[silence] silence, sound, music, noise

[Steve Polta]

CM von Hauswolff (a pretty great "noise artist"
himself) released an interpretation of 4'33" on a 7"
(on the long defunct label Povertech) in which the
records groove is (I believe) 4 ft, 33 inches, lasts a
duration of 4'33" and continues its spiral all the way
to the hole in the center of the disc. This final
bit--of spiraling silence disappearing into the void
(as well as the impossibility of the needle following
it)--seems to me quite evocative of Cage's piece,
suggesting that the piece approaches a certain
nihilism (which many Cage scholars prefer not to
discuss).

I've never seen or heard this disc, only read about
it, so I could be completely wrong.

steve polta



--- wim maesschalck <wimmaesschalck@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello dear list,
> 
> I've been reading this list for a few months now and
> i value its source of
> information wholeheartedly, but now i thought it was
> a good time to ask a
> question myself. I'm a philosophy student and I'm
> writing my final work
> about the boundaries between silence, sound, music
> and noise (the latter
> both in a plain noise context, as in noise music.
> Obviously Cage is from
> great importance, and I've been reading bits and
> pieces about him and about
> 4'33", but I was wondering of some of you have good
> recommendations, both in
> books as in music that could possibly interest me? 
> From examples that
> really challenge those boundaries, as well as texts
> about them. Any
> link/book/author/composer is greatly appreciated.
> 
> I just found out about a new David Toop record where
> he uses silence a lot
> apparently, but I haven't had the chance to hear it
> yet. He also wrote a
> book "Haunted weather" that should be interesting to
> other people who want
> to read more about those boundaries), it's ordered
> but it takes a while to
> arrive..
> 
> Thanks for reading,
> 
> 
> Wim
> > 
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