Bernie Krause wrote:
> Even though all of our current titles are mixed so that they are
> encoded in surround (readable in all formats),
> beyond our studio, I do not believe that more
> than two or three people
> have ever heard these pieces in other than stereo.
This is why live playback of music, especially electroacoustic compositions=
designed with multiple channels in mind, is so relevant. For three years I=
have been co-curating a series here in Ireland that has presented works fr=
om Xenakis, Wishart and others in configurations of up to 8 channels... all=
high quality Genelec speakers.
The sound can only be described as other-worldly. Though correct diffusions=
of something like La Legende d'Eer might be rare (even with a multichannel=
DVD commercially available), those occasions are cause for great joy.
I hope to work on a piece for my thesis that will incorporate phonography (=
perhaps even live streams of location recordings) into a multichannel perfo=
rmance environment.
-- robin
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