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Musique Concrete
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"Musique Concrete is an interactive performance piece which explores sound and the urban landscape through the physical movements on a skateboard. The result is a musical composition which transforms the skateboarder into a composer. It aims to provide an audience of all ages with a stimulating experience of new media, skateboarding, the city and sound.
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The sonic equivalent of photomontage and collage, Musique Concrete is created using audio tapes and turntables, sometimes in combination with live instruments. In 1948, French composer Pierre Schaeffer created compositions by editing tapes of found sounds, field recordings, and pre-recorded music with the intent to "destroy music." He soon teamed up with the like-minded Pierre Henry, who was performing similar experiments, and the duo formed the Groupe de Recherches Musicales in 1958. Their techniques were expanded upon by composers like Stockhausen, and eventually led to sampling/Plunderphonic artists like Negativland and John Oswald. DJs like DJ Shadow, Christian Marclay and the Bomb Squad were ... influenced by Musique Concrete.
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Musique Concrete has ascended the mythology of electronica culture as the predecessor of the modern Mego / Mille Plateux sound. Unfortunately, the clicks, cuts, and liminal hum punks of today usually ignore the complex compositional history behind Musique Concrete. Instead of following up on serialism and chance composition, laptoppers of the present prefer to emphasize the ambient aesthetics that came out of concrete or, in a few cases, base their work on a failed conceptual premise.
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To immerse players in this captivating and haunting world Schyman crafted a complex combination of aleatoric elements, early 20th century writing, musique concrete, traditional tonal and late romantic styles. The score, recorded with a live orchestra at historic Capitol Studios in Hollywood, features solo violin, cello, and piano performances.
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While a mention was made of the three eras of electronic music, this report will focus solely on the history, figures and techniques of Musique Concrete. After all, it is essential to understand how electronic music got to where it is today by studying its post-WWII roots.
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