varese's ionisation

[kanazo]

don't know if this has been posted before, but this piece of music by edgard varese uses two sirens, high and low. it is entirely in percussion instruments (except sirens...aerophones)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9mg4KHqRPw

[mgear]

The Neat name caught me but it is a cool video but it seems a little unorganized.

[kanazo]

yeah its pretty amatuerish but its a rare find

[mgear]

Yeah.

[The Owl]

Better Renditions Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TStutMsL ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNmMoSV24w8

[Daniel]

Not my cup of tea, but for industrial music, I do like Arthur Honegger's "Pacific 231," especially the electronic version of Isao Tomita.

[kanazo]

Better Renditions Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TStutMsL ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNmMoSV24w8

yeah the first one is conducted by pierre boulez


think they could have used tbolt or even t135 instead of the hand siren..

[AllSafe]

This style of music was originated by Italian artist Luigi Russolo around the turn of the last century. He came up with the concept of noise-producing instruments he called "intonarumori", or noise intoners, which when skillfully controlled, could produce a wide variety of sounds similar to those produced by machines and vehicles common in large cities. The first time he performed his music live in New York City he was laughed out the door, even having rotten food thrown on stage.

[AllSafe]

They weren't hand sirens. They were small sirens like those make by Elektror which were controlled by the performers using variacs.

[kanazo]

This style of music was originated by Italian artist Luigi Russolo around the turn of the last century. He came up with the concept of noise-producing instruments he called "intonarumori", or noise intoners, which when skillfully controlled, could produce a wide variety of sounds similar to those produced by machines and vehicles common in large cities. The first time he performed his music live in New York City he was laughed out the door, even having rotten food thrown on stage.

kinda reminded me how the premiere of stravinsky's rite of spring was like. except that the entire theatre was in chaos, there were fights and they dropped the curtain and other stuffs went on .... funny how music changes...