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> The old musique concrete concept was full of pretentious silliness This is really cruel to the very smart, creative people and quite a lot of spirited women
by emptysongglass 5y ago
> The old musique concrete concept was full of pretentious silliness
This is really cruel to the very smart, creative people and quite a lot of spirited women who led that movement. Éliane Radigue's works alone are a monumental achievement in music. The entire power electronics and noise genres owe a huge debt to the pioneers of musique concrete. They were playing with new media and giving voice to the industry of cities. I don't see anything pretentious or silly there.
- motohagiography 5y agoJ'accuse aside, and while (later) minimalism and experimental stuff are favourite genres of mine (incl. Derbyshire, Carlos, Velvet Underground, and TG), and I do like some artists who happen to be women, I thought musique concrète was more an artifact of criticism and not the expression of musical competence and technique. Cruelty to me is the cynicism of having open minded and generous audiences sit through self indulgent performance art and then telling them it's redemption for their anxiety about being provincial and unsophisticated. Always struck me as a mean trick. However, maybe it's my bias, as if modern power electornics and noise musicians owed me a debt, I would probably write it off.