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posted by dios on Mar 10, 2006 - 11 comments

The Portsmouth Sinfonia to return? In 1974, Gavin Bryars rounded up a group of novices and enthusiastic amateurs, called them the Portsmouth Sinfonia and let them loose in a recording studio. The result: some of the most disturbing classical music ever committed to tape. Intrigued by the concept, the legendary Brian Eno signed up and played clarinet for the orchestra, adding a certain star cachet to the cacophony. On the back of sympathetic TV coverage, there followed a now-legendary concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Thirty years later, there are plans to release Portsmouth Sinfonia's output on compact disc by way of celebration. A brazen attempt for quck laughs and publicity, a serious exploration of entropy in the musical medium, or simply an early entry in the torture tape experiment?
posted by scaryduck on Jan 11, 2005 - 36 comments

Creative misuse and abuse of musical tools with a lot of examples
posted by ronsens on Jul 23, 2004 - 10 comments

Santarchy!
posted by plinth on Dec 12, 2001 - 12 comments

Frank may have not updated Cacophony.com in ages, but it's still very funny stuff if you haven't seen it before. Some of my favorite entries include this one, this one, this one, and this one.
posted by mathowie on Dec 19, 1999 - 0 comments