Listening through the noise : the aesthetics of experimental electronic music / Joanna Demers.

Author/creator Demers, Joanna Teresa, 1975-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description201 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Sign. Listening to signs in post-Schaefferian electroacoustic music ; Material as sign in electronica -- Object. Minimal objects in microsound ; Maximal objects in drone music, dub techno, and noise -- Situation. Site in ambient, soundscape, and field recordings ; Genre, experimentalism, and the musical frame.
Abstract Electronic music since 1980 has splintered into a dizzying assortment of genres and subgenres, communities and subcultures. Given the ideological differences among academic, popular, and avant-garde electronic musicians, is it possible to derive an aesthetic theory that accounts for this variety? This book explores genres ranging from techno to electroacoustic music, from glitch to ambient music, and from dub to drones, and maintains that culturally and historically informed aesthetic theory is not only possible but indispensable for understanding electronic music.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 179-189), discography (pages 191-193), and index.
LCCN 2009036518
ISBN9780195387650 (alk. paper)
ISBN0195387651 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780195387667 (alk. paper)
ISBN019538766X (alk. paper)

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Music Music Stacks ML1380 .D45 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold