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Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music

Christoph Cox, Daniel Warner

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Exploration of modern music's evolution and philosophy.

If you're curious about how music touches our lives beyond just being a playlist staple, "Audio Culture" is a treasure trove. Imagine sitting in on conversations with some of the most innovative minds in modern music. This book doesn't just recount history; it dives into the avant-garde, the thoughts that shape what we hear and how we hear it. Whether you're a musician, a student of musicology, or simply interested in the cultural impact of music, this collection will tune your mind to new frequencies.

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Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music

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ISBN: 9780826416155
Publisher: Continuum
Date of Publication: 2004-09-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.22
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Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music (Continuum, 2004, paperback) maps the aural and discursive terrain of modern music. Rather than offering a history, it traces the genealogy of contemporary practices and theoretical concerns, showing connections between recent musical production and earlier moments of sonic experimentation. It foregrounds the rewirings of musical composition and performance in recent decades and provides a critical and theoretical language for this audio culture. Through writings by philosophers, cultural theorists, and composers, Audio Culture explores interconnections among forms such as minimalism, indeterminacy, musique concrète, free improvisation, experimental music, avant-rock, dub reggae, ambient music, hip hop, and techno. Rather than focusing on a crossover between "high art" and popular culture, it treats all of these musics as experimental practices on par with and linked to one another. The book includes writing by John Cage, Brian Eno, Glenn Gould, Umberto Eco, Ornette Coleman, Jacques Attali, Simon Reynolds, Pauline Oliveros, Paul D. Miller, David Toop, John Zorn, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and many others. It is divided into nine thematically organized sections, each with its own introduction. Section headings include "Modes of Listening," "Minimalisms," and "DJ Culture." Each essay has a short introduction to place it within musical, historical, and conceptual contexts. The book concludes with a glossary, a timeline, and an extensive discography.
 

Exploration of modern music's evolution and philosophy.

If you're curious about how music touches our lives beyond just being a playlist staple, "Audio Culture" is a treasure trove. Imagine sitting in on conversations with some of the most innovative minds in modern music. This book doesn't just recount history; it dives into the avant-garde, the thoughts that shape what we hear and how we hear it. Whether you're a musician, a student of musicology, or simply interested in the cultural impact of music, this collection will tune your mind to new frequencies.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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