John Pork
A term coined in 1968 to refer to the early work of American counter-culture composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich.
What is minimalism
French economist who theorized a relationship between noise and power
Who is Jacques Attali
A tactic by which a given text, image, or piece of music is subversively altered by overlaying it with other texts, images, or sounds, or by incorporating it into a new context that undermines or parodies its original intended meaning or function.
What is detournement
Music made by non-acoustic means, particularly synthesis as opposed to musique concrete
What is electronic music
Music composed by editing pre-recorded sounds – like the sounds of trains
What is musique concrete
Sound decoupled from its physical source
What is acousmatic sound
A sound-making device that combines various sound-generating modules (oscillators), sound-shaping modules (filters), and time-shaping modules (voltage controlled amplifiers) and usually driven by a keyboard.
What is a synthesizer
The creation of a new musical work from pieces of some existing work or works. This usually contains some recognizable element of the original piece, though some more extreme forms alter the original material beyond recognition.
What is a remix
A genre of non-composed music that emerges from chance and indeterminacy, related to free jazz, but from a different cultural background.
Acoustic ecologist who coined the term “soundscape”
Who is R Murray Schaefer
Acoustic details that arose (or were perceived) as a side effect of strictly carried-out processes. Can include soft melodies created by the overtones of played notes. Try simultaneously sounding two slightly out-of-tune tuning forks and listening to the beats that develop
What is metamusic
A term that originally designated the instrumental B-side, or “version,” of a reggae single intended as a backing track for a deejay. The term came to be associated with the work of producers who, via studio effects, turned these versions into works of art in their own right.
What is dub
Coined the term “free jazz” to denote completely improvised jazz music.
Who is Ornette Coleman
Buddhism-practicing French composer whose work spans from musique concrete, to carefully controlled microphone feedback, to acoustic compositions for solo performers and ensembles
Who is Eliane Radigue
Looked at music in the late 1990s (avant-garde and popular) and sought to understand the prevalence of repetition, especially in rap music
This writer created a typology of processes and strategies used to compose and perform experimental music
Who is Michael Nyman