[78-L] Record player plays "tree ring" disc

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Well said.
Malcolm

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On 3/3/2014 2:01 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Trying to steer away from the puns...
> I find the musical result fascinating - because the algorithms used for
> transferring the wooden structure into tones and rhythm are well chosen.
> Reminds me of similar efforts making "music" out of heart rhythms,
> breathing, raindrops, the movements of the planets etc. Some pretty
> dull, other unbearable to listen to.
> These sounds, though, succeed in imaging extremely slow processes,
> without the performance-like extremes of Cage et al.
> As to the correspondence between the sounds and the images - forget it.
> This is not science, but an artist's play with musical variables and
> physical constants. It's up to us to like the results of his or her
> imagination or not.
> Kristjan
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> On 2014-03-03 20:29, Don Chichester wrote:
>> Original ring tones.
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>> dc
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>>> From: vintage at jabw.demon.co.uk
>>> To: 78-L at 78online.com
>>> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 19:21:01 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Record player plays "tree ring" disc
>>>
>>> But this can't really play continuously, it's not a continuous groove like a
>>> record. One would have to lift the needle onto each ring
>>>
>>> John W
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