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Alvin Lucier - I Am Sitting In A Room

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What it is

Alvin Lucier's 1969 minimalist piece in which a spoken text is repeatedly played back and re-recorded in a room until the room's resonances replace the words. This is the 1981 Lovely Music recording.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as the canonical work behind repeated re-recording experiments, and a pivotal piece of minimalist music worth listening to patiently.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I'd recommend setting aside the time to listen to these beginning to end if you can.”

    Patient listening pays off in minimalist work

    frereubu, 2023-04 · Recommendation · in “If Philip Glass Were a Film”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: alvin lucier, minimalism, room acoustics, sound art, resonance

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