Harry Partch - BBC Documentary

05.20.2007, 01:54 PM

1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cKnTj2cyNQ

2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFtOKSl3zZs&mode=related&search==

3- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OH0W...related&search==

4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfCjWIQtm-M&mode=related&search==

5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZV3zF-JpEc&mode=related&search==

6 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNqHH...elated&search==

atsonicpark · 05.20.2007, 02:14 PM

this.. is great!!!!!!!!!

he's the man.

listen to syzygys.

terminal pharmacy · 05.20.2007, 04:28 PM

more gold from sarram

the ikara cult · 05.20.2007, 05:00 PM

This is really interesting, ive been doing work on acoustics and sound perception recently for my degree, the Helmholtz reference this bloke makes is really nice to see. Kinda getting this connection from perception research and music itself.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.14.2007, 01:37 AM

I'm watching this right now.

atsonicpark · 08.14.2007, 02:30 AM

one artist me and porkmaraas can agree on, I guess?

Read his book, "genesis of a sound".

I've seen this BBC doc and the Captain Beefheart BBC doc.. nice that they actually cover good musicians that mainstream American doesn't care about as much.. I wonder what other good BBC documenaries there are..

There's also some documentary about Partch I saw on youtube; it was partly about Partch but mostly about these kids building their own instruments.. it was great, saw it a long time ago, can't remember the title, just type in "Harry Partch" in youtube and it should come up.. yeah.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.14.2007, 03:09 AM

Cool. . . I'll check it out. I've read a lot about Harry Partch, but never read any of his books or really heard anything.

atsonicpark · 08.14.2007, 04:23 AM

he's amazing, he basically invented his own language.

his music often sounds like traditional japanese music going out of tune with all kinds of intricate bells and glasses and other types of odd percussion dancing around the mix..

just.. i dunno.. very very intricate... whereas you'll hear a lot of classical music that features many instruments playing the same thing or playing similiar things, harry partch kinda had tons of people playing completely different things, each instrument venturing off in its own direction, but somehow being held together by some bizarre sequence of microtonal notes.

truely like nothing i've heard before or will probably hear again.

the reason i said syzygys earlier in this thread is because they're a female duo pop group who also make video game music who use harry partch's microtonal organ to make pop music. so, it sounds like.. uh.. traditional japanese pop music.. going out of tune. great!

SuperCreep · 11.18.2009, 03:53 PM

good bump.

atsonicpark · 11.18.2009, 05:39 PM

great bump!

super_charger · 11.18.2009, 10:13 PM

Best Radiohead song EVER!!!

Skuj · 11.19.2009, 12:22 AM

Oh Man, not only am I ashamed that I have no Borbetomagus in my music collection, I also.....no.....I cannot say it.

(But thanks for this thread.)

The Earl Of Slander · 11.19.2009, 12:35 AM

Man, need to watch this when I don't have a crushing essay deadline. Partch is amazing! The Letter!

Skuj · 11.19.2009, 12:49 AM

Going thru the documentary - having a big Partch familiarization eve - this is great. He reminds me of Cage in many ways. (He came before Cage!)

atsonicpark · 11.19.2009, 05:50 AM

HARRY PARTCH COLLECTION VOL. 2 and DELUSIONS OF THE FURY are two of the greatest albums ever released.

Skuj · 11.20.2009, 11:44 PM

I wonder if Don Van Vliet ever publicly acknowledged a debt to Partch? I hear many Troutmaskreplica-esque bits in part 3 of this doc.

05.20.2007, 01:54 PM	#1
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cKnTj2cyNQ 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFtOKSl3zZs&mode=related&search== 3- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OH0W...related&search== 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfCjWIQtm-M&mode=related&search== 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZV3zF-JpEc&mode=related&search== 6 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNqHH...elated&search==
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05.20.2007, 02:14 PM	#2
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	this.. is great!!!!!!!!! he's the man. listen to syzygys. __________________
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05.20.2007, 04:28 PM	#3
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the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	This is really interesting, ive been doing work on acoustics and sound perception recently for my degree, the Helmholtz reference this bloke makes is really nice to see. Kinda getting this connection from perception research and music itself.
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08.14.2007, 01:37 AM	#5
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I'm watching this right now.
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08.14.2007, 02:30 AM	#6
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	one artist me and porkmaraas can agree on, I guess? Read his book, "genesis of a sound". I've seen this BBC doc and the Captain Beefheart BBC doc.. nice that they actually cover good musicians that mainstream American doesn't care about as much.. I wonder what other good BBC documenaries there are.. There's also some documentary about Partch I saw on youtube; it was partly about Partch but mostly about these kids building their own instruments.. it was great, saw it a long time ago, can't remember the title, just type in "Harry Partch" in youtube and it should come up.. yeah. __________________
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08.14.2007, 03:09 AM	#7
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Cool. . . I'll check it out. I've read a lot about Harry Partch, but never read any of his books or really heard anything.
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08.14.2007, 04:23 AM	#8
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	he's amazing, he basically invented his own language. his music often sounds like traditional japanese music going out of tune with all kinds of intricate bells and glasses and other types of odd percussion dancing around the mix.. just.. i dunno.. very very intricate... whereas you'll hear a lot of classical music that features many instruments playing the same thing or playing similiar things, harry partch kinda had tons of people playing completely different things, each instrument venturing off in its own direction, but somehow being held together by some bizarre sequence of microtonal notes. truely like nothing i've heard before or will probably hear again. the reason i said syzygys earlier in this thread is because they're a female duo pop group who also make video game music who use harry partch's microtonal organ to make pop music. so, it sounds like.. uh.. traditional japanese pop music.. going out of tune. great! __________________
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11.18.2009, 03:53 PM	#9
SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	good bump. __________________
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11.18.2009, 05:39 PM	#10
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	great bump! __________________
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11.18.2009, 10:13 PM	#11
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11.19.2009, 12:22 AM	#12
Skuj invito al cielo Join Date: May 2009 Location: See My Top 10. Posts: 2,701	Oh Man, not only am I ashamed that I have no Borbetomagus in my music collection, I also.....no.....I cannot say it. (But thanks for this thread.) __________________ Fuckit.
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11.19.2009, 12:35 AM	#13
The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	Man, need to watch this when I don't have a crushing essay deadline. Partch is amazing! The Letter! __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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11.19.2009, 12:49 AM	#14
Skuj invito al cielo Join Date: May 2009 Location: See My Top 10. Posts: 2,701	Going thru the documentary - having a big Partch familiarization eve - this is great. He reminds me of Cage in many ways. (He came before Cage!) __________________ Fuckit.
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11.19.2009, 05:50 AM	#15
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	HARRY PARTCH COLLECTION VOL. 2 and DELUSIONS OF THE FURY are two of the greatest albums ever released. __________________
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11.20.2009, 11:44 PM	#16
Skuj invito al cielo Join Date: May 2009 Location: See My Top 10. Posts: 2,701	I wonder if Don Van Vliet ever publicly acknowledged a debt to Partch? I hear many Troutmaskreplica-esque bits in part 3 of this doc. __________________ Fuckit.
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