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A Half-Decade of Buddha Boxing

Friday, June 25, 2010

First published in DigiMag. Interview carried out by Robin Peckham with Zhang Jian. FM3, the experimental music group whose productions examine the relationship between composition, art, and everyday life, consists of original members Zhang Jian and Christiaan Virant. Prior to releasing the object for which they are best known, the plastic loop-playing device known as [...]

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An Investigation into Gristleism

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Text by Robin Peckham The mock spirituality of the original FM3 “Buddha Machine” has been replaced with an earnestness of sound and composition that appears almost frightening. “Gristleism,” a collaboration between FM3′s Christiaan Virant and British industrial group Throbbing Gristle, more or less physically resembles the Buddha Machine. It is shorter, square, heavier, more solid–this [...]

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