Surrealism in Music

woops

is not like other people
the surrealist manifesto was published 100 years ago today.
maybe this is why they're having a big Surrealists exhibition at the pompidou centre? they had loads of great masturbator style wackiness but the most interesting exhibits i saw (apart from the old editions of Maldoror) were Brassaï's photos of Paris at night
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woops

is not like other people
the surrealist manifesto was published 100 years ago today.
obviously since I'm in Paris and I am me I chose to mark the centenary by going to Breton's grave. His epitaph is je cherche l'or du temps (i seek the gold of time). i wondered if anyone else would be there for the same reason as me but the whole cemetery was deserted.
 

0bleak

Well-known member
were any other interesting manifestos published ever since? i feel like it's very quiet in that area. could you name some from the top of your head?

I suppose there a number that could qualify as interesting, but as far as "noteworthy"" movements, there was one for Fluxus but it seems to have been ignored or disregarded by other members.

Besides that, a Meat Beat Manifesto track recorded in 89 and published in 90 was a sort of blueprint for a lot of the music discussed here, and played by people like Fabio and Grooverider (although sadly left off of 30 Years of Rage although FSOL's Papua New Guinea is included which samples the bass).



Also sampled in:
Bass Consruction - Check How We Jam 1991
Cubic 22 - Night in Motion 1991
Desired State - Dance the Dream 1991
The Prodigy - Charly (Alley Cat Mix) 1991
Raving Mad - Addicted 1991
Rhythm Section - Emotion 1991
Acid Beard Massive - Punch-Out 1992
Addiction - Dub Plate 1992
Bassbin Twins - untitled 1992
Bab'el'on - Rave on the Nile 1992
CMC - Lets Rave - E Buzz! 1992
DJ Trace - untitled 1992
DJ's Unite - untitled 1992
Ecology - untitled 1992
Fantasy UFO - Feed The World 1992
G-Force - I Can't Stand It (No More) 1992
Mystic & DJ Fire - True Love 1993
Noise Overload - Destroy Your Speakers (Let the Bass Kick) 1992
Quantize - The Tropical Jungle 1992
Rebel MC - Humanity 1992
Top Buzz - World Wide Epidemic 1992
The Tripper - untitled 1992
DJ Syko - Be Alright 1993
Eternal Bass - Militarist 1994
The Imposter - The Chant 1995

and tons of other artists like Aphex Twin (at least twice), Goldie, Luke Vibert, Wiley...

The other side was also sampled by a lot of artists like 2 Boasters, Automation, The Brothers Grimm, DJ Edge, M.A.N.I.C., Manix (twice), Nasty Habits, New Decade, New Order, S-Cape, Sonic Experience.

The artists Addiction and CMC sampled each track for tracks released on the other side of their same records.

Other artists like Remarc have sampled from the manifesto but from a different release.
 

Benny Bunter

Well-known member
were any other interesting manifestos published ever since? i feel like it's very quiet in that area. could you name some from the top of your head?

Never went anywhere, arguably conservative, quickly renounced by alnost everyone involved, inconsequential, but still quite fun and on point for the time. (1999)

 
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