Antimusical Book of Recipes
A continuation on the quest for a plausible antimusic through a series of brief instructions exploring instrumentation, leaving most other parameters to the performer's choice. All titles come from wordplay on accepted types of music.
All recipes requiere from its eventual producer.s to determine its duration, place, number of people involved, performance and/or recording of it and any other detail.s not included in the instructions
I written antimusic
choose text.s
place contact microphone.s on paper.s
write text.s
choose text.s
mike writing machine.s
write text.s
II dance antimusic
select dance school.s
place contact microphone.s on the floor
choose instrument.s
listen to the recording on headphones
while rigorously trying
to reproduce what is being heard
III old antimusic
hand out instrument.s to old people in asylum.s
IV electronic antimusic
choose electric artifact.s
turn them on and/or off
progressively
V negative antimusic
don't do nothing
VI popular antimusic
offer street musician.s
to record him/them in exchange for something
VII orchestral antimusic
select the least attractive day
from the symphonic orchestra's programme
arrive there early and record everything
except the music
VIII lacrimae antimusic
record baby.ies crying
turn speaker.s into cradle.s
IX commercial antimusic
record peddler.s
a (few) beggar.s
a (few) market.s
the city's stock market
etc.
X derranged antimusic
hand out instrument.s to patient.s in sanatorium.s
XI antimusical swing
place condenser microphone.s in constant pendular movement
XII shit antimusic
record own or third party.ies defecating
reproduce it in loudspeaker.s in W.C.s
close the toilet's door
XIII TV antimusic
record zapping
trying to join dialogues from successive channels
XIV antimusic of the spheres
procure spherical object.s
make it/them roll over surface.s
XV rock antimusic
choose stone.s
place accelerometer.s in rock.s
XVI antimusical salsa
prepare bechamel, holandaise, mayonnaise sauce.s or other
XVII antimusical bolero
procure (an) argentinian boleadora.s
use as instrument.s
procure shoe shine boy.s from Mexico
XVIII choral antimusic
choose sea coral.s
use as instrument.s
XIX religious antimusic
god's will
XX ambient antimusic
record
XXI disco antimusic
select record.s, brake disc.s, plate.s or other round and flat object.s
use as instrument.s
XXII digital antimusic
place contact microphone.s on adhesive tape.s
stamp fingerprint.s
XXIII subliminal antimusic
transpose whatever music.s below or over the audible spectrum
XXIV children antimusic
mike kindergarten.s
XXV live antimusic
record whoever.s first and/or last minute.s of life
XXVI tropical antimusic
record dense place.s near the Equator
XXVII antimusical ballad
record ram.s, lamb.s, sheep, goat.s and/or deer
XXVIII antimusic flamenco
record pink bird.s with long neck.s and legs and curved beak.s
XXIX merengue antimusic
whisk egg white.s
add a drop of lemon, a pinch of salt and sugar at will
XXX romantic antimusic
record audio from porn film.s