Music-Genres & Styles-Electronic

Established in the 1950s by musician and engineer Pierre Schaeffer, the Groupe de Recherches Musicales would become the nerve center for avant-garde artists experimenting with sound and acoustics, as well as the birthplace of a genre of music-making enabled by new recording technologies and...

Author: Ed GillettISBN-10: 1529070651ISBN-13: 9781529070651Publisher: Picador USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/09/2024Pages: 466Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.04d

Bringing together a diverse group of world-leading professionals across post-production film sound and electroacoustic music, Art of Sound explores the creative principles that underpin how sonic practitioners act to compose, tell stories, make us feel and communicate via sound.Author: Andrew Knight-Hill, Emma MargetsonISBN-10: 0367755890ISBN-13:...

The Orb have been long been acknowledged as prime instigators in 1988's acid house revolution who invented "ambient house" and took it to the top of the album charts, always pushing the outer limits of electronic innovation and sonic pioneering in a parallel "Ultraworld"...

Updated to include details of the group's recent concerts under the direction of Ralf Hutter. David Buckley examines the cult enigma that is Kraftwerk, including their beginnings in the avant-garde musical terrain of late-Sixties Germany and their Anglo-American breakthrough with Autobahn in 1975, as...

Marcus Intalex was a universally revered drum & bass producer/DJ until his untimely death in 2017 and ?€~How You Make Me Feel' is a celebration of his trailblazing life and career. From emerging as a DJ on the rave scene in Burnley to surviving...

Phantasmagoria of the Uncanny: Nomadism, Technique and Aesthetics in the Psychedelic Rave examines the psychedelic rave music and culture with a focus on the multiday phantasmagoric events organized in mountains, deserts, beaches, and other exotic destinations. Using mobile and multi-sited ethnography, the author follows...

Electronic Dance Music: From Deviant Subculture to Culture Industry explores the subculture's emergence as a deviant subculture. This text analyzes how industry professionals, fans, and public officials helped usher in a new age of EDM, arguing that while the defining features of the subculture...

When a small group of enthusiasts rebelled against the increasing commercialisation of the rave scene, converting a derelict meat store in London into a venue seemed the only option to stay authentic. The meat store became and remains a cathedral for undiluted dance music...

George Benson entered the music business as a child singer. Never considering himself just a guitar player, he nonetheless honed his jazz chops playing with organist Jack McDuff and Lonnie Smith in the 1960s. His solo and side work with Columbia, Verve, and CTI...

A cultural clearinghouse of the American 1960s and '70s told through the story of the period's most important forgotten comedy group. This expansive book reclaims the Firesign Theatre (hazily remembered as a comedy act for stoners) as critically engaged artists working in the heart...

Gear up for an electrifying journey throughTHE HISTORY OF CASIO SYNTHESIZERS.This isn't your run-of-the-mill tale; it's a full-throttle dive into the rhythm, pulse, and unapologetic innovation that defines CASIO.CASIO didn't just create synthesizers; they unleashed a sonic revolution, smashing the idea that only the...

Exported out of cities like Chicago and Detroit in the late 80's, House and Techno music washed back up on US shores in the early 90's, repackaged by the English and Germans as 'Rave'. UK live acts like The Shamen, Altern8, 808 State, Utah...

Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie, Moulin Rouge - the names popularly associated with film composer Georges Auric's career conjure visions of a distant and glamorous early twentieth-century Parisian art world. Auric wrote well over 100 film scores, including the soundtrack for Roman Holiday, and was...

Creativities, Media, and Technology in Music Learning and Teaching is one of five paperback books derived from the foundational two-volume Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Designed for music teachers, students, and scholars of music education, as well as educational administrators and policy makers, this...

Are you struggling to achieve professional-sounding recordings? Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed by the complexities of sound engineering? Do you wish you had a deeper understanding of audio signal processing and sound system optimization?This book is here to help. This highly explanatory guide...

Audio Production Secrets is highly practical and packed with actionable tips, tricks and creative techniques for music production and audio mixing. The content is designed to give you new ideas and perspecitves to help you fuel your creativity and ultimately make the techniques your...

Over the last century, developments in electronic music and art have enabled new possibilities for creating audio and audio-visual artworks. With this new potential has come the possibility for representing subjective internal conscious states, such as the experience of hallucinations, using digital technology. Combined...

Blank Sheet Music Manuscript Size: width 8.5 x height 11 in / width 21.59 cm x height 27.94 cmNumber of pages: 100 pagesPaper: sturdy white paperInterior style: 12 standard staffs/staves suitable for composingCover: glossy finish Great gift for an young aspiring musician Author: M....

The authors show novice users as well as more tech-savvy music fans and musicians all they need to know about MP3 and digital music. They give thorough coverage of all the latest and best MP3 players, both desktop and portable. This book shows the...

Inside Computer Music is an investigation of how new technological developments have influenced the creative possibilities of composers of computer music in the last 50 years. This book combines detailed research into the development of computer music techniques with nine case studies that analyze...

Software mediates a great deal of human musical activity. The writing, running, and maintenance of code lies at the heart of such software. Code Musicology: From Hardwired to Software argues why it is time for a "code musicology," then outlines what that should entail....

As AI continues to transform the music industry, it brings both opportunities and challenges. On one hand, AI offers new creative tools and possibilities, enabling artists to push the boundaries of music and explore new sonic landscapes. On the other hand, it raises questions...

The Radio Phonics Laboratory explores the intersection of technology and creativity that shaped the sonic landscape of the 20th century. This fascinating story unravels the intricate threads of telecommunications, from the invention of the telephone to the advent of global communication networks. At the...

Analog Audio Amplifier Design introduces all the fundamental principles of analog audio amplifiers, alongside practical circuit design techniques. Covering all the basics of amplifier operation and configuration, as well as high-end audio amplifiers, this is a comprehensive guide with design examples and exercises throughout....

An expansive and illuminating account of the development of electronic music, told with passionate enthusiasm by Matthew Collin, the critically-acclaimed author of Altered State and Rave On.Dream Machines tracks the music's evolution from early avant-garde experiments after World War Two through psychedelia, art-rock and...

How to Build Your Own Home Recording Studio will step the reader through acquiring the required equipment, cable types, configuration, and testing. You will also be shown how to setup the DAW (digital audio workstation) software and configure it based on the equipment you...

The Pet Shop Boys are one of the most successful and unusual bands of the last five decades. They are the pop duo that proves pop music can be modern, ecstatic and playful as well as serious and intelligent, winning them legions of devoted...

At the time, it was unclear why the UK government targeted the Spiral Tribe travelling sound system. Even after arresting many key members and launching one of Britain's biggest court cases against them. Was it really because they were a marauding horde of anarcho-techno-pirates,...

Using a concept she calls authenticity maneuvering to explain how clubs, clubbers, and DJs navigate authenticity, branding, and commercialism, Danielle Hidalgo argues that the strategic use of a rave ethos bolsters acceptance in dance music spaces while also making commercial practices less visible or...

This edited collection is an interdisciplinary study of heavy metal culture in Argentina between 1983 and 2002. Contributors address the music's rituals, circulations, cultural products, lyrics and intertexts, allowing readers to rethink the place of national heavy metal within Argentinean politics and economics, after...

From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into the lives of three visionary artists. In 2018, boundary-breaking visual and sonic artist Cosey Fanni Tutti received a commission to write the...

Listening to the Music the Machines Make is the revolutionary story of electronic pop from 1978 to 1983, a true golden age of music.This definitive account explores how krautrock, disco, glam rock and punk inspired a new generation to rip up the rulebook and...

A lavishly produced collection of more than 1,000 press and magazine cuttings, not included in The Annotated Scrapbook, that illustrates the career of Gary Numan, from his first Tubeway Army single to the Berserker tour of 1984, with particular emphasis on his reception in...

Whether you want to learn how to purchase songs online to rip and burn CDs, convert old albums and cassettes to digital formats, this book will teach you everything you need to know.Author: Rick Broida, Denny AtkinISBN-10: 0072257083ISBN-13: 9780072257083Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2004Pages: 299Format:...

An inside look at the music born, bred, and perfected in Chicago. Chicago house music originated in the city's Black, gay underground in the late seventies and became one of the most popular musical genres in the world by the end of the century....

Author: MomusISBN-10: 1665197897ISBN-13: 9781665197892Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/2020Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 6.70h x 5.30w x 0.60d

ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCTION WITH SYNTHESIZERS Unleash Your Musical Genius: Dive into Electronic Music Production with Synthesizers!"From Novice to Maestro: Master Electronic Music Production with Synthesizers!"Revolutionize Your Sound: The Ultimate Guide to Electronic Music Production with Synthesizers!"Synthesize Your Success: Elevate Your Music with Electronic Music...

A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell. Soft Cell are not your average pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in 1981, but the powerful first phase of...

A collection that goes beyond the canon to analyze influential yet under-examined works of electronic music.This collection of writings on electronic music goes outside the canon to analyze influential works by under-recognized musicians. The contributors, many of whom are composers and performers themselves, offer...

Designed for introductory courses in electronic music and multimedia, Digital Audio and Acoustics for the Creative Arts presents the fundamental concepts of musical acoustics, psychoacoustics, electronics, digital audio, audio recording, and communication among devices via the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) and Open Sound...

Bringing together a diverse group of world-leading professionals across post-production film sound and electroacoustic music, Art of Sound explores the creative principles that underpin how sonic practitioners act to compose, tell stories, make us feel and communicate via sound.Author: Andrew Knight-Hill, Emma MargetsonISBN-10: 0367755882ISBN-13:...

Explore the captivating journey of synthwave through "The History of Synthwave" by Herkimer Throckmorton. From its roots in '80s electronic music to the global spread of this retro-futuristic genre, this comprehensive guide delves into subgenres like Outrun, Dark Synthwave, and Dreamwave. Uncover the influence...

Featuring a foreword from Annie Mac In Welcome to the club, Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of a thirty-year music career, with help from some famous friends. One of the Ha輅enda's first female DJs, Paulette has scaled the heights...

From the cacophonous surrounds of London to the sea stacks of Orkney, via the abandoned military facilities of the Suffolk coast and the watery expanses of the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, from the quarries and neolithic sites of Snowdonia and the wide open skies...

Depeche Mode's 101 is, at first glance, a curious thing: a live double-album by a synth band. A recording of its "Concert for the Masses," 101 marks the moment when doomy, cultish, electronic Depeche Mode, despite low American album sales and a lack of...

Experiencing Organised Sounds investigates a wide horizon of sound-based works using a template consistently across its 16 studies. It aims to address means of increasing appreciation and understanding related to the experience of sonic creativity (music involving any sounds, not just musical notes).Author: Leigh...

A collection of writing by Simon Reynolds, centered on music that seemed, in its moment, to prefigure the Future Simon Reynolds's first book in eight years is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow. Sounds that prefigure pop music's future--the...

DO NOT BUY THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS Seriously, just don't do it. This book is full of poor grammar, highly irregular spelling, and pointless descriptions of terrible music on an outdated medium. If you DO know what this is then OMG...

Explore the captivating journey of synthwave through "The History of Synthwave" by Herkimer Throckmorton. From its roots in '80s electronic music to the global spread of this retro-futuristic genre, this comprehensive guide delves into subgenres like Outrun, Dark Synthwave, and Dreamwave. Uncover the influence...