▁from ▁critics ▁unable ▁to ▁distinguish ▁random ▁noise ▁from ▁genu ine ▁avant - gar de ▁music . ▁However , ▁in ▁an ▁October ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁editor ial ▁in ▁The ▁Musical ▁Times , ▁editor ▁Andrew ▁Por ter ▁noted ▁of ▁' The ▁Zak ▁Aff air ' ▁that ▁while ▁some ▁reports ▁indicated ▁that ▁" crit ics ▁were ▁taken ▁in ▁by ▁it .... Let ▁it ▁go ▁on ▁record ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁case ." ▁ ▁After ▁discuss ing ▁and ▁qu oting ▁several ▁contempor aneous ▁reviews ▁( and ▁referencing ▁the ▁similar ▁Ern ▁Mal ley ▁affair ▁that ▁caused ▁controvers y ▁in ▁modern ▁poetry ▁circles ▁ 1 6 ▁years ▁earlier ), ▁Por ter ▁wrote ▁that ▁" the ▁critics ▁showed ▁clearly ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁distinguish ▁between ▁Zak ▁and ▁Stock hausen ▁— ▁whose ▁Z y kl us , ▁' bash ed ▁out ' ▁by ▁an ▁imported ▁solo ▁per cussion ist ▁at ▁an ▁earlier ▁BBC ▁concert , ▁was ▁pra ised ." ▁ ▁Zak ▁as ▁rev iewer ▁Despite ▁Por ter ' s ▁editor ial , ▁" P j otr ▁Zak " ▁( wh ose ▁first ▁name ▁had ▁always ▁been ▁previously ▁identified ▁as ▁" Pi otr ") ▁wrote ▁a ▁piece ▁for ▁The ▁Musical ▁Times ▁a ▁few ▁months ▁later . ▁ ▁Writ ten ▁in ▁actual ity ▁by ▁K eller , ▁it ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁July ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁issue . ▁ ▁Zak ' s ▁piece ▁was ▁a ▁ 7 0 0 - word ▁review ▁of ▁Stock hausen ' s ▁score ▁for ▁Z y kl us , ▁a ▁work ▁that ▁had ▁deb uted