Xenakis - Rebonds

This is some ill drumming. It is a piece of music written by the Greek genius Iannis Xenakis. He was an ethnic Greek, naturalized French composer, music theorist and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers. Xenakis pioneered the use of mathematical models such as applications of set theory, varied use of game theory, etc., in music, and was also an important influence on the development of electronic music. He was an architect first and I think this is really important to his music. As David Byrne will talk about in my next post, architecture has helped music evolve into its many forms. Architecture is immensely important to music yet is rarely even considered by most modern musicians, bands, deejays, fans, event coordinators, ect. It was at the core of Iannis Xenakis's theory of music and I believe this is why he is so misunderstood and unknown. Most of us, myself included, that are raised with an appreciation for music are not raised with an appreciation of architecture. We rarely even acknowledge them as having anything in common. We do not understand the influence our aesthetic surroundings have on the music we are listening to or the impact it has had on the history of musical evolution. I understand much more than I used to about their relationship but I am still far from understanding.