Eer" the last time round?
― Tom D (Lenin's his feir and Liebknecht's his mate) (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
"La légende d'Eer" once every six years is still too seldom. there should be a room where you can go to hear it in 8 channels every week
I saw the performance of "Oresteia" outdoors at CalArts last November and it was one to remember. they handed out hundreds of resonating coil noisemakers to the audience for the ending while the children's chorus ran through the audience shrieking the final 'chords'. maybe it was just the picnic & wine atmosphere but it all seemed to have a fun vibe even though it still sounded terrifying
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar
― eid orb (nakhchivan), Thursday, 5 May 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
hoping there isn't some trite ecumeno-mystical paratext trash accompanying this cuz for me it's just the sound of everything altogether
― eid orb (nakhchivan), Thursday, 5 May 2011 00:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I love how it sounds the way the title would suggest it sounds.
― corey, Thursday, 5 May 2011 00:31 (thirteen years ago) link
that would be shaaAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaar to account for the exquistite portamento
― eid orb (nakhchivan), Thursday, 5 May 2011 00:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Search: SynaphaïAntikhthonMetastaesisAïsJonchaiesEvryaliHermaShaar
Destroy:KyaniaHorosIoolkos
― corey, Thursday, 5 May 2011 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/p2AR0.jpg
― eid orb (nakhchivan), Thursday, 5 May 2011 10:16 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn5F9m4Qf3w
xenakis died fifteen years ago today
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 4 February 2016 12:21 (eight years ago) link
Tempting new 5LP and CD box set of electroacoustic works now available. 14 copies of the vinyl left at the time of writing, don't sleep if you want one of these:
https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/electroacoustic-works
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 14 January 2022 08:13 (two years ago) link
^^^I have been listening to that today. Persepolis (1972) and La Légende d’Eer (1978) on repeat.
― calzino, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 15:28 (two years ago) link
Waiting for my copy of the 5CD to arrive from Germany.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
Scored a nice clean copy of the GRM Works LP just the other day. I love the note for Bohor:
The author deliberately abstained from giving any descriptive information on his piece, letting the listener choose an imaginary route for himself
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 15:35 (two years ago) link
I'm getting so obsessed with this, I doubt I'll listen to much else for the next week.
― calzino, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 15:38 (two years ago) link