6/21/2010

Bang a gong with Stockhausen

Stockhausen’s Mikrophonie I (1964) is a beautiful meeting of five people, a large gong, a microphone (used as a friction device) and a filter. From that unlikely grouping comes a cosmos of sound, so ripe is the idea of amplfied resonant metal. Need I point out that this is a major root of the later Neubautens and Organums of the world ? The clip below is packed full of interesting info so you can read along whilst having your face melted. click below for video of piece. One of the fathers of electronic music.

Dangerous Minds | Bang a gong with Stockhausen

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