Undercurrents : the hidden wiring of modern music / edited by Rob Young.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Young, Rob, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Continuum, 2011.

Summary:

For the last twenty years The Wire has fearlessly bypassed fashion in it's search to expose the most innovative, radical, and compelling music from every genre all across the world. As listeners have grown increasingly eclectic and adventurous in their tastes, The Wire has emerged as the most authoritative source on modern music. In Undercurrents some of the best music writers of our time uncover the hidden wiring of the past century's most influential music. Ian Penman discusses how the microphone transformed the human voice and made phantom presences of great singers such as Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, and Brian Wilson. Christoph Cox demonstrates how the pioneers of live electronic music, the West Coast ensemble Sonic Arts Union, redefined virtuosity for the electronic age. Philip Smith and Peter Shapiro examine Harry Smith's Smithsonian Anthology of American Folk Music, which led to a massive reappraisal of musical values that went far beyond the folk music revival. >Music explored in Undercurrents ranges through avant rock, jazz, hiphop, electronica, global music, and contemporary "classical.".

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION: THE HIDDEN WIRING

ELECTRIFICATION

RECORDING ANGELS: THE ESOTERIC ORIGINS OF THE PHONOGRAPH

ON THE MIC: HOW AMPLIFICATION CHANGED THE VOICE FOR GOOD

THE JERRYBUILT FUTURE: THE SONIC ARTS UNION, ONCE GROUP AND MEV'S LIVE ELECTRONICS

WORSHIP THE GLITCH: DIGITAL MUSIC, ELECTRONIC DISTURBANCE

OCCULTISM

THE ETERNAL DRONE: GOOD VIBRATIONS, ANCIENT TO FUTURE

SLAPPING PYTHAGORAS: THE BATTLE FOR THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

THE RAGGED TROUSERED ANTHOLOGIST: THE SECRET WORLDS OF HARRY SMITH

THE SOLAR MYTH APPROACH: THE LIVE SPACE RITUAL: SUN RA, STOCKHAUSEN, P-FUNK, HAWKWIND

MECHANISM

HUMANS, ARE THEY REALLY NECESSARY?: SOUND ART, AUTOMATA AND MUSICAL SCULPTURE

AUTOMATING THE BEAT: THE ROBOTICS OF RHYTHM

THE AUTOBAHN GOES ON FOREVER: KINGS OF THE ROAD: THE MOTORIK PULSE OF KRAFTWERK AND NEU!

ROCK CONCRÈTE: COUNTERCULTURE PLUGS IN TO THE ACADEMY

DECK WRECKERS: THE TURNTABLE AS INSTRUMENT

FREEDOM

DESTROY ALL MUSIC: THE FUTURISTS' ART OF NOISES

THE LIMITS OF LANGUAGE: TEXTUAL APOCALYPSE: MERZ, LETTRISM, SOUND POETRY

THE MUSIC OF CHANCE: MUSICAL DICE MEN FROM JOHN CAGE TO JOHN ZORN

SMILING FACES SOMETIMES: SOUL MUSIC'S GRINNERS VERSUS THE BACKSTABBERS

FRAMES OF FREEDOM: IMPROVISATION, OTHERNESS AND THE LIMITS OF SPONTANEITY

GENERATION ECSTASY: NEW YORK'S FREE JAZZ CONTINUUM

BIBLIOGRAPHY/DISCOGRAPHY

CONTRIBUTORS

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discographies and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed March 21, 2018).

ISBN:

1-4411-0993-5

OCLC:

1027164978