As I rebuild my MP3 library, I'm listening to a special program on counterstream radio:
CS Staff DJ: Trevor Hunter—Noise Control
Music doesn't have to always be built on hummable melody and lush harmonies. One of the most important developments in modern music has been the use of noise—mere timbres in time. Whether produced electronically or acoustically, noise has become a musical element on par with any other.
Some tasty selections so far from the noise end of the musical spectrum...
- Ghosts of the Evening Tides. Joseph Waters. Offshore
- European Son. The Velvet Underground. The Velvet Underground & Nico
- Pieces For Orchestra. Yoko Ono. If Tigers Were Clouds: Eight Decades Of Women In Experimental Music
- Piano Piece #13 (Carpenter's Piece) For Nam June Paik. George Maciunas. SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century
- Williams Mix. John Cage. OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music
- Ionisation. Edgard Varèse. Boulez conducts Varèse 3
- Ballet Mecanique. George Antheil. Ballet Mecanique
And here are some lyrics from that 60's Velvet Underground track:
You killed your European son
You spit on those under twenty-one
But now your blue car's gone
You better say so long
Hey hey, bye bye bye
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