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Machine music : a media archaeological excavation / Morten Riis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riis, Morten, 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music and technology.
- Electronic music--History and criticism.
- Electronic music.
- Music--Technological innovations.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Sound and music is a product of technology. Whether we are enjoying a concert, working in a sound studio or listening with headphones on, technical equipment lays the foundation of our musical experience. In Machine Music. A Media Archaeological Excavation postdoc, composer and PhD Morten Riis tunes into normally undetected layers of music. Musical machines - be it ancient or modern instruments, computers, loudspeakers or amplifiers - are not just silent mediators of sounds. They all have their own unique voices. We simply have to learn to listen to them.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-238).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9788771249477
- 8771249478
- OCLC:
- 1108521582
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