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New English Translation of Pierre Schaeffer’s Influential Treatise on Musical Objects
If there’s an influential 20th century research, it is Pierre Schaeffer’s one. Not only for art and music, but for engineering and psychology. Although focused on his idea of the musical object, the Treatise on Musical Objects is an oasis…
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Audio Culture, Second Edition Adds Twenty-five Essays
‘Audio Culture: readings in modern music‘ is probably one of the most crucial readings for anyone interested in the sonic culture of our days. It mixes everything but proposes a variety of clever routes for studying the contemporary panorama around aurality,…
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‘Earth is a Solar Powered Jukebox’, New Book by Gordon Hempton
Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, known as “The Sound Tracker” has published Earth is a Solar Powered Jukebox, a new book dedicated to explore his scientific and artistic perspectives around environmental sound, field recording and sound design. “Presented in two parts, Forces of…
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Sound Worlds of Japanese Gardens
Michael D. Fowler presents an interdisciplinary approach to investigating the sound world of traditional Japanese gardens by drawing from the diverse fields of semiotics, acoustic ecology, philosophy, mathematical modelling, architecture, music, landscape theory and acoustic analysis. Using projects – ranging…