Music made only from field recordings asks what songs objects sing

Evidence

What if we were to take Richter’s provocation seriously – what would a song without a singer be like? What would it be like, that is to say, if objects themselves could sing? It’s a question that connects fairy tales with cybernetics, and listening to Alphabet 1968, I’m fittingly reminded of a filmic space in which magic and mechanism meet: J F Sebastian’s apartment in Blade Runner. — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life, 337

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Musicians can channel childhood turbulence into indie art indelibly — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 324; Ordinary objects can be transformed into musical instruments through attention — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 695; Only music can duplicate the complexity of the soundscape — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 148 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Ordinary objects can be transformed into musical instruments through attention #expands (0.82) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 695
• Only music can duplicate the complexity of the soundscape #complicates (0.80) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 148