Pynchon and Music: Interview with Steven Ricks

[Mark Thibodeau]

Thanks for this! Will check it out tomorrow. Looks fascinating.

Kind of reminds me a bit of Jonathan Wilson. Have you heard of him? I
think you might dig his work, the latest (afaik) being "Rare Birds",
which is really, really good.

Let me know what you think!

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/jonathan-wilson-rare-birds-interview-8241062/

Mark T.


On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 9:41 AM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com> wrote:
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> Hey ho,
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> I just wrapped up a pretty in-depth interview with Utah-based electroacoustic composer, Steven Ricks:
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> http://shipwrecklibrary.com/the-modern-word/interview-steven-ricks/
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> Ricks created two wonderful pieces based on “Gravity’s Rainbow”—“American Dreamscape” and “Beyond the Zero.” They are, hands down, two of my favorite pieces of avant-garde music inspired by Pynchon. He’s also written several pieces inspired by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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> While the interview focuses on the influence of Pynchon on his work, Ricks also discusses his development as an electronic musician. It’s a fairly long interview, but if you have any interest in composers such as Stockhausen, Birtwistle, Davidovsky, and so on, the interview contains a lot of great anecdotes. Also links to some really terrific avant-garde music.
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> Anyway, hopefully some of you will find this interesting—Ricks’ music is definitely worth hearing!
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> Also, a shout-out to Christian Hänggi, who prepared a few of the questions and helped me pound the interview into shape.
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> —Quail
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