>>2815729>still "good" and top quality nowEven when he's a mediocre as arranger and a completely forgettable vocalist? I don't really even like Nick Drake that much (his enunciation is a bit too laughable to be taken seriously, how many "pingu mun" memes have I seen at this point?) but I'd argue that actually having expressive vocals and not sounding monotonously dull throughout your entire performance instantly makes him much, much better that Sinatra.
Politics are relevant to art. They do not however relate at all to the quality of art. Which is, you know, the actual topic at hand here.
My point was to dismiss any notion that Sinatra was unique or recognizable for his crooning, first by shooting down any concept of him pioneering it and then by bringing up his dismissal of the term.
The main difference between Xenakis and Ferneyhough is that Ferneyhough takes a more primal and uncontrolled approach to his composition. Xenakis obviously uses an incredibly precise and mathematical composition style, whereas Ferneyhough's main claim to fame is quite literally employing energetic and dynamic themes into his dissonant work. However, compare any of his string quartets to his flute pieces and you'll find that there is no constant style or signature save dissonance or energy.
>>2815733Swans very obviously started out in New York's No Wave scene which in the first place was a pretty fucking diverse scene no matter how you put it. Like shit, none of the bands really had much in common save that they were all excessively loud, simplistic, punk influenced, noisy, and very, very, very contrarian to the trend of the era. So even if we were to take all the No Wave bands from the original scene you'd still be able to point out Glenn Branca and DNA and James Chance & the Contortions, simply because all of them were highly distinct.
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