Extreme music : from silence to noise and everything in between / Michael Tau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tau, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avant-garde (Music) .

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Musical perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 pages)

Place of Publication:

Port Townsend, Washington : Feral House, [2022]

Summary:

Expand your aural and sensory experiences with Extreme Music. An exploration of tomorrow's sounds (and silences) today.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Introduction

Section I: Extreme Scenes

I.1 Loud

I.1.1 The Loudness War

I.1.2 Noise Music

I.1.3 Harsh Noise Wall

I.2 Quiet

I.2.1 Drone

I.2.2 New Age Music

I.2.3 Ambient

I.2.4 Homemade Drone

I.2.5 Lowercase

I.2.6 Onkyô

I.3 Vulgar

I.3.1 Blood and Guts

I.3.2 Pornogrind

I.4 Fast

I.4.1 Speedcore

I.4.2 Splittercore

I.4.3 Extratone

I.4.4 Flashcore

I.5 Found

Section II: Extreme Durations

II.1 Long

II.2 Short

Section III: Extreme Records

III.1 Lathe-Cut

III.2 Large

III.3 Small

III.4 Shapes

III.4.1 Places

III.4.2 Sawblades

III.4.3 Beyond

III.5 Pictures

III.5.1 Picture Disc Prehistory

III.5.2 Vogue Records

III.5.3 Red Raven Records' Zoetrope Discs

III.5.4 Picture Discs in the Rock Era

III.6 Adulterated

III.7 Non-Vinyl

III.7.1 Records That Melt

III.7.2 Project Dark

III.7.3 Other Unusual Materials

Section IV: Technological Quirks

IV.1 Chiptune

IV.2 Lobit

IV.3 Floppies

IV.3.1 Early Floppy History

IV.3.2 Floppies as Subculture

IV.4 Microcassettes

IV.4.1 Microcassettor

IV.4.2 One-Touch Recordings

IV.4.3 dirgefunk's microcassettes

IV.4.4 Dictaphonia

IV.4.5 Dictafawn

IV.4.6 Lavender Sweep

IV.5 8-Tracks

IV.5.1 Malcolm Tent's 8-Track Obsession

IV.5.2 8-Tracks in the Nineties

IV.5.3 The 21st Century

IV.6 Cylinders

IV.7 Non-Traditional Formats

IV.7.1 USB &amp

SD

IV.7.2 Self-Reliant Formats

Section V: Extreme Packaging

V.1 Elaborate

V.1.1 History of Elaborate Packaging

V.1.2 American Tapes

V.1.3 MSBR Records

V.1.4 Toxic Industries / Very Toxic

V.1.5 Others

V.2 Disgusting

V.2.1 Packs

V.2.2 Body Fluids

V.2.3 Perishables

V.2.4 A Final Anecdote

Section VI: Recordings?

VI.1 Silent.

VI.1.1 Silent Pioneers

VI.1.2 Silent Recordings

VI.2 Damaged

VI.3 Unplayable

VI.3.1 Anti-Records &amp

Underground Music

VI.3.2 RRRecords' Anti-Records

VI.3.3 The Haters

VI.3.4 Major Ego Produkt Objekts &amp

Aktions

VI.3.5 One-Off Anti-Records in the Nineties

VI.3.6 Anti-Recordings in Other Formats

VI.3.7 Contemporary Anti-Recordings: NONE Records, Michael Ridge, and Auris Apothecary

VI.3.8 Anti-Recordings: Tying It All Together

Section VII: The Digital Age

VII.1 Waves

VII.1.1 Mallsoft

VII.1.2 Broken Transmission

VII.1.3 Late Night Lo-Fi

VII.2 Ringtones

VII.3 Black Midi

VII.4 Outsiders

VII.4.1 R.A.E.D.

VII.4.2 Viper

VII.4.3 Farrah Abraham

VII.4.4 Al Walser

VII.4.5 Chief Kooffreh

VII.4.6 Fallen Vengeance

VII.4.7 Girls With Attitude

VII.4.8 Ornaments of Agony

VII.4.9 Hekaloth Records

VII.4.10 Tonetta

Conclusion

Index

Acknowledgements

Color Images.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Tau, Michael Extreme Music

ISBN:

9781627311298