In comparison to the 60's, the biggest change has probably been the popularization of the computer. That is to say, personal computers have become much more widespread. In considering how a work that grows out of the personal extends to become universal, it is impossible to avoid historical facts. Whether such facts are accepted is beside the point, it is necessary to clarify the connections between creation and history. Next, I would like to discuss the possibilities of music composed by electronic systems, including computers, along with attitudes toward tradition in contemporary music, particularly in electronic music.
People do indeed want to do without history, but only because they have never known it.
What I want now is for everyone to be deliberately self-taught. This is a characteristic comment for someone as uncompromising as Boulez. Yet it seems to me that the division has become still more severe. First, I would like to take a look at Boulez's music. The audience was completely surrounded by the sounds created and controlled by Boulez.