#maximal minimalism

[simple-pretty]

prada fall 2026 | looks (from top) 18, 21, and 47

umberto fratini/gorunway.com photos via voguerunway.com

[simple-pretty]

bouchra jarrar fall 2020 couture, look 1

bouchra jarrar courtesy photo via voguerunway.com

(i LOVE this photo)

[simple-pretty]

givenchy fall 2020 | looks (from top) 32 and 38

alessandro lucioni/gorunway.com photos via voguerunway.com

[oneweekoneband]

Spoon - "Paper Tiger" (Live)

I was going to post this song as an example of the minimalist aesthetic that characterizes Kill the Moonlight, but it turns out this live version is not that minimal! Oh well, you can listen to the album version and compare. This live version gives a nice example of how Britt plays guitar, though: he doesn't tend to strum, or solo, or do any of the things that characterize rock rhythm and/or lead guitar playing. I mean, he does do though things, sometimes: but more typically he bangs, and squeals, and does sort of loud atmospheric stuff where you are just kind of like "what exactly is he doing?" But it tends to be perfect. I think Britt is criminally underrated as a guitar player. But I'll save my rant about Spoon being underrated for the end of the week, when I cover Transference.

[aufzuleiden]

This piece was composed with Reason 4.0, my first piece with this program. It is an exploration of the idea of "Ambience" in the sense that we often experience sound as a feeling rather than actual sounds - in this case the sound is the "sub-contra" low register that permeates the work. As a composer I've wanted to explore this element for a long time but haven't been able to without something like Reason - but all of that has changed now ... watch this space for new developments. Ambience 1 is just the beginning.