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I just submit that this "revolutionary ambient music" must be not only be a revolution of "surroundings" but "involvings" - that of a higher-consciousness listening experience.
It is almost like ambient music unknowingly traces the ring; but there is a much more courageous music that dares to remain deep inside the circle (Spectral Minimalism).
I wish Cale was going to be at Seattle's Vexations...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYHIqMmtS…
@Nat I had forgotten about John Cale on "I've got a Secret" as a performer of "Vexations" - a great link!
@point of order: You've hit upon one of the underpinnings of the piece. As it is impossible for one pianist (or many) to heed Satie's direction, variations are inevitable - and, if Satie is heeded, built into the piece.
Played exactly the same, say by a Yamaha Disklavier, I suspect the effect would be the same, but without the human variables that make live music so compelling.
I agree. I wasn't sure from your wording if you meant they would/should be differing *on purpose* as opposed to inevitably.
Ranjit Bhatnagar, an artist in Brooklyn, had a robot toy piano perform a sympathetic Vexations at the same time as Jack Straw's. You can view the archived video stream (or as much of it as you can handle) at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/vexations
http://vimeo.com/11875482