HW: Collaborations

[William Duffy]

Is there a record label named after him?

> cosmicdolphin wrote:
>
> > And the Results Sofar:
> >
> > Edgard Varese (Who?)
>
> Zappa was into him. He was the so called "father of electronic music."
> Here's a bit from
> http://csunix1.lvc.edu/~snyder/em/varese.html:
>
> > The most popular work by Varese at this time was Ionisation. (1929-31)
which
> > introduced the siren as a musical instrument. With 37 percussion
instruments
> > and two sirens, it was likened to "a sock in the Jaw."
>
> I always thought HW could have provided more structure (and/or blanga) to
> his madness, while Varese was a whiz with found sounds and blurts of odd
> electronic weirdness. Hence, the perfect HW collaboration. ;-)
>
> Brian
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