Arvo Párt has somehow sneaked in to my life because one day i had this CD with him called Te Deum, shortly after it came out, weirdly at the same time Björk was conquering the world with Post mid 90's. Normally i have not been listening to contemporary classical artists like Párt but he makes music that is timeless but i connect it to Choir and Churches but it's influential in it's pureness. And Björk i just love.
I remember Mika Vainio from Pan Sonic. I remember seeing them at the Roxy in Hollywood sometime around 2000, and it was incredible. I just looked up Mika and learned just now that he has passed away in 2017.
....I can see why Bjork's "stalker" loved her. Beautiful woman with sensual yet calm voice. Very attractive. Not a fan of her music though.... Plus, she's not as innocent as she seems. She attacked a reporter several years ago.
I love what she said about a single note containing a whole microcosmos. I think it’s true, and it’s why some of us can listen to an hour long drone piece and not get bored.
She's the real deal. I'm a designer. She's one of the few musical artists who actual tries to understand her process. Actually understand there is one. This is why she has created something special. She always will. WOW… she really is something man. There really hasn't been anything like her. She's created something totally new. Skinny Puppy did that as well.
1:54 "I think the thing about the instrument that fascinates me is the fact that the vibrations are set up directly by the player's touch. I can't think of any other instrument where that happens." Bear with me, but I'm going to hit you with a few obscure ones here: classical guitar, banjo, ukulele, double bass, anything you can play pizzicato...
none of those are directed by your touch. Your touch is used to generate a reaction between two differing materials. Like a string under tension vibrating the box it is attached to. Once your finger is no longer present is when the sound interaction happens. Not when your finger is on the string. I know its really a semantics game but without your plucking finger your bridge fingers dont matter. No sound will be generated from you simply holding down a G chord but never strumming. You can initiate that pluck with your bridge fingers but again if you put your fingers on the string it will no longer transmit sound. As in all string instruments your bridge fingers are doing nothing more than changing the lenght of the string but the string itself is what is creating the sound.
