{"product_id":"earth-dances-andrew-ford-9781863957120","title":"Earth Dances: Music in Search of the Primitive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll music is a synthesis of intellectual design and bodily urge. The human soul cannot make do with dancing alone - it will inevitably seek more fantastic musical designs, more complex patterns, more rarefied sounds. Equally, when the intellect dominates for too long, we listen out for music we can tap our feet to, something we can go home humming . . . \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMinimalism, savagery, the raw and the cooked, the primal and the pre-verbal, Elvis's hips, The Rite of Spring . . . \u003cem\u003eEarth Dances\u003c\/em\u003e is an original investigation of how music and primitivism intersect - a dazzling journey through music and culture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith alternating chapters of criticism and interviews, including with Liza Lim and Brian Eno, author and broadcaster Andrew Ford explores the relationship between primal forms of music and the most refined examples of the art - between passion and control. He looks at the voice, the drum, the drone and the dance, at 'music that is in touch with something fundamental in our existence'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Ford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 186395712X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781863957120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.58d","brand":"Andrew Ford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138656006399,"sku":"9781863957120","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d338e7c-7de4-4af4-8846-24140eec6b0c.jpg?v=1687900852","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/earth-dances-andrew-ford-9781863957120","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}