Electronic music

Noise has become a model of cultural and theoretical thinking over the last two decades.

Noise has become a model of cultural and theoretical thinking over the last two decades.

So much, popular and scholarly, has been written about the synthesizer, Bob Moog and his brand-name instrument, and even Wendy Carlos, the musician who made this instrument famous.

So much, popular and scholarly, has been written about the synthesizer, Bob Moog and his brand-name instrument, and even Wendy Carlos, the musician who made this instrument famous.

From massive raves sprouting around the London orbital at the turn of the 1990s to events operated under the control of corporate empires, EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festivals have developed into cross-genre, multi-city, transnational mega-events.

From massive raves sprouting around the London orbital at the turn of the 1990s to events operated under the control of corporate empires, EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festivals have developed into cross-genre, multi-city, transnational mega-events.

In Kwaito Bodies Xavier Livermon examines the cultural politics of the youthful black body in South Africa through the performance, representation, and consumption of kwaito, a style of electronic dance music that emerged following the end of apartheid.

Beginning early in the 1980s, a dance music revolution swept across Europe and Britain, merging rock, new wave, disco and worldbeat sounds.

Dance music has seen an unprecedented explosion in the 21st century as a stampede of subgenres, such as dance pop and EDM (electronic dance music), have come to define the pop music scene worldwide.

Foreword by James Murphy'Literally changed the course of my life' James MurphyWhen someone says, 'you have to know your history', this is it.

The Pet Shop Boys are one of the most successful and unusual bands of the last five decades.

No other pop group in recent history has faced fame with such intelligence, humour and shrewdness as the Pet Shop Boys.

Wiley is Wiley, and if you don t know me, you don t know much.

Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder, alongside Anthony Kiedis, of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd expect from an LA street rat turned world-famous rock star.

The future of modern music began in Dusseldorf in 1970, when an avant-garde German band, the Organisation re-invented themselves as Kraftwerk and set in motion a train of events which introduced a whole new language into popular culture.

Born in Moscow, Wladimir Kaminer emigrated to Berlin in the early '90s when he was 22.

This exhaustive bibliography, reflecting current interest in electronic music, includes all available citations of books, articles, and monographs pertaining to "e;musique concrete,"e; "e;Elektronische Musik,"e; "e;tape music,"e; and "e;computer music"e; from  publications in fourteen languages.

When they were creating and releasing their most influential albums in the mid to late 1970s, Kraftwerk were far from the musical mainstream - and yet it is impossible now to imagine the history of popular music without them.

Paul Oakenfold has sold over 5 million records, has played to over 50 million people and is, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the most successful DJ in the world.

Written for the beginner DJ, this accessible book presents everything you need to know in order to create great dance floor moments that will take your sets to the next level and get you noticed as a DJ.

Written for the beginner DJ, this accessible book presents everything you need to know in order to create great dance floor moments that will take your sets to the next level and get you noticed as a DJ.

During the twentieth century, electronic technology enabled the explosive development of new tools for the production, performance, dissemination and conservation of music.

Written by an active composer, performer and educator, Sonic Art: An Introduction to Electroacoustic Music Composition provides a clear and informative introduction to the compositional techniques behind electroacoustic music.

Written by an active composer, performer and educator, Sonic Art: An Introduction to Electroacoustic Music Composition provides a clear and informative introduction to the compositional techniques behind electroacoustic music.

The theme of this Research Companion is 'connectivity and the global reach of electroacoustic music and sonic arts made with technology'.

The theme of this Research Companion is 'connectivity and the global reach of electroacoustic music and sonic arts made with technology'.

More than forty years after the composer's death, the music of Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970) continues to be recorded and performed and to attract international scholarly interest.

More than forty years after the composer's death, the music of Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970) continues to be recorded and performed and to attract international scholarly interest.

A wide-ranging survey of video game music creation, practice, perception and analysis - clear, authoritative and up-to-date.

This book is about the relationship between media, communication and globalization, explored through the unique empirical study of electronic music practitioners' use of the global social media: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

This book is about the relationship between media, communication and globalization, explored through the unique empirical study of electronic music practitioners' use of the global social media: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

Making Music with Sounds offers a creative introduction to the art of making sound-based music.

Making Music with Sounds offers a creative introduction to the art of making sound-based music.

This study investigates the idea and practice of liveness in modern music.

This study investigates the idea and practice of liveness in modern music.

Can you turn a soulful ballad into a hit dance track, or make any Billboard hit your own?

Can you turn a soulful ballad into a hit dance track, or make any Billboard hit your own?

Virtual Music: How the Web Got Wired for Sound is a personal story of how one composer has created new music on the web, a history of interactive music, and a guide for aspiring musicians who want to harness the new creative opportunities offered by web composing.

Virtual Music: How the Web Got Wired for Sound is a personal story of how one composer has created new music on the web, a history of interactive music, and a guide for aspiring musicians who want to harness the new creative opportunities offered by web composing.

Containing extensive artwork serving as demonstration, as well as downloadable resources with sound and video clips, this collection of essays on electroacoustic music explores the creative possibilities to be found in various forms of musical analysis.

Containing extensive artwork serving as demonstration, as well as downloadable resources with sound and video clips, this collection of essays on electroacoustic music explores the creative possibilities to be found in various forms of musical analysis.

In this newly revised book On Sonic Art, Trevor Wishart takes a wide-ranging look at the new developments in music-making and musical aesthetics made possible by the advent of the computer and digital information processing.

In this newly revised book On Sonic Art, Trevor Wishart takes a wide-ranging look at the new developments in music-making and musical aesthetics made possible by the advent of the computer and digital information processing.

First Published in 1994.

First Published in 1994.

A wide-ranging survey of video game music creation, practice, perception and analysis - clear, authoritative and up-to-date.

Now updated and expanded with four new chapters, this book explores the history, theory, creation and analysis of electronic music.

Now updated and expanded with four new chapters, this book explores the history, theory, creation and analysis of electronic music.