Of course this all seems very crude by modern standards, but in the early 1960s this must have been mind-blowing. Note sophisticated audio manipulation.
August 11, 2023
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Category Archives: Resonant Interval
April 30, 2020
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British Sounds
The facts: 1969 made-for-TV film by Jean-Luc Godard. The voice-overs are largely adapted from the Communist Manifesto. Godard claimed that the “news presenter” text was adapted from speeches by contemporary politicians. The “feminist” text is written and recited by Sheila Rowbotham. … Continue reading
August 27, 2018
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Project Japan 28
Tuesday 21 – Thursday 23 August Daytimes we go out and about in Kyoto. It’s still baking hot (35-37 degrees) and heavily humid. The first day is largely “wasted” by visiting the Emporer’s Imperial Palace (closed) and Nijo Castle (closed), … Continue reading
August 27, 2018
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Project Japan 27
Downtime in Tokyo: knocking these posts out now to wrap this up before we get home and it all goes stale. Monday 20 August Heather and I leave Sugoshicho behind and head for Kyoto. The afternoon is spent finishing off the … Continue reading
July 20, 2013
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Quote of the Month
Our language is in a state of vast humiliation, it no longer describes the world in which we live. It describes a world that’s not here any more. Godfrey Reggio You have to be writing for the future, not the … Continue reading
June 9, 2013
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Quote of the Month
The background to the organized sound of Gregorian chant, in a mediaeval monastic community, was not random noise. Silence—the silence of nature itself, in which the random noises of culture were swallowed up—was one of the facts of mediaeval life, … Continue reading
June 28, 2012
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March 16, 2012
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March 19, 2011
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