Canadian Electroacoustic Community

Risto Holopainen har publisert artikkelen "Lo-Fi Adventures in Obsolete Media" i e-tidsskriftet til Canadian Electroacoustic Community.

Abstract:
Household technologies, such as portable CD-players and cassette recorders, aren’t exactly state-of-the-art tools for electroacoustic music, but allow for ways of composing and performing music that are not readily available by more sophisticated means. This is exemplified by two electroacoustic compositions made with cassette recorders, as well as a dance performance involving ghetto blasters. While this is not an argument in favour of Lo-Fi for its own sake, it can provide a valuable complement to more sophisticated technology. A certain manner of operating the cassette recorder leads to surreal collages, reminiscent of exquisite corpses. Portable CD-players on stage function both as scenography and as movable speakers, making true spatialisation possible.