Remix documentary: art doesn’t exist in a bubble

A documentary about remixing and copyright law– interspersed with copious amounts of Girl Talk. Although the argument is somewhat confusing at times, the crux of it lies with the assumption that deriving creativity from a work adds to the originals’ value. Some artists get this; where would Daft Punk or Architecture in Helsinki be without [...]

Harry Partch and the Better(stranger) Tomorrows

In stark contrast to the exploration of latent musical patterns that appear to be present in all cultures that Bobby McFerrin explored(as mentioned in yesterday’s post), Harry Partch was one of the systematic innovators of music in the twentieth century. He sought to imitate natural sounds of machinery and speech more closely than the traditional [...]