I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing.
My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and eventually it was the creative world which attracted me. - Luc Ferrari
My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and eventually it was the creative world which attracted me.
- Luc Ferrari
I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it. - Luc Ferrari
I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it.
I have problems with machines which aren't gestural. - Luc Ferrari
I have problems with machines which aren't gestural.
So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet or a spring or a piano, bu… - Luc Ferrari
So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet or a spring or a piano, bu…
I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too. - Luc Ferrari
I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too.
With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know what's difficult, what's i… - Luc Ferrari
With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know what's difficult, what's i…
Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive. - Luc Ferrari
Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive.
I probably went to musique concrete concerts - though not the very first ones - at the beginning of the 50s. - Luc Ferrari
I probably went to musique concrete concerts - though not the very first ones - at the beginning of the 50s.
Whereas Schaeffer and Henry were working like samplers, their idea was to capture those sounds which couldn't be serially calibrated because they wer… - Luc Ferrari
Whereas Schaeffer and Henry were working like samplers, their idea was to capture those sounds which couldn't be serially calibrated because they wer…
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion