Machine Music: A Media Archaeological Excavation

by Morten Riis

Overview

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 Ph D 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788771248005
Publisher:	Aarhus University Press
Publication date:	05/06/2016
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)