Terry McDermott @PlantSyntaxDiffusion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terry will be known to those on the Oz Computer Music mailing list and is a teacher at Latrobe uni. His piece was for me the highlight of the evening, but I am old so bear that in mind. It was deeply reminiscent of the music of an american composer, who Terry professes no knowledge of, Carl Stone. I highly recommend same. It seemed the only piece that was composed and 'finished' on the night, though that may well be innacurate. It ceratinly had that quality though and was presented played from 4 track tape. Titled 'I Love You' it was composed from the said phrase, the last words heard by the deceased in a romantic tragedy Terry outlined at the start. The piece was maybe 15 mins in duration and comprised permutations of the phrase, minimally affected but fractured and resequenced/arranged to stratospheric heights. It was captivating, immersive and occasionally when the text was apparant a little threatening especially when the whole phrase was repeated.The balance was maintained throughout and the piece never lost its complex nature and degenerated into any one dimensional polemic, as would be easy to do with the material. Very sonoric and clean sounding it seemed entirely composed on computer, having that tell tale digital timbre about it... take it or leave it....there were sections where I was reminded of the chamber pieces of Ligeti... but I cant explain that. The vocal quality of the source material was retained throughout giving it a warmth and resonance that I found very moving, a sonic centre that retained interest and generated an intensity and a sense of forward developement, yet the editing and arrangements were sufficient to render it generally unintelligible linguistically and this made for even greater dramatis when the whole phrase was reproduced. Marvellous. ______________________________________________ Contributed to the Undesirable Propagation Unit by agent AlanBamford