Our friend Gretchen from Gearwire recently recorded and skillfully edited an interview with Hans Tammen at AES. Before watching this video I was not aware of Mr Tammen’s work and it is interesting to see his transformation to the computer world with MAX/MSP, while preserving the experimental aesthetics of his prepared guitar and a bunch of pedals. Love it or hate it this is a good example of Experimental Noise Music.
Great stuff. I think the noisy potential of consumer personal electronics is underrated. my cell phone sounds awesome through a pickup and delay.
I like what he’s doing, but improv and laptop don’t belong in the same sentence.