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Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983
As the 1970s gave way to the 80s, New York's party scene entered a ferociously inventive period characterized by its creativity, intensity, and hybridity. Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor chronicles this tumultuous time, charting the sonic and social eruptions that...- $29.95
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Tape Leaders: A Compendium of Early British Electronic Music Composers
In the form of a richly illustrated compendium, Tape Leaders is an indispensable reference guide for anyone interested in electronic sound and its origins in the UK. For the first time, a book sets out information on practically everyone active with experimental electronics and...- $35.00
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Bedroom Beats & B-Sides: Instrumental Hip-Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century
The first decades of the 21st century saw dramatic changes in the music industry as technology transformed creation, communication, and consumption. Amid this turmoil one change occurred relatively quietly, almost naturally: so-called bedroom producers, music makers raised on hip-hop and electronic music, went from...- $20.00
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Renegade Snares: The Resistance and Resilience of Drum & Bass
Renegade Snares is the definitive book on drum & bass music. Pieced together using original interviews conducted with all the scene's main players, it traces the history of jungle/drum & bass from its early roots in sound system culture and rave music right through...- $24.95
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Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics
The definitive oral history of the New Romantics. Sweet Dreams charts the British cultural explosion that happened in the ten years from 1975-1985 -- the rise of the New Romantics. Growing out of the remnants of the post-punk period, the New Romantics introduced club...- $25.95
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The Song of the Machine: From Disco to Djs to Techno, a Graphic Novel of Electronic Music
A pulsating graphic novel on the epic history of electronic music, from the heyday of disco in the 1970s to the rave culture of the 1990s and beyond. With a foreword from house music legends Daft Punk, The Song of the Machine is a...- $24.99
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Wendy Carlos's Switched-On Bach
So much, popular and scholarly, has been written about the synthesizer, Bob Moog and his brand-name instrument, and even Wendy Carlos, the musician who made this instrument famous. No one, however, has examined the importance of spy technology, the Cold War and Carlos's gender...- $14.95
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Raver Girl: Coming of Age in the 90s
Inside musky San Francisco warehouses in the middle of the night is where sixteen-year-old Samantha is her superstar self-anxiety-free, ultra-connected, on top of the world--but when the sun rises, the buzz fades, and it's back to the doldrums of high school circa 1996.Author: Samantha...- $16.95
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Who Say Reload: The Stories Behind the Classic Drum & Bass Records of the 90s
Who Say Reload is a knockout oral history of the records that defined jungle/drum & bass straight from the original sources. The likes of Goldie, DJ Hype, Roni Size, Andy C, 4hero and many more talk about the influences, environment, equipment, samples, beats and...- $35.00
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Vendor: Oli Freke
Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital (and Back)
From acid house to prog rock, there is no form of modern popular music that hasn't been propelled forwards by the synthesizer. As a result they have long been objects of fascination, desire and reverence for keyboard players, music producers and fans of electronic...- $30.00
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The Pop Rock Guitar Looper Pedal Book: How to Use Your Guitar Looper Pedal to Play Pop Rock Music
In "The Pop Rock Guitar Looper Pedal Book" you will learn how to effectively use your looper pedal and improve your pop/rock guitar playing. There are 30 practice loops from 2 to 16 bars long divided into five separate loops or parts. The five...- $16.99
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Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts
In the age of global capitalism, vaporwave celebrates and undermines the electronic ghosts haunting the nostalgia industry. Ours is a time of ghosts in machines, killing meaning and exposing the gaps inherent in the electronic media that pervade our lives. Vaporwave is an infant...- $14.95
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Vendor: Harold Heath
Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey from Unknown DJ to Small-Time DJ
Written by former DJ/producer Harold Heath, Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey From Unknown DJ to Small-time DJ is a biographical account of a DJ career defined by a deep love of music and a shallow amount of success. From the days of vinyl, when...- $20.00
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The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument
Electronic music instruments weren't called synthesizers until the 1950s, but their lineage began in 1919 with Russian inventor Lev Sergeyevich Termen's development of the Etherphone, now known as the Theremin. From that point, synthesizers have undergone a remarkable evolution from prohibitively large mid-century models...- $58.00
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The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America
Joining the ranks of Please Kill Me and Can't Stop Won't Stop comes this definitive chronicle of one of the hottest trends in popular culture--electronic dance music--from the noted authority covering the scene.It is the sound of the millennial generation, the music "defining youth...- $18.99
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The Secret DJ Presents Tales from the Booth
The Secret DJ's first two books lifted the lid on what really happens behind the decks in the sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing world of the superstar DJ. Now they've reached out to dozens of DJs from around the world - and from every scene...- $20.00
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Music Production & DJing for EDM: Everything You Need To Know To Become A World Famous EDM DJ & Music Producer (Two Book Bundle)
EDM DJ & Producer MasterclassGrab your chance to own this two book bundle by Tommy Swindali. Covering Everything you need to know about Electronic Dance Music Production, Mixing and DJing. Including: Electronic Dance Music Production: The Advanced Guide on How to Produce Music for...- $19.99
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The 3-Space Reverb Framework: Learn the step by step system for using reverb in your mixes
Are You Struggling To Get Reverb Working In Your Mixes?Do you find yourself WASTING TIME with painful trial and error trying to get the perfect reverb sound for your mixes? Or maybe you're just overwhelmed by all the different options within reverb?Every professional engineer...- $10.99
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The Power in Logic Pro: Songwriting, Composing, Remixing and Making Beats
This book is the first choice for any artist seeking quick, fun, easy-to-digest insight into the depth of Logic, from early Emagic retro Logic secrets to the latest power tools and GUI enhancements added since Logic's acquisition by Apple, Inc. Whether you have just...- $23.00
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Rave on: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music
Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect. Cultural liberation and musical innovation. Pyrotechnics, bottle service, bass drops, and molly. Electronic dance music has been a vital force for more than three decades now, and has undergone transformation upon transformation as it has taken over the world....- $20.00
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Foundations of Music Technology
Foundations of Music Technology explores the core concepts of music technology and its uses as a mechanism to facilitate musicianship in a way that is accessible to all students--from the musician with limited technology skills to the technology expert with little knowledge in music...- $106.99
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Vendor: Ludger Brümmer
The Hub: Pioneers of Network Music
The US ensemble The Hub is one of the pioneers of network music and live cod-ing. The formation consisting of Tim Perkis, Scot Gresham--Lancaster, Chris Brown, John Bischoff, Phil Stone, and Mark Trayle emerged from the League of Automatic Music Compos-ers in 1986. They...- $45.00
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Vendor: Colin Steven
Knowledge Magazine 25 Year Anniversary
Legendary drum & bass magazine Knowledge returns for a one-off special book to celebrate their 25th anniversary. It's been ten years since the last issue and five years since they called it a day and over the years people have clamoured for it's return...- $40.00
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Refining Sound: A Practical Guide to Synthesis and Synthesizers
Refining Sound is a practical roadmap to the complexities of creating sounds on modern synthesizers. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of learning to create sounds on a synthesizer is understanding what all the individual synthesizer components contribute to the complex finished sound. Author and...- $58.00
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Vendor: Hans-Joachim Braun
Music and Technology in the Twentieth Century
Technology has always been inseparable from the development of music. But in the twentieth century a rapid acceleration took place: a new "machine music" came into existence, electronic musical instruments appeared, and composers sometimes seemed more like sound technicians than musicians. In this book...- $38.00
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Vendor: Thomas Bey William Bailey
MicroBionic (revised and expanded 2nd edition)
Micro Bionic is an exciting survey of electronic music and sound art from cultural critic and mixed-media artist Thomas Bey William Bailey. This superior revised edition includes all of the original supplements neglected by the publishers of the first edition, including a full index,...- $14.95
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LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver
When LCD Soundsystem broke up in 2011, they left behind a small but remarkable catalog of music. On top of the genius singles and a longform composition for Nike, there was a trilogy of full-length albums. During that initial run, LCD Soundsystem-and the project's...- $14.95
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In The Mix: Discover The Secrets to Becoming a Successful DJ
If you have ever dreamed of being a DJ with people dancing to your music and all whilst having the time of your life then this book will show you how.From the bedroom to the hottest clubs, events and mainstage festivals.Whether you're a seasoned...- $19.99
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The Creative Electronic Music Producer
The Creative Electronic Music Producer examines the creative processes of electronic music production, from idea discovery and perception to the power of improvising, editing, effects processing, and sound design. Featuring case studies from across the globe on musical systems and workflows used in the...- $42.95
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Vendor: Lawrence Kumpf
Po?y Matters & Other Matters
This two-volume set, Poesy Matters and Other Matters, presents selected texts by the Swedish polymath Catherine Christer Hennix. Volume one, Poesy Matters, is divided into two sections: poetry and drama, with each section also containing pieces of commentary by Hennix or her longtime collaborator...- $50.00
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Dance Music Spaces: Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism
Dance Music Spaces examines the production of physical and digital spaces in dance music, and how the players--clubs, clubbers, and DJs--use authenticity, branding, and commercialism to navigate them. An in-depth study into three women DJs--The Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon, and Peggy Gou--reveals a new...- $95.00
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Vendor: Mark Katz
Music and Technology: A Very Short Introduction
Mark Katz surveys the age-old interrelationship between music and technology, from prehistoric musical instruments to today's digital playback devices. This Very Short Introduction takes an expansive and inclusive approach meant to broaden and challenge traditional views of music and technology. In its most common...- $12.99
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Vendor: Kirsten Hermes
Performing Electronic Music Live
Performing Electronic Music Live lays out conceptual approaches, tools, and techniques for electronic music performance, from DJing, DAWs, MIDI controllers, traditional instruments, live sound design, hardware setups, custom software and hardware, to live visuals, venue acoustics, and live show promotion. Through case studies and...- $48.95
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Vendor: Martin James
State of Bass: The Origins of Jungle/Drum & Bass
As UK government legislation, standardised music and bad drugs forced the euphoria of the rave into the darkness, a new underground movement emerged - jungle/drum & bass. It was the true sound of the beating heart of 1990s UK. A melting pot of Britain's...- $20.00
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Vendor: Nathan Nyquist
Mastering Multi-Band Compression: 17 step by step multiband compression techniques for getting flawless mixes
Learn The Simple, Step-by-Step Way to Use Multiband Compression Just Like a Pro Let me ask you this: - Do you find yourself getting frustrated trying to get MBC (multiband compression) to give your mixes that professional sound you're after?- Do you find yourself...- $11.98
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Vendor: Ian Bourland
Massive Attack's Blue Lines
In 1991, a loose-knit collective released a record called Blue Lines under the name Massive Attack, splicing together American hip-hop and soul with the sounds of the British underground. With its marauding bass lines, angular guitars, and psychedelic effects, Blue Lines built on the...- $14.95
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Vendor: Jean-Yves LeLoup
Electronic: From Kraftwerk to the Chemical Brothers
The visual culture of electronic music: how technology, design, art and fashion have contributed to its enduring power and appealWith its roots in Detroit and Chicago in the early 1980s, electronic dance music was popularized across Europe through underground rave parties and clubs. Its...- $30.00
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Vendor: Ikutaro Kakehashi
An Age Without Samples: Originality and Creativity in the Digital World
Advancements in technology, such as tablets and smartphones, have changed the way people work. As a result, the chasm in areas such as information access, opinions, and even ethics has widened between people who are keeping up with the continuing changes and those who...- $24.99
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Vendor: Robert K. Davis
The Glitch Music Book: All About Glitch Aesthetic In Music
Glitch music has long been a musical expression of the future - with roots in classical experimental music, and heavy technological influence, it is a genre on the forefront of innovation. Learn more in this collection of articles by author/musician Robert K. Davis.Author: Robert...- $24.95
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The Big Book of Chiptunes: Music for the Video Game Generations
Chiptune is a new genre of music harkening back to the days of 8- and 16-bit video games - marked by nostalgia and unabashedly digital, this form of music has become immensely popular in recent years. Learn more about chiptunes in this collection of...- $29.95
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Vendor: Alfia Nakipbekova
Exploring Xenakis: Performance, Practice, Philosophy
Considered to be one of the most revolutionary composers of the twentieth century, Iannis Xenakis pushed the boundaries of classical music. As a largely self-taught composer, Xenakis drew from his technical training in engineering and architecture to produce music that had the ability to...- $42.00
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Vendor: Nicola Dibben
Bjork
This book provides the first comprehensive musicologically-informed account of Icelandic singer-songwriter Bjk. Bjk is internationally recognized for her unique and innovative musical style, as well as her collaborative working relationship with artists, musicians and sound engineers. Her work crosses the boundaries between club and...- $24.95
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House Rules: Dance with Me
In the 1980s, the city of Chicago gave birth to the world's most popular music genre today known as House Music. For many who are familiar with electronic music and rave culture, House is a name synonymous with deep passion. In 1977, it became...- $17.95
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Vendor: Leonardo Gabrielli
Developing Virtual Synthesizers with VCV Rack
Developing Virtual Synthesizers with VCV Rack takes the reader step by step through the process of developing synthesizer modules, beginning with the elementary and leading up to more engaging examples. Using the intuitive VCV Rack and its open-source C++ API, this book will guide...- $48.95
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Vendor: Steve Barden
Mastering Staffpad: Digital Music Notation for the Modern Composer
(Instructional). This complete reference guide takes you through StaffPad, the music notation and composition app available for Microsoft Surface and Apple iPad tablets. This phenoenal app allows you to write music notation naturally as if it were pencil and paper and hear back your...- $29.99
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Vendor: Hubert S. Jr. Howe
Electronic Music Synthesis: Concepts, Facilities, Techniques
The book is divided into three major sections, Part I deals with basic information about the nature of sound and of hearing--acoustics and psychoacoustics. In Part II, the equipment and methods of synthesis are discussed in terms of the three primary techniques--studio work, integrated...- $27.95
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The Digital Score: Musicianship, Creativity and Innovation
Digital technology is transforming the musical score as a broad array of innovative score systems have become available to musicians. From attempts to mimic the print score, to animated and graphical scores, to artificial intelligence-based options, digital scoring affects the musical process by opening...- $49.95
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Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying: From the Legacy of Moog to Software Synthesis
Making its first huge impact in the 1960s through the inventions of Bob Moog, the analog synthesizer sound, riding a wave of later developments in digital and software synthesis, has now become more popular than ever.Analog Synthesizers charts the technology, instruments, designers, and musicians...- $61.99
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Create Music with Notion: Notation Software for the Busy Musician
Notion is a unique program that combines notation, sequencing, and live performance into one easy-to-use package. This book shows all types of users - amateurs, teachers, and professionals - how to best use the program, and how it fits their creative needs for efficient...- $25.00
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Computer Music in C
If you are a C programmer interested in music or a composer hoping to expand your musical horizons, Computer Music in C provides you with a practical library of algorithms and related C programming functions that will ease your transition into computer-assisted composition. Phil...- $29.95
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