alvin lucier - i am sitting in a room

michael · Post by **michael** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:49 am

ICB sent me this. its blowing my mind. guys, tell me more about avant-garde type music like this (or disintegration loops which ICB said this reminded him of)

jon abbey · Post by **jon abbey** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:55 am

check out Terry Riley's You're Nogood.

michael · Post by **michael** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:58 am

music is so cool.

oh hey, jon abbey, im still planning on buying a record from you. sorry its taking me so long. im about broke right now though.

user_33 · Post by **user_33** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:13 am

Surely the Amplify box is more important than bread and butter, Michael.

michael · Post by **michael** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:19 am

im saving up for some shoes.

user_103 · Post by **user_103** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:21 am

I like Alvin Lucier but I don't much care for the Lovely recording of I Am Sitting In A Room.

Brian Olewnick · Post by **Brian Olewnick** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 12:12 pm

Why a problem with that recording, Kent? My understanding is that it's going to "behave" differently depending on the space in which it's recorded, but "better" or "worse", in that sense, would seem to be beside the point. More or less resonant, what-have-you, maybe, but more simply different than inferior or superior, I'd think. btw, interesting aspect of the text: it can never be performed for a live audience given the phrase, "I am sitting in a room, different from the one you are in now"--at least a live audience in the same space!

In any case, this piece is an all-time favorite of mine. Among many other things, the emergence of a tonal, musical motif of sorts that becomes apparent about 2/3 of the way through, strikes me as near miraculous, like a virgin birth!

Post by **mudd** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 12:21 pm

Brian Olewnick wrote: In any case, this piece is an all-time favorite of mine. Among many other things, the emergence of a tonal, musical motif of sorts that becomes apparent about 2/3 of the way through, strikes me as near miraculous, like a virgin birth!

yes!

are there other recordings? i think i've only heard the one on lovely.

m

Brian Olewnick · Post by **Brian Olewnick** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:35 pm

The Lovely disc was recorded in 1980 (released in the early 90s). I think there must have been an earlier issue, though I'm not at all positive. AFAIK, there hasn't been a subsequent one.

user_43 · Post by **user_43** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:44 pm

Brian Olewnick wrote:The Lovely disc was recorded in 1980 (released in the early 90s). I think there must have been an earlier issue, though I'm not at all positive. AFAIK, there hasn't been a subsequent one.

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bombinthebeehive · Post by **bombinthebeehive** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:55 pm

christiaan wrote:
Brian Olewnick wrote:The Lovely disc was recorded in 1980 (released in the early 90s). I think there must have been an earlier issue, though I'm not at all positive. AFAIK, there hasn't been a subsequent one.

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oh wow!

diederich · Post by **diederich** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:32 pm

fuck! ubuweb is totally amazing.

hi ryan.

user_103 · Post by **user_103** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:26 am

the Lovely disc is just too sterile for me.

p_ano · Post by **p_ano** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:05 am

if i had heard 'i am sitting in a room' 25 years ago i would have been blown away.

most honor,
p_ano

michael · Post by **michael** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:39 am

hey guys little dwight is giving me some cool vocal improv stuff. im listening to ami yoshida and im like "no way thats not her voice! thats a computer" or "no way thats not her voice! thats a flute"

and LD is like, "way"

jon abbey · Post by **jon abbey** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:13 am

yeah, it's not even electronically processed, just her voice and a microphone. here's Cosmos, Sachiko M and Ami (photo taken by my fiancee, Yuko Zama):

did you hear that Terry Riley piece yet, Michael?

michael · Post by **michael** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:22 am

cool pix. not yet. im lookin for it on soulseek now

bombinthebeehive · Post by **bombinthebeehive** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:24 am

diederich wrote:fuck! ubuweb is totally amazing.

hi ryan.

it sure is.

hey there

Post by **grisha** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:27 am

ubuweb thread might be nice.

user_103 · Post by **user_103** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:39 pm

I totally want to hug ami yoshida like a chubby teddy bear!

ihatemusic

alvin lucier - i am sitting in a room

alvin lucier - i am sitting in a room

i am sitting in a room.