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Database: Moritz von Oswald On Rhythms That Stand Still
“We used patterns that weren’t really defined, but they work with each other and are constantly changing. It’s a state where the music is not moving, just kept like a Polaroid, in a way, where you have something going on rhythmically, but it actually stands still at the same time.” Moritz von Oswald Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Christopher Alexander’s “The Nature of Order” (2002)
“What is order? We know that everything in the world around us is covered by an immense orderliness. We experience order every time we take a walk. The grass, the sky, the leaves on the trees, the flowing water in the river, the windows in the houses along the street–all of it is immensely orderly. Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Anna Wiener’s “Uncanny Valley” (2020)
“Listening to EDM while I worked gave me delusions of grandeur, but it kept me in a rhythm. It was the genre of my generation: the music of video games and computer effects, the music of the twenty-four-hour hustle, the music of proudly selling out. It was decadent and cheaply made, the music of ahistory, Continue reading
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Newsletter Recommendation: Letters From An American
Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters From An American is a daily newsletter (text and audio) about the history behind today’s politics. Continue reading
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Database: Kelly Lee Owens On Creating Music On An Instrument To Take Away Doubt
“Think about it. When you’re programming stuff into the computer, you are constantly assessing what it sounds like and whether this note needs to be changed. It’s a constant interruption because that’s how your brain works. But if you create a piece of music on an instrument and immediately record that, you are taking away Continue reading
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