RE: How far does looping go back? Farther than you think....

["Michael Peters" <mp@mpeters.de>]

in the mid-eighties, a historic water reservoir building in Cologne, 
Germany
was pumped empty, and opened to the public for a short time before it was
flooded again. It was a huge rectangular basement hall with columns, not
looking very spectacular, but the reverb was truly mindblowing - about 45
seconds. (Yes, reverb is not the same as echo but maybe it is interesting
anyway)

In the short time of its opening, the hall saw dance performances and
recordings of various musiicians. A long out of print double LP called "Vor
der Flut" (Before the Flood) contained performances of C.Bauer, Butz Dähn,
Heiner Goebbels, Michael Köhler, Joe Koinzer, Roberto Laneri, Pauline
Oliveros, Saxophon Mafia, Helmut Scherner, Büdi Siebert, Trio Basso Köln.

-Michael
www.michaelpeters.de