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German Army (band)
German Army is an Experimental music, experimental musical act from California centered around an American artist using the pseudonym Peter Kris (PK). Together with bandmate Norm Heston (NH), they release music prolifically and almost exclusively as small runs on boutique cassette tape labels. The group's variable sound is heavily reliant on analog signal, analog Effect processors, electronic processing, particularly Delay (audio effect), delay effects. History In 2003, Kris had co-founded the drone rock band Expo '70 (band), Expo '70 together with his friend (and guitarist for Living Science Foundation), Justin Wright, while improvising together during a recording session in Los Angeles of Kris's noise rock project, SXBRS. The recordings were released together as a split CDR on Kris's label, Kill Shaman, and two shows were played live (with Parts & Labor and Tyondai Braxton, respectively). After creating another improvisational studio recording, ''Live July 18, 2004'', creative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Experimental Music
Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, institutionalized compositional, performing, and aesthetic conventions in music. Elements of experimental music include Indeterminacy in music, indeterminacy, in which the composer introduces the elements of chance or unpredictability with regard to either the composition or its performance. Artists may approach a hybrid of disparate styles or incorporate unorthodox and unique elements. The practice became prominent in the mid-20th century, particularly in Europe and North America. John Cage was one of the earliest composers to use the term and one of experimental music's primary innovators, utilizing Indeterminacy (music), indeterminacy techniques and seeking unknown outcomes. In France, as early as 1953, Pierre Schaeffer had begun using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |