On Mar 30, 2011, at 2:56 PM, Angelus Novus wrote:
> Metal Machine Music has this undeserved reputation of being such an unlistenable horrific noise recording, but in reality it's a mellow, electronic drone record. There is nothing freaky about MMM for people whose musical diet consists of the likes of David Tudor, Kevin Drumm, Stockhausen, Toshimaru Nakamura, Keith Rowe, etc.
It's a lot harsher than Stockhausen. I got a big dose of Tudor at the Merce Cunningham show the other night, and I like it. I wouldn't, however, call it mellow.
> I love to fall asleep to Metal Machine Music, though my favorite "fall asleep" recording of that sort is probably Keith Rowe and Oren Ambarchi's Flypaper.
That's twisted.