I Don't Like Listening To My Music,

In My Own Recent String Trio I Attempt To Superimpose Two Quite Different Sets Of Formal Strategies, Both Of Which, Ultimately, Refer Back To Historical Precedent.

Hence My Obstinate Emphasis On Stylistic Continuity From Work To Work Rather Than Specific Sibling Relationships Between The Individual Work And Other Members Of Its Stylistic 'family' In The World Outside.

The Idea Of 'machine Assemblage' Is, Especially, Very Alien To My Sensibility, Since It Suggests A Relative Indifference Of The Strata To One Another During The Process Of Construction.

In Any Case, The Fewer Boundaries That Exist Hindering Free Movement Between All Forms Of Articulate Human Cognition, The Better.

Naturally Enough, I Couldn't Have Foreseen The Vast Sea Change Which Has Come Upon That Scene As A Result Of German Reunification And Associated Events.