William Bazinsky

[Patchmouse]

I discovered him while looking for music by Tom Recchion, I was so impressed with Bazinsky's music, and I can heartily recommend that you check him out if you are into Ambient/Loops. These two people are my current obsession, there music has an indefinable quality, it seems very simple on the surface, but there is so much going on that's very subtle, but it does demand concentration. Years ago I did some pieces with a "toy" Yamaha sampler, and they sound a bit like some of these pieces, very low-res, it goes to show that you can produce music with very little, and very low quality equipment and still come up with something extremely moving and emotional. It is surprising how much you can get away with in recorded sound before the basic musical message is lost, the answer in my opinion is an awful lot ! You don't need a high end hi-fi to be moved to tears by a Beethoven symphony for instance, it will happen if you listen to it on a cheap transistor radio, and can be more poignant for that as well. We are always being sold more of the bright shiny technology, and told that we can't make music unless we have X Y and Z, but I would rather listen to something that's low-fi and moving, rather than something that's 24/96 and as bland as hell. I don't think we have been through such a time when there is so much immaculately recorded crap. Technical quality actually isn't an issue anymore, it's irrelevant, it's become a compositional device, a reference, to invoke nostalgia, in contrast with the modern, it's all about context, everything has it's place I guess, or not ! preferably ! But we must hang on to the "big picture" I find it annoying when someone focuses down onto one thing like technical quality, at the expense of absolutely everything else, like hi-fi enthusiasts who only buy high "quality" recordings, regardless of the content.

Patchmouse.