On Improvised Music as Automatism
HISTORICAL DOCUMENT: Originally published in 20-seiki Buyo 5 (20th-century dance), September 1960. Translated into English by Colin Smith In May of 1960, our group chanced upon an absolutely new experiment in music. It was an improvisational piece of musique concrète, executed collectively. Just before discovering this approach, we had been preparing materials for a tape…