Music-machines : a transatlantic history of German electronic music / Sean Nye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nye, Sean

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic music--Germany--History and Criticism.

Electronic music.

Electronic music--United States--History and Criticism.

Electronica (Music)--Germany--History and Criticism.

Electronica (Music).

Electronica (Music)--United States--History and Criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press, 2026.

Summary:

In 'Music-Machines', author Sean Nye traces the distinct American reception and interpretation of German electronic music from the 1950s to the 2000s. Covering a series of crucial historical moments, Nye provides both a new and alternate history of the extraordinary impact that electronic music from Germany had in the United States.

Contents:

PART I. First Contacts : Science Fiction and Cybernetics. Interlude: S.F. to L.A. ; Teutonic Time-Slip : Philip K. Dick, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and the 1960s Fallout ; Kraftwerk's Balm : A Story of Lester Bangs, Cybernetic Feedback, and 1970s Krautrock

PART II. Remixes : Between Hip-Hop and Techno. Interlude : Berghain in Detroit ; Kraftwerk on the Coast : Electro Rap and Techno Hop in Los Angeles and Compton ; The 1980s Soundtracks : Hollywood and Technopop from Moroder to Faltermeyer ; Future Dance Music : Detroit Techno, Post-1989 Berlin, and Postindustrial Germany

PART III. Raves : From Dance to Trance. Interlude : Frequency Frankfurt ; Musical Mainhattan : Techno, Trance, and Eurodance in Frankfurt ; Cosmic Threads : Tracing the History of Trance and Ambient ; Californian Reverb : German Trance and American Raves in the 1990s

PART IV. Reflections : Post-1989 Engineering. Interlude : Social Media Exchange Students ; Sprockets + Autobahn : Techno Parodies, Cyborg Humor, and Retro Dreams in Amerika ; Minimal Conclusions : Expat Berlin, Digital Culture, and Transatlantic Futures.

ISBN:

9780190065669