Undercurrents : The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: THE HIDDEN WIRING -- ELECTRIFICATION -- RECORDING ANGELS: THE ESOTERIC ORIGINS OF THE PHONOGRAPH -- ON THE MIC: HOW AMPLIFICATION CHANGED THE VOICE FOR GOOD -- THE JERRYBUILT FUTURE: THE SONIC ARTS UNION, ONCE GROUP AND MEV'S LIVE ELECTRONICS -- WORSHIP THE GLITCH: DIGITAL MUSIC, ELECTRONIC DISTURBANCE -- OCCULTISM -- THE ETERNAL DRONE: GOOD VIBRATIONS, ANCIENT TO FUTURE -- SLAPPING PYTHAGORAS: THE BATTLE FOR THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES -- THE RAGGED TROUSERED ANTHOLOGIST: THE SECRET WORLDS OF HARRY SMITH -- THE SOLAR MYTH APPROACH: THE LIVE SPACE RITUAL: SUN RA, STOCKHAUSEN, P-FUNK, HAWKWIND -- MECHANISM -- HUMANS, ARE THEY REALLY NECESSARY?: SOUND ART, AUTOMATA AND MUSICAL SCULPTURE -- AUTOMATING THE BEAT: THE ROBOTICS OF RHYTHM -- THE AUTOBAHN GOES ON FOREVER: KINGS OF THE ROAD: THE MOTORIK PULSE OF KRAFTWERK AND NEU! -- ROCK CONCRÈTE: COUNTERCULTURE PLUGS IN TO THE ACADEMY -- DECK WRECKERS: THE TURNTABLE AS INSTRUMENT -- FREEDOM -- DESTROY ALL MUSIC: THE FUTURISTS' ART OF NOISES -- THE LIMITS OF LANGUAGE: TEXTUAL APOCALYPSE: MERZ, LETTRISM, SOUND POETRY -- THE MUSIC OF CHANCE: MUSICAL DICE MEN FROM JOHN CAGE TO JOHN ZORN -- SMILING FACES SOMETIMES: SOUL MUSIC'S GRINNERS VERSUS THE BACKSTABBERS -- FRAMES OF FREEDOM: IMPROVISATION, OTHERNESS AND THE LIMITS OF SPONTANEITY -- GENERATION ECSTASY: NEW YORK'S FREE JAZZ CONTINUUM -- BIBLIOGRAPHY/DISCOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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