It's hard for me to hear what he's saying too, but it's hard for me to hear a lot of what people are saying on these speakers, probably since low sounds don't carry as well as high ones. I don't know how to fix it... And yes, the music at the beginning is distracting even if it sounds cool.
Schoenberg and other composers are human beings. I think the only innovation of Xenakis was that he let the machine compose music creating chaos from harmony. This is the law of nature. Humans (composers) need to create rules and harmony in their music but computers can create chaos based on harmonic math-types. Imagine the sounds of nature. They are totally random but the way they are created is based on physical laws
those of his book musique et architecture that i like a lot, and thus he avoids the unbearable sides of musics adressing the mind too much, that what even messiean could not always do, and schubert never
The music is very brief and doesn't interfere with the dialogue on the various speaker setups I have listened to it on (obviously, or I would not have mixed it that way). Sorry you had difficulty with it, get the DVD if you want the whole interview sans edits.
"You have to be from the beginning to the end- until you die- Free. That means rejecting all the things, that is even forgetting all of the pieces that you wrote. So, it's a challenge. It's not easy... but it's interesting. There are birds outside."
More of experimentation and implementation it seems. It is different when you base music off of math than when you base it off of mental harmonic arrangement or whatever. It put him more as an innovator and scientist than musical genius.
that's not really true, he used maths and so on as a way of finding a musical language, which isn't any different to what Schoenberg did in principle - later on he sometimes didn't even use a procedure to make his music, he had his language down and could write freely with it. that's hardly any different to what other composers and even jazz musicians have done
its called la legende d'Eer. its a 40 minute electronic piece about Eer who transcends into the underworld. In terms of the history of electronic music, its a huge landmark. Definitely worth a listen.
i am not sure if this will reach you in time, but one must be very careful when listening to the LEGENT OF EER. the high frequence sounds in the beginning might foul you, into thinking that the volume is too low. if one plays that louder, it can play hell with your hearing. it happened to me, and for three days, i was afraid that my hearing had been damaged for good!
It's hard for me to hear what he's saying too, but it's hard for me to hear a lot of what people are saying on these speakers, probably since low sounds don't carry as well as high ones. I don't know how to fix it... And yes, the music at the beginning is distracting even if it sounds cool.
AyumuVanguard 1 year ago
Its hard to hear what he´s saying
ThePhilosorpheus 1 year ago
This is an incredible video. Thanks for posting. Your blog is also very informative.
rimre0134 2 years ago
Bach also used mathematical framework. And then cut and flip over, or mirror or both...
ultrasynthetic 2 years ago
yes. the art of fugue
joyandian 2 years ago
I can't understand the talking over the music.
30803080308030803081 2 years ago
Schoenberg and other composers are human beings. I think the only innovation of Xenakis was that he let the machine compose music creating chaos from harmony. This is the law of nature. Humans (composers) need to create rules and harmony in their music but computers can create chaos based on harmonic math-types. Imagine the sounds of nature. They are totally random but the way they are created is based on physical laws
AsMat1983 2 years ago
good point.
hobosapiens 2 years ago
@AsMat1983 That's a weird but pretty interesting view. Thanks for sharing.
vincentizghra 9 months ago
those of his book musique et architecture that i like a lot, and thus he avoids the unbearable sides of musics adressing the mind too much, that what even messiean could not always do, and schubert never
robertgrassi 3 years ago
Irrelevant to the interview but the background music makes it very hard to hear what he's saying.
moses2792796 3 years ago
The music is very brief and doesn't interfere with the dialogue on the various speaker setups I have listened to it on (obviously, or I would not have mixed it that way). Sorry you had difficulty with it, get the DVD if you want the whole interview sans edits.
edwardlawes 3 years ago
@edwardlawes xenakis è un mito
IViolentiAmorosi 1 year ago
i am very impressed
robertgrassi 3 years ago
i think the music underneath is from the polytope de cluny
robertgrassi 3 years ago
Nice try, the music is an extract from La Legende d'Er (about 24mins in).
edwardlawes 3 years ago
"You have to be from the beginning to the end- until you die- Free. That means rejecting all the things, that is even forgetting all of the pieces that you wrote. So, it's a challenge. It's not easy... but it's interesting. There are birds outside."
sisterenrodentia 3 years ago
He's a genius of modern music.
darkstarr100 3 years ago
Oh dear! Don't say he's a genius, you'll get the Mozartians foaming at the mouth!
TheBlackPage1 3 years ago
More of experimentation and implementation it seems. It is different when you base music off of math than when you base it off of mental harmonic arrangement or whatever. It put him more as an innovator and scientist than musical genius.
parquar 3 years ago
that's not really true, he used maths and so on as a way of finding a musical language, which isn't any different to what Schoenberg did in principle - later on he sometimes didn't even use a procedure to make his music, he had his language down and could write freely with it. that's hardly any different to what other composers and even jazz musicians have done
markh79sax 3 years ago
hello, the first sound is from a track from xenakis? do anybody know its name ???
hombretopito 3 years ago
its called la legende d'Eer. its a 40 minute electronic piece about Eer who transcends into the underworld. In terms of the history of electronic music, its a huge landmark. Definitely worth a listen.
nebula32 3 years ago
i am not sure if this will reach you in time, but one must be very careful when listening to the LEGENT OF EER. the high frequence sounds in the beginning might foul you, into thinking that the volume is too low. if one plays that louder, it can play hell with your hearing. it happened to me, and for three days, i was afraid that my hearing had been damaged for good!
theo9952 3 years ago
I'm sure this is a great interview...I just can't understand what he's saying!
SweetSweetWaldo 3 years ago
Maybe it's the french accent...
ntipouan 3 years ago
was awesome
heritagesflowline 3 years ago
he's awesome!! I love his style.
razvan1980 4 years ago