STANO
One of the major distinguishing features of avant-garde music was and still
is in its approach to creativity. As John Cage had earlier shown, a fresh
perspective could result in the making of completely new sounds that would
be impossible through strict classical composition. No other Irish rock
musician comes as near to Cage's improvisatory dictum as does Stano. A
self-confessed 'non-musician', Stano has completely shunned historical
achievements in any musical form, opting instead for a naive working method
that formulates sound out of an organic framework. Most people if they were
to attempt something like this would end up with a selection of
indiscriminate noise works of unbearably low quality, but Stano's
intuitive grasp of sonic architecture has resulted in possibly the most
individuai hybrid of rock, experimental and electronic music ever to come
out of Ireland.
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