Listening through the noise: the aesthetics of experimental electronic music

Listening through the noise: the aesthetics of experimental electronic music

Demers, Joanna

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Contemporary electronic music has splintered into numerous genres and subgenres, all of which share a concern with whether sound, in itself, bears meaning.Listening through the Noise considers how the experience of listening to electronic music constitutes a departure from the expectations that have long governed music listening in the West. INDICE: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1. Sign; 1.: Listening to Signs in Post-Schaefferian Electroacoustic music; 2.: Material As Sign In Electronica; Part Two: Object; 3.: Minimal Objects In Microsound; 4.: Maximal Objects in Drone Music, Dub Techno, and Noise; Part Three: Situation; 5.: Site in Ambient, Soundscape, and Field Recordings; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Discographytates.

  • ISBN: 978-0-19-538765-0
  • Editorial: Oxford University
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 248
  • Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2010
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés