
IN THIS ERA OF THE POST-FRIVOLOUS, WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ELECTRONIC MUSIC WORTH IF IT IS NOT ALSO A TREATISE ON THE VALIDITY OF ITS OWN EXISTENCE? A TALISMANIC DIAGRAM, EMPHASISING AND RE-EMPHASISING ITS OWN RELEVANCE? WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO OPTIMISE OUR MACHINES. WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO LEAVE THE PENCIL MARKINGS IN? OR BETTER STILL, TO SKETCH IN PEN, AND THEN MAKE THE FINAL, CLEAN-EDGED MARKINGS IN PENCIL?
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