It's the balance between wanting the power of electronics and having something real happening - if you want people to engage in what you're doing, I think that's important. I want to have fun with people, but that's hard to do with a laptop.
There's something strange about a laptop, how you can make the tiniest gesture and make the biggest sound. I don't feel I've resolved working a sense… - Anna Meredith
There's something strange about a laptop, how you can make the tiniest gesture and make the biggest sound. I don't feel I've resolved working a sense…
- Anna Meredith
I had thought everyone in the electronic world would be so laid back, but there's as many cliques and prejudices as any other world. - Anna Meredith
I had thought everyone in the electronic world would be so laid back, but there's as many cliques and prejudices as any other world.
I want to become less and less about the laptop. That's what's lovely about an orchestra - the physicality, the way every gesture relates to somethin… - Anna Meredith
I want to become less and less about the laptop. That's what's lovely about an orchestra - the physicality, the way every gesture relates to somethin…
If I'm feeling confident, then I write confident, happy, or assured music. I can hear some early electronic sketches I did where I'm clearly not conf… - Anna Meredith
If I'm feeling confident, then I write confident, happy, or assured music. I can hear some early electronic sketches I did where I'm clearly not conf…
I feel happier knowing a starting point came from me. And I like stuff that gives you a physical reaction. - Anna Meredith
I feel happier knowing a starting point came from me. And I like stuff that gives you a physical reaction.
I'm up for a massive, bombastic tour with hydraulics, robots, lasers, 15 costume changes, projecting on a power station, big impact, big visuals. I'd… - Anna Meredith
I'm up for a massive, bombastic tour with hydraulics, robots, lasers, 15 costume changes, projecting on a power station, big impact, big visuals. I'd…
With the classical stuff, I've always been better at the big brushstrokes and broad textures than spending ages honing a chord, or tweaking a sample. - Anna Meredith
With the classical stuff, I've always been better at the big brushstrokes and broad textures than spending ages honing a chord, or tweaking a sample.
Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction. - Anna Meredith
Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction.
Other friends have said, "I don't understand why you've used this trumpet-style sound rather than a real one when you know you can write for trumpet.… - Anna Meredith
Other friends have said, "I don't understand why you've used this trumpet-style sound rather than a real one when you know you can write for trumpet.…
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