02/08 the shire derby affair

 

0208 the shire derby affair

a play on the names Delia Derbyshire and Pierre Schaeffer, my favorite of the early tape music/sound artists; an ode to musique concrete and other cut-up techniques.

it occurred to me that some might watch/listen to this and have genuine concerns about my mental state. don’t worry. I’ve never been better, whatever that means. (i’m fine)

it also made me wonder if it might be seen/heard as deliberate weirdness. it didn’t feel weird making it and i wasn’t “being weird” while doing it, so much as i was not trying to suppress anything for the sake of acceptance in the “normal” world. i felt like a child playing a game with myself where the rule was cut up everything and arrange it in the way i want while my folks aren’t in the room. shit gets thrown about, but not randomly at all. in a calculated way. this took a lot more curation/arranging/fussing over than it might appear.

it also occurred to me that in Derbyshire’s and Schaeffer’s day this would’ve taken months to do (weeks with the right drugs) and FAR more effort that i would ever be able to summon. so Delia and Pierre.. I salute you forever!