mechanical music?

[mr. piper]

I can listen to a piece of music and be more impressed by the mechanical, mathematical way that it was constructed. The juxtapositiopn of two or more themes that have mutual nodes of intersection that i think is tremendous. Does anyone that understands my thinking agree with me?

[BigDogsWang]

Absolutely.

[Golem]

I know from your previous posts that you have a wicked sense of humour mr. piper and this may be another example of it - but I do agree with you. There are some contemporary composers who have experimented with this minimalist approach; notably Steve Reich with Drumming and New York Counterpoint, Louis Andriesson and the incredible Hoketus, Julia Wolfe Lick and the classic In C by Terry Riley. If you're serious, check them out.

[oligopoly]

If you want music that is intelligent, mechanical and mathematical, check out Aphex Twin. Nuff said....

[Scarlett]

Not me, I am supremely empirical when it come to music. When I write music it has to have as many "orgasm" bits as possible, rather than clever bis that you might find in a fugue. I am more into Delius than Bach! You get me??!

[mr. piper]

No, renowned as i might be for stupidity, i am serious about this. Admittedly music that is more sculpted than machined has my vote also, but you can't beat a bit of Bach or at the moment i am a Smetana freak. I think my love of the tech is because if i can see a logical progression within a piece i could play and think two steps ahead. Seeing as i no longer play that does not apply anymore. But my heroes will always be JSB, Handel and Purcell. I once played HP's "Trumpet tune and Air" in our local church and i realised why i loved to play, there is no better place to play than a church or cathederal. The cavernous interiors are how and why the sixteenth and  seventeenth centuries spawned such epic composers. Well thats what i fink anyhow? 

[Scarlets]

Agree Steve Reich is great.

If it's mechanical and mathematical you're after check out a similar act called KNOWLEDGE OF BUGS:

http://www.knowledgeofbugs.co.uk/index2.htm

Producing music via light emitting diodes and allsorts of radiowav'es / random electronic impulses etc