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What does it mean?
Devo claims to extract and simplify the essence of modern music for the audience.
In plain terms
They say they strip modern music down to its basic parts for you.
What can you take from it?
Simplify complex art to its core elements.

Where it applies

  • artistic critique
  • music production
  • consumption

Putting it to work

  • distill ideas
  • remove excess
  • analyze art

Questions to consider

  • What music do you simplify?
  • How do you consume art?

Another view

The claim of reductive synthesis is subjective and hard to prove.

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