This Week's Free Lab Radio - Composing With Process

COMPOSING WITH PROCESS

PERSPECTIVES ON GENERATIVE AND SYSTEMS MUSIC 

Systems

Curated by Mark Fell and Joe Gilmore. Narrated by Connie Treanor.

Marcel Duchamp

A look at the use of formal systems in the composition and performance of musical works. It explains the diversity of approaches to musical systems using a range of technologies and processes.

The radio episode asks how we might distinguish systems based procedures in music to other musical activities, and makes reference to technological development and implementation, structural complexity, and relationships to other musical traditions. We compare three tape-based approaches to composition that explore sound as a temporal and spatial phenomenon and refer to theoretical positions offered by notable artists working in this field.

The composers Tim Perkis and John Bischoff suggest: '...for us the distinction between composing a new piece of music and building a new instrument is not clear cut: composing a piece of music for us IS building a new instrument.' 

Broadcasts Saturday 13th June 11-midnight, repeats Thursday 2-3am on 104.4FM, www.resonancefm.com

 Originally streamed on Radio Web MACBA