[Dancecult-l] sonic war machines

[Adam Walker]

Hi Neil,

I haven't read the book, but it sounds interesting.  "Audio futurism 
exploring the themes of war, speed and sensation", certainly conjures up 
implications for violence.  Pitty I can't read German!  But the more I think 
about this concept of speed, the more I realise it fits!  I just wrote a bit 
into my paper regarding the progression from happy euphoric vibe into 
darkcore music (referencing Reynolds (1998) chapter "Slipping into 
Darkness"), which would implicate violent sonic and visual stimuli (for 
tranced out dancers!).  This is directly connected to war, speed and 
sensation.

I gotta keep working, but I like this discussion!

Regards,
Adam


>From: Nibelungentreue at aol.com
>To: dancecult-l at listcultures.org
>Subject: [Dancecult-l] sonic war machines
>Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 22:49:27 EDT
>
>Has anyone out there read Kode9's contribution to the Cultural Hacking book
>called "Speed Tribes"? I've pasted below the author's little spiel about 
>it.
>What  I find fascinating is how it might tap into the little discussion on
>dancecult recently about deconstruction, violence, and EDMC. If anyone's  
>familiar
>with the piece, or has any more thoughts on the subject, please share them.
>
>Best Wishes,
>
>Neil Huthnance
>
>Speed Tribes - sonic war machines
>
>I've got an article in a new edited collection Cultural Hacking called 
>Speed
>Tribes: netwar, affective hacking and the audio-social - its about spinoza,
>grime and the hardcore continuum. . .most of the book is in german
>
>here is the intro
>"The virtual architecture of dread defines the affective climate of early
>21st century urbanism. It is underpinned by the sense, as a character from
>William Gibson’s latest novel Pattern Recognition proclaims, that “we 
>have no
>future because our present is too volatile. . .” Exorcising this dread 
>has been a
>central objective of cultural hackers. In the late 20th century, through
>breakbeat and vocal science, it was urban machine musics, and their 
>pre-occupation
>with generating soundtracks to sonically enact the demise of Babylon, that 
>took
>up this project. Since the turn of the 20th century, audio futurism has
>explored the themes of war, speed and sensation. A century later, and under 
>the
>shadow of ‘shock and awe’, what are the current dynamics of this strain 
>of
>affective hacking?"
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


>_______________________________________________
>Dancecult-l mailing list
>Dancecult-l at listcultures.org
>http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/dancecult-l_listcultures.org
>No commercial use without permission

_________________________________________________________________
Advertisement: Senior Management roles paying $80k+ Search now at 
www.seek.com.au 
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eexecutive%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau%2F%3Ftracking%3Dsk%3Ahet%3Ase%3Anine%3A0%3Ahot%3Atext&_t=763838044&_r=seek_may07_snrmanagement&_m=EXT