Acrylic nails tapping on a smartphone, Skype breakups, pop-up adverts … it’s all music to Holly Herndon. We meet the avant-garde techno producer bringing ‘paradise politics’ to the dancefloor
Which musical instrument conveys the most emotion? Piano, cello, guitar? For Holly Herndon, whose ultra-contemporary compositions reflect on everything from targeted advertising to betrayal by the NSA, it’s the laptop.
“A lot of people complain about it being less engaging, less natural, less emotional, but my laptop mediates so much of my life: my Skype, my bank account, my emails, my relationships,” she says. “It’s actually a hyper-emotional instrument; it has more emotional content than a violin could ever dream of.”
Violating my inbox felt [worse] than if someone went into my apartment. That's where all my relationships live
Continue reading...by Ben Beaumont-Thomas via Electronic music | The Guardian
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