Music-Genres & Styles-Electronic

Sound coming from outside the field of vision, from somewhere beyond, holds a privileged place in the Western imagination. When separated from their source, sounds seem to manifest transcendent realms, divine powers, or supernatural forces. According to legend, the philosopher Pythagoras lectured to his...

Author: Jane Dominguez,Lido PublishingISBN-13: 9798245845258Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/06/2026Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.25d

In this industry, it's imperative to learn how to manage your band and gain a real sense of control over your own music career. Discover a whole new way to keep it all together with Maurice Johnson's Gigorama 1.0, the exciting and easy-to-use gig...

Cubase 15 Pro doesn't slow creativity - confusion does.This book is written to remove that friction completely.If you've ever opened Cubase and felt overwhelmed by its depth, this guide meets you exactly where the problem starts: turning a powerful DAW into a fast, reliable...

Author: Robert MargouleffISBN-10: 1916829287ISBN-13: 9781916829282Publisher: Jawbone PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/19/2026Pages: 264Format: Paperback

Marking the fortieth anniversary of the duo's first release--"West End Girls"--Pet Shop Boys Volume presents the group's entire visual output to date in a contemporary literary format.Author: Chris Heath,Philip HoareISBN-10: 0500027471ISBN-13: 9780500027479Publisher: Thames & HudsonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/07/2026Pages: 592Format: Hardcover

ILLEGAL: Rave Flyers of the 90s is a 500-page, encyclopedic collection of rave & party promotional flyers from the birth of EDM in America.DB Burkeman, formerly known as DJ DB, went back to the rave promoters from his 90s gigs to collect material for...

What separates a producer who struggles from one who works with confidence and clarity inside Ableton Live 12? It is not talent alone-it is understanding the system, the tools, and the workflow behind the software.Ableton Live 12 is powerful, flexible, and fast, but without...

In 1980, a quirky Japanese drum machine hit the scene-and the world hasn't stopped thumping since.Imagine a box of circuits, dismissed as a flop, that birthed the seismic boom of hip-hop's golden age, the hypnotic haze of acid house raves, and the trap anthems...

Synthesizers are experiencing a massive resurgence, and for good reason! Many musicians are now seeking a more manual, hands-on approach to creating electronic sounds, moving away from purely digital interfaces. This growing interest has spurred instrument makers to release an incredible variety of new...

Rusty Egan, pioneering DJ and musician, helped shape the New Romantic movement by introducing electronic music to Britain's club scene.Rusty Egan is one of the most iconic and influential figures in the electronic music industry. His career began in the music industry as a...

Audio Paper offers a conceptual and practice-based approach for researchers across a wide range of disciplines to integrate auditory culture into their published work in the form of the audio paper. The audio paper is an academic text presented as an audio production. Introducing...

Electro swing is a relatively recent musical style and scene which combines the music of the swing era with that of the age of electronic dance music. Chris Inglis considers key questions about electro swing's place in contemporary society, including what it may mean...

Power electronics is a genre of industrial or 'noise' music that utilises feedback and synthesizers to produce an intense, loud, challenging sound. To match this sonic excess, power electronics also relies heavily upon extreme thematic and visual content - whether in lyrics, album art,...

The Roland x0x Series: A History of Early Roland Synthesizers and Drum Machines from SH-101 to TR-909 offers an authoritative but accessible investigation of how the design of these most influential musical instruments is shaped by technological factors, institutional contexts, market forces and imagined...

Author: B.ISBN-13: 9798242598690Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/05/2026Pages: 150Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d

Unlock the full potential of Ableton Live 12 with this comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide. Whether you're a complete newcomer or an intermediate user looking to level up your music production skills, this book covers everything you need to create professional-quality tracks.Inside, you'll learn how to:...

A cultural history of global electronic dance music countercultures, Technomad explores the pleasurable and activist trajectories of post-rave. The book documents an emerging network of techno-tribes, exploring their pleasure principles and cultural politics. Attending to sound system culture, electro-humanitarianism, secret sonic societies, teknivals and...

Enter the world of computer-aided composition. It is easy with Phil Winsor's Computer Composer's Toolbox. Discover the enormous creative and time-saving potential of computerized music composition. Whether you are a musician hoping to see what the computer can do for you or a computer...

It is clear that the digital age has fully embraced music production, distribution, and transcendence for a vivid audience that demands more music both in quantity and versatility. However, the evolving world of digital music production faces a calamity of tremendous proportions: the asymmetrically...

Critical of technologically determinist assumptions underpinning current educational policy, Victoria Armstrong argues that this growing technicism has grave implications for the music classroom where composition is often synonymous with the music technology suite. The use of computers and associated compositional software in music education...

Pink Noises brings together twenty-four interviews with women in electronic music and sound cultures, including club and radio DJs, remixers, composers, improvisers, instrument builders, and installation and performance artists. The collection is an extension of Pinknoises.com, the critically-acclaimed website founded by musician and scholar...

In recent decades, experimental music has flourished outside of European and American concert halls. The principles of indeterminacy, improvisation, nonmusical sound, and noise, pioneered in concert and on paper by the likes of Henry Cowell, John Cage, and Ornette Coleman, can now be found...

Crafting a dynamic relationship between feminism and music-making, this book offers a queerly original analysis of Oliveros's work as a musical form of feminist activism and argues for the productive role of experimental music in lesbian feminist theory.Author: Martha MockusISBN-10: 0415973759ISBN-13: 9780415973755Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This is the ultimate guide to the new digital world of music. Cutting through myths, it offers a step-by-step introduction to what's possible for performers, composers, and listeners-addressing legal and ethical issues as well as the nuts and bolts of what equipment to buy...

The Art of Digital Orchestration explores how to replicate traditional orchestration techniques using computer technology, with a focus on respecting the music and understanding when using real performers is still the best choice.Using real-world examples including industry-leading software and actual sounds and scores from...

Long considered one of the key books on the well-informed audio engineer's shelf, Sound System Engineering provides an accurate, complete, and concise tool for all those involved in designing, implementing, and testing sound reinforcement systems. This new fourth edition includes eight new chapters leading...

UK Rave Flyers 1988-1989 is a deluxe book showcasing original flyers from the breakthrough years of UK acid house. Sourced from the phatmedia archive and beyond, it captures the raw energy of a scene that exploded from underground parties into a nationwide movement. Featuring...

The story of STEIM and the first sensor instruments in digital music. The STEIM foundation in Amsterdam was a music studio radically dedicated to the live, physical performance of electronic sound. From 1969 to 2021, the Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music supported artists in building...

Step into the Beat: A Journey to Becoming a Master DJ Imagine mastering the art of captivating audiences, where every beat you drop sends waves of excitement through a crowd, and every mix you produce becomes the soundtrack to unforgettable nights. This book is...

At the end of his life, Pierre Schaeffer commented that his musical and sound experiments had attempted to go beyond 'do-re-mi'. This had a direct bearing on EinstÃ1/4rzende Neubauten's musical philosophy and work, with the musicians always striving to extend the boundaries of music...

Popular Polish Electronic Music, 1970-2020 offers a cultural history of popular Polish electronic music, from its beginning in the late 1960s/early 1970s up to the present day, in the context of Polish economic, social and political history, and the history of popular music in...

Coming out of northern England in the late 1970s, few bands have had the impact and influence of Joy Division and New Order. Joy Division were formed in the slipstream of punk but, thanks to frontman Ian Curtis's singular voice and Martin Hannett's ambitious...

Mono, a resident of Amsterdam travels to Los Angeles to fulfill a pledge he made to his deceased best friend--to promote an album with their favorite DJs in the United States. With his dependable companion, Faith, Mono's search for the rising stars of the...

Global Beat Fusion The History of the Future of Music Words & Pix by Derek Beres Foreword by Ajay Naidu "Derek Beres is part reporter and part prophet standing in the middle of the eye of the World Music storm that is raining new...

This book is intended for educational purposes only. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy and helpfulness, the techniques and information presented are based on the author's experience and knowledge at the time of publication. Readers are advised to refer to the...

This book takes the reader step-by-step through the process of developing synthesizer modules. Covering everything from theory to practice and using the intuitive VCV Rack and its open source C++ API, even the least experienced reader will learn to master efficient DSP coding to...

Making Synthwave: How an Online Music Community Invented a Genre documents the journey of an online community in their formation of the synthwave genre.Taking an emic perspective that delivers a behind-the-scenes, access-all-areas telling of synthwave's story from the very beginning to the mid 2020s,...

Noise has become a model of cultural and theoretical thinking over the last two decades. Following Hegarty's influential 2007 book, Noise/Music, Annihilating Noise discusses in 16 essays how noise offers a way of thinking critical resistance, disruptive creativity and a complex yet enticing way...

Making Synthwave: How an Online Music Community Invented a Genre documents the journey of an online community in their formation of the synthwave genre.Author: Jess Blaise WardISBN-10: 1032732032ISBN-13: 9781032732039Publisher: Focal PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2025Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.62d

K-pop, or Korean pop, is a South Korean genre of music that incorporates influences from a range of musical genres, including rap, R&B, dance, pop, and reggae. Korean artists, also known as idols, have become some of the most popular global superstars, with thousands...

Anonymous, hidden, encrypted, incomprehensible - these are the forces and sounds that tell us the unheard in music. Iconic Frankfurt techno and experimental label -Mille Plateaux- returns with a new anthology of texts written by a collective of voices who assembled around the resurrection...

Everything you need to know about making music in one place! 2024 & Beyond!Not so long ago music production was only available to the rich and famous. However, these days it's now possible to produce professional sounding music from your own home.In fact, you...

The Process That Is the World grapples with John Cage not just as a composer, but as a philosopher advocating for an ontology of difference in keeping with the kind posited by Gilles Deleuze. Cage's philosophy is not simply a novel method for composition,...

Behind the scenes in techno and electronic music studios in two of the genre's city hotspotsThe studios of DJs and electronic music producers can be found in darkened basements, abandoned factories, garages and backyards, in converted lofts, shared houses or teenage bedrooms. Inside the...

Rave may be the middle word in travel, but when raving reporter Kirk Field created the world's first holiday company catering exclusively to clubbers, the Rave New World threw everything it could at him: 9/11, volcanic ash clouds, suspicious customs officers, avalanches, North Sea...

In this new edition of the classic text on the evolution of electronic music, Peter Manning extends the definitive account of the medium from its birth to include key developments from the dawn of the 21st century to the present day. The scope of...

DISCO! Music, Image, Dance takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring disco's untold stories--sonic, visual, and kinetic--from its popular heyday to its many afterlives. The book attests to disco's irrepressibility in cultural practices from the 1970s to the 2020s, tracing its histories and instantiations as...

DISCO! Music, Image, Dance takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring disco's untold stories--sonic, visual, and kinetic--from its popular heyday to its many afterlives. The book attests to disco's irrepressibility in cultural practices from the 1970s to the 2020s, tracing its histories and instantiations as...

This collection brings together fifteen years of notes, essays, and compositions from a working life in experimental music. Originally intended as academic research, it became a personal project driven by curiosity rather than credentials. The texts explore music-making across tools and formats: from live...