“I persist in performing.”
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Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up, I was able to work without any sound generators and I made several pieces in that manner.
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If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer.
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I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished.
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The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of reproduction, but an instrument unto itself.
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Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature.
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