Another oddity on Streampad, this time from Music for Maniacs/Dinosaur Gardens, it's Terry Riley augmenting Harvey Averne's You're No Good with tape manipulation in an early proto-remix circa 1968. Sock it to me:
The result is 12 minutes of tape-looped lunacy, with sine-wave and Moogs thrown in here and there as well. Was this actually played at the disco? And did anyone dance?
Soul Sides on the original Averne song:
It's those moments, when the women are seeking their revenge that every element in this song: the arrangement, production and vocals, all come together beautifully.
Steve Reich has talked about how his musical aesthetic was influenced by vernacular music; here Riley literally uses pop for his source material. The Streampad player follows:
wikipedia: terry riley. remix. laugh-in. 1968. organ of corti: terry riley releases.
this is far more radical than i would have expected from riley in 68. I guess i just am not familiar enough with his work... really radical, still so contemporary. Wow.
and muchos thanks for all this streampad business. i enjoy getting to hear these pieces.
Posted by: m. keiser | January 24, 2007 at 01:38 PM