experimental music
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Source of Uncertainty, A Podcast Focused on Buchla
Source of Uncertainty is a monthly podcast focused on Buchla, the infinite and wonderful analog spacecraft imagined and developed by the genius of Don Buchla. The podcast started in 2019 and is fully devoted to the instrument and its community…
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Présences électronique 2022
The 17th edition of Présences électronique festival will take place at the legendary Acousmonium of Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, France, between April 15 and 17: …the Présences électronique festival takes us once again into the unheard-of…
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Sonic Phantoms – Composition with Auditory Phantasmatic Presence
Description In this book, Barbara Ellison and Thomas B. W. Bailey lay out and explore the mystifying and evanescent musical territory of ‘sonic phantoms’: auditory illusions within the musical material that convey a ‘phantasmatic’ presence. Structured around a large body…
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THE BIG BANG and what we left behind (or, hearing loss) | Essay by Samuel Hertz
A message from the editor… How time passes, and how time is felt passing, how time is personal and ever changing its costumes and definitions. Within that what is a moment. Within that what is an event. What is shared,…
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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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New Books: Between Air and Electricity, Ludic Dreaming, Beyond Unwanted Sound, Musical Encounters With Deleuze and Guattari
Bloomsbury has announced four upcoming books on sound related topics. Below are links to ebook versions, although all of them are also available in paperback and hardcover. Click on each title for more info. Between Air and Electricity — Microphones and…