Live wires : a history of electronic music /

Sit through any live stage production these days and you're bound to hear the sing-song twerping of a cell phone. We live in an electronic world, saturated with electronic sounds. Yet, electronic sounds aren't a new phenomenon; they have long permeated our sonic landscape. Daniel Warner ex...

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Main Authors: Warner, Daniel, 1954
Published: Reaktion Books,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2019.
©2017
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Sit through any live stage production these days and you're bound to hear the sing-song twerping of a cell phone. We live in an electronic world, saturated with electronic sounds. Yet, electronic sounds aren't a new phenomenon; they have long permeated our sonic landscape. Daniel Warner explores how five key electronic technologies - the tape recorder, circuit, computer, microphone, and turntable - have revolutionised musical thought.
Carrier Form: 204 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-194) and index.
ISBN: 9781789141412 (paperback) :
1789141419 (paperback)
Index Number: ML1380
CLC: J628.07
Call Number: J628.07/W281