I can see how Pierre Henry is a very important figure in electronic music, but ultimately, i don't get it, I must really be missing something. I understand that alot of the techniques delevoped by Henry and Schaeffer pioneered many of the contemporary electronic conventions of music we use today, but their music just doesn't appeal, it has no 'rhythm' that i can fall into, possibly they wanted me to feel frustrated by this music. Don't get me wrong, they make some pretty wicked sounds, but as much as i try to see it as music, i struggle to believe this. This is Sound Art, not music, music to me has common idoms to follow and recognizeable patterns. Perhaps in the future as electronic music is more embraced by the public, perhaps these idioms and patterns will swing towards Henry and Schaeffer musical goals, but i really dont see this happening.
Their music is however being used is one of the most popular cartoon series at the moment, "Futurama." His song "Psyche' Rock" is Futurama's theme song. So perhaps their music will become part of the common music Idioms
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Doug, you seem to be in a state of confusion here. The film was about Pierre Henry, not Edgard Varese (note spelling)!
this type of music has been around for decades and the public still doesn't embrace it. I too don't see it happening anytime soon.
Don't 'Sound Art' and 'music' have any common ground?
"Don't 'Sound Art' and 'music' have any common ground?"
They both tickle your ear drum, but so does the sound of someone taking a dump. *shrugs*
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