http://pitchfork.com/news/58660-musique ... -has-died/
He did some wonderful work.
RIP Tod Dockstader
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- D.H. MOD
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- KVRAF
- 6895 posts since 9 Mar, 2003 from the bridge of sighs
sad ...
i was led to his music after being exposed to morton subotnick ...
i was led to his music after being exposed to morton subotnick ...
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- KVRian
- 507 posts since 30 Dec, 2011 from Europe
RIP
indeed, as "Quatermass" and others...
sad day.
indeed, as "Quatermass" and others...
sad day.
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- KVRAF
- 7540 posts since 7 Aug, 2003 from San Francisco Bay Area
Another of the pioneers. I'm at least happy to learn that there is a documentary about him currently in production.
Incomplete list of my gear: 1/8" audio input jack.
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- KVRAF
- 16977 posts since 23 Jun, 2010 from north of London ON
That is something I'd love to see.deastman wrote:Another of the pioneers. I'm at least happy to learn that there is a documentary about him currently in production.
RIP Tod...
Barry
If a billion people believe a stupid thing it is still a stupid thing
If a billion people believe a stupid thing it is still a stupid thing
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- 2908 posts since 26 Oct, 2007 from Kent, UK
Very sad Loved this man's music - always interesting.
Loved this man's music - always interesting.-
- KVRAF
- 7339 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
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- KVRAF
- 2177 posts since 11 Mar, 2003
I have no words. One of my heroes. Experimental yet always accessible music.
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- KVRAF
- 3618 posts since 25 Mar, 2006 from The city by the bay
Back in the day, when a friend mentioned him to me and I replied that I had not listened to any of his works, he reminded me that Dockstader's music was used in Fellini Satyricon which he knew I had seen.
His bio includes this:
His bio includes this:
which should serve to remind us of the challenges faced by most who set out on the journey...He moved into work as a sound engineer in 1958, and apprenticed at Gotham Recording Studios, where he first started composing. […]After achieving modest recognition and radio play alongside the likes of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Edgard Varèse, and John Cage, Gotham Studios shut down and Dockstader found himself without access to recording facilities. He applied to a number of established electronic music institutions but was rejected by them for his lack of academic experience in the field. Notably, he received separate rejection letters from both Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.
