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John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change (www.spectator.co.uk)

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[–] clonedhuman@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I love this so much.

Imagine being a resident of that town and one day the constant, unending low hum in the background of your hometown changes, ever so slightly--would the town feel different?

These sorts of arty weirdnesses should be everywhere, for everyone.

Here's a free link to the full article: https://archive.ph/rHOsC

And here's a video of the chord change, set from right around the moment of the change (which isn't terribly different): https://youtu.be/L1a1CpaBovQ?t=1041

[–] M137@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It would have been good if it had a nice sound, it's sounds absolutely horrible IMO.

[–] _wizard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Welcome to the drone genre.

[–] clonedhuman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

lol don't let the drone fans see this post

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