this is more developed writing, and actually something more like what you would hope somebody could tame the feedback into, if they could understand the mathematics of the reverberation well enough.

the vocal segments are fairly weak, though.

https://saariselka.bandcamp.com

i posted this a while back.

this is interesting in a purely nerdy way, but i don't hear any actual songwriting (it's more just somebody fucking around with natural reverb in a warehouse) and i'm not sure how interesting it's going to come off in a space that isn't the one it's been recorded in.

i've seen a few things like this recently, and, as mentioned, the idea is interesting, but i want to see somebody actually approach it as a design problem. i want to see the math presented as a score, xenakis-like. it's only once you've taken complete control of the space in this manner that you can present the outcome as a fully realized work of art.

and, then, i want to hear the result fully orchestrated in a way that is compelling as a standalone piece of music, rather than merely being presented as a gimmick to sell a composition that is otherwise not particularly interesting. 

with a space like this that has this kind of natural decay, you should have excellent voiceleading opportunities, to build to ridiculous crescendos and cadences. that this is being ignored for some twiddly melodies and some busted-over counterpoint is a squandered opportunity.

https://leabertucci.bandcamp.com/album/resonant-field

this is pleasant, if already done to death.

i wouldn't imagine it would be very exciting, live.

https://forestmanagement.bandcamp.com/album/21st-century-man

but, there's no need to get twisted up over rastakraut pasta, guys.

i actually had a copy of rastakraut pasta at one point, although i initially thought that "moebius and plank" would be a duo of performing string theory lecturers.

this is a more interesting recording than existed in this space the last time i was there, and the kind of thing i'd like to get to early-ish before something else, but it is ultimately still pointless. i know: unlike the rest of existence, which is full of meaning, right?

if they stick to the thighpaulsandra as a guiding influence, they could develop something in the end, but these are at best sketches, ideas.

https://rastakraut.bandcamp.com/

i think the stripper we really want to see, though, is queen harriet.

if 'prince harry' was a handle for a gay stripper, you know what you'd get don't you?

that's a bear. clearly.

canadians are pretty welcoming to people that are claiming refugee status, which is abstractly the right concept, here.

we don't want to support a royal family.

we already have to support the trudeaus.

i'm not referring to anybody as prince anything, unless it's a stage name for a band or a handle for a gay stripper.

if harry...what is his last name, even?....harry windsor? harry wettin? 

if harry whatshisface and megan markle want to come to canada as private citizens and get jobs and pay taxes, then that is a question for immigration to ponder. i wouldn't imagine myself qualified to make a decision such as that.

but, as a canadian, i feel no particular attachment to the monarchy, and do not want to see the country placed in a situation where it needs to accommodate a bunch of aristocrats that appear to be being expelled from their aristocracy due to base racism. 

i mean, it's always sad when a family refuses to accept people because they're different, sure. and, like i say - it's up to immigration to rule on immigration claims. but, canada is not a colony of the british empire, and not an escape mechanism for feuds within the royal family.