christophilax
New York-based cultural
worker christophilax
has produced a number of challenging audio artefacts, including the collaboration
with 391, Calculus For Goats, and has earned
praise from such well-respected luminaries as Simeon Coxe
of the legendary Silver
Apples and Robert Poss of Band
Of Susans
King
Tubby
A music
style - or, more correctly, a production style that has possibly
had more influence than any other on modern experimental music in all
fields is Dub Reggae. The man chiefly responsible for the development
of this genre was not a musician but an electronics engineer and remixer
by the name of Osbourne Ruddock. Under the alias King
Tubby, this wizard of the mixing board is universally
acknowledged as the Christopher Wren of Dub - "if you seek his monument,
look around you". If you need further convincing, take a listen to
the magnificent Shining Dub, where
Tubby throws everything (including, by the sound of it, several kitchen
sinks) into the mix.
The two sites listed below have informative sections on King Tubby, as
well as many links to enable the adventurous to learn more about dub in
general, and the other practitioners of the art in particular:
JahSonic
offers this
page
Perfect Sound Forever magazine has an article on King
Tubby
Additionally,
one of the best sources for reggae music in all styles is Trojan
Records, who have a massive online store. 391 heartily recommend the
2-volume Dub Box Set - a massive total of 100 tracks of room-shaking versions
and remixes, spread over 6 CDs.
Dada
Dada
was the nihilistic anti-art movement founded in Europe in the years leading
up to World War 1, and from which 391 took their name and a large portion
of their original inspiration. 391 have since moved
their focus away from this movement, but acknowledge there is still much
here to inspire. Good starting points for those seeking information are:
Dada
Online
The International
Dada Archive
Also,
391.org (no connection
with us) are helping to keep the spirit of Dada alive into the 21st century.
Marcel
Duchamp and Salvador Dalí
The two artists whose
influence can still be detected in 391's current creative approach are
Duchamp and Dalí. There are many
sites dedicated to both of these individuals and their works - the following
are merely to be viewed as a starting-off point:
The
Marcel Duchamp World Community
MarcelDuchamp.org
Making Sense
of Marcel Duchamp
The Gala-Salvador
Dalí Foundation
Salvador Dalí
Art Gallery
VirtualDalí.com
Spam
Poetry
"Kristin Thomas is a genius, pure and simple. Anyone
who disagrees is a soulless fuckwit with no imagination."
- John C. Hocknell
The best ideas are the simplest, and the idea here is blindingly simple,
and blindingly inspired. In the spirit of Duchamp's "readymade"
art, Kristin Thomas has taken something overly familiar
and totally useless (the subject lines from spam emails) and made them into
poetry. Read her poems here
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