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An Autodidactic Polymath’s Journey Through Sound — Part 2

aleXander hirka
3 min readJan 31, 2022

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1972

Inspired by the Beatles and numerous other experimental music makers I began creating sound montages in my early 20’s.
Around 1972 I finished a piece called “Beethoven’s Fifth Nightmare” — 15 minutes of carefully selected audio morsels put in a blender, producing a veritable bubble tea of music and sound.

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aleXander hirka

Writer, visual artist, philosopher, autodidact, curmudgeon. More than half of what i do is make believe. https://alexanderhirka.nyc