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Listening through the Noise: The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music
Joanna Demers
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Description for Listening through the Noise: The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music
Paperback. Listening through the Noise considers how the experience of listening to electronic music constitutes a departure from the expectations that have long governed music listening in the West. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGV; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Contemporary electronic music 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? And is there even a place for aesthetics in twenty-first-century culture? Listening through the Noise explores genres ranging from techno to electroacoustic music, from glitch to drone 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. The abilities of electronic music to ... Read more
Contemporary electronic music 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? And is there even a place for aesthetics in twenty-first-century culture? Listening through the Noise explores genres ranging from techno to electroacoustic music, from glitch to drone 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. The abilities of electronic music to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
337g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195387667
SKU
V9780195387667
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About Joanna Demers
Joanna Demers writes on aesthetics, technology, and intellectual property in post-1945 music. She is an Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Southern California.
Reviews for Listening through the Noise: The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music
a thought-provoking and significant contribution to our understanding of the aesthetics of electronic music.
Peter Manning, Music and Letters
Peter Manning, Music and Letters