noise

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    Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening David Hendy What if history had a sound track? What would it tell us about ourselves? Based on a thirty-part BBC Radio series and podcast, Noise explores the human dramas that have…

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    Noise: The Political Economy of Music Jacques Attali “Noise is a model of cultural historiography… . In its general theoretical argument on the relations of culture to economy, but also in its specialized concentration, Noise has much that is of…

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    Noise Music: A History Paul Hegarty Noise/Music looks at the phenomenon of noise in music, from experimental music of the early 20th century to the Japanese noise music and glitch electronica of today. It situates different musics in their cultural…

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    Mechanical Sound: Technology, Culture, and Public Problems of Noise in theTwentieth Century Karin Bijsterveld Since the late nineteenth century, the sounds of technology have been the subject of complaints, regulation, and legislation. By the early 1900s, antinoise leagues in Western…

  • The Disruptive Nature of Listening, by Hildegard Westerkamp

    The Disruptive Nature of Listening, by Hildegard Westerkamp

    Hildegard Westerkamp has published in her site at SFU a transcription of the keynote address at the International Symposium on Electronic Art, held in Vancouver, Canada in August 18 this year. Below is the abstract: A true state of listening cannot…

  • christoph cox on approaching 'noise music'

    christoph cox on approaching 'noise music'

    “You have to get inside the music, rather than hearing it as something that has a progression,” says Christoph Cox when asked how audiences can approach noise music—which he describes as part of a series of musics that are “more…