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Auteur(s) : Bailey, Thomas Bey William
Titre(s) : Microbionic [Texte imprimé] : radical electronic music & sound art in the 21st century / Thomas Bey William Bailey
Édition : Revised and Expanded 2nd edition
Publication : [Harrogate] : Belsona Books Ltd, copyright 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (418 p.)
Note(s) : Micro Bionic is an exciting survey of electronic music and sound art from cultural
critic and mixed-media artist Thomas Bey William Bailey. This superior revised edition
includes all of the original supplements neglected by the publishers of the first
edition, including a full index, bibliography, additional notes / commentary and an
updated discography. As the title suggests, the unifying theme of the book is that
of musicians and sound artists taking bold leaps forward in spite of (or sometimes
because of) their financial, technological, and social restrictions. Some symptoms
of this condition include the gigantic discography amassed by the one-man project
Merzbow, the drama of silence enacted by onkyo and New Berlin Minimalism, the annihilating
noise transmitted from the humble laptop computers of Russell Haswell and Peter Rehberg
and much more besides. Although the journey begins in the Industrial 1980s, in order
to trace how the innovations of that period have gained greater currency in the present,
it surveys a wide array of artists breaking ground in the 21st century with radical
attitudes and techniques. A healthy amount of global travel and concentrated listening
have combined to make this a sophisticated yet accessible document, unafraid to explore
both the transgressive extremes of this culture and the more deftly concealed interstices
thereof. Part historical document, part survival manual for the marginalized electronic
musician, part sociological investigation, Micro Bionic is a number of different things,
and as such will likely generate a variety of reactions from inspiration to offense.
Numerous exclusive interviews with leading lights of the field were also conducted
for this book: William Bennett (Whitehouse), Peter Christopherson (r.i.p., Throbbing
Gristle / Coil), Peter Rehberg, John Duncan, Francisco López, Carl Michael von Hausswolff,
Bob Ostertag, Zbigniew Karkowski and many others weigh in with a diversity of thoughts
and opinions that underscore the incredible diversity to be found within new electronic
music itself.
Sujet(s) : Musique électroacoustique -- 1970-....
Art et technologie
Musiciens -- Société
Indice(s) Dewey :
786.7 (23e éd.) = Instruments électrophones
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780615736624. - ISBN 0615736629
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb465071155
Notice n° :
FRBNF46507115
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