Oral History
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e-book: Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study
The digital edition of our book Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study is now available on the main online stores. Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study Edited by Friedemann Sallis, Valentina Bertolani, Jan Burle, Laura Zattra, Routledge, 2018. On Amazon.com and on Routledge.com Contents (340 pages) Introduction (FRIEDEMANN SALLIS, VALENTINA BERTOLANI, JAN BURLE AND LAURA ZATTRA) Part I Composition 1…
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Sound chaser. The invention and impact of the NAGRA recorder
The video with my talk about the NAGRA recorder is out! “L’invention et l’impact du NAGRA, chasseur de sons” (in French), 8 June 2018, IRCAM, Paris, Seminaires Musique Science Technologie. Full video: https://medias.ircam.fr/x957613 Sound chaser. The invention and impact of the NAGRA recorder This research focuses on the invention and impact of the NAGRA recorder. It is based…
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Making sound-based practices come alive
Busy week next week!! I am super thrilled to teach at the Sound Studies and Sonic Arts – UdK Berlin (Master of Arts) as Guest Faculty Member. Alongside Scott Cazan, Peter Cusack, and Christina Kubisch! Can’t wait to meet my class! June 25-29, 2018. https://www.udk-berlin.de/en/courses/sound-studies-and-sonic-arts-master-of-arts/faculty-staff/guest-faculty/ Course Title: “Making sound-based practices come alive. Sources and issues…
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Collaborative Creation in Electroacoustic Music. Comparative Analysis of Three Case Studies
I will present my research at the EUROMAC conference, the 9th European Music Analysis Conference (Strasbourg, 28 June – 1 July 2017). TITLE: Collaborative Creation in Electroacoustic Music. Comparative Analysis of Three Case Studies ABSTRACT The revolution of sound recording, analogue synthesis and the birth of computer music, caused the emergence of a new professional profile:…
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Demetrio Stratos: when exactly did he go to Cuba and listen to Mongolian chants?
These days I’m doing a little investigation work to help Andrew Colwell, a PhD candidate at Wesleyan University working on the global circulation of Mongol xöömeí/throat-singing, including the engagements or perceptions of non-Mongolian actors (such as Demetrios Stratos). His interest was piqued by one of my articles I wrote in 2011 in collaboration with…
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Stria by John Chowning, the ultimate analysis!
Stria (1977) by John Chowning is a milestone in the history of computer music. My analysis of this wonderful piece is now published on the IRCAM site. It brings together the results of my now thirteen-year-old project. http://brahms.ircam.fr/analyses/Stria/ I am particularly proud of this analysis. Together with John Chowning, I decided to create some explanatory videos where Mr. Chowning…
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Video Game Music: 3 new publications
These 3 new publications (2016) record the most recent results and discussions on video game music (received from Tim Summers, Royal Holloway, University of London). Monograph: Tim Summers, *Understanding Video Game Music *(Cambridge University Press, with a foreword by composer James Hannigan). This book provides methods and concepts for investigating music in the video game. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/9781107116870 Collection of Essays: *Music Video…
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(Reblogged) Game Music: How Laura Shigihara Created “Rakuen” and its Soundtrack
Reblogged from Feminatronic: Interview with Laura Shigihara: the creation of “Rakuen” and its Soundtrack High Scores is a monthly column in which Bandcamp profiles a video game soundtrack composer. In the first installment, Casey Jarman talks to Laura Shigihara about her latest game soundtrack, “Rakuen.” Laura Shigihara is a classic overachiever. She’s both a musician and…
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‘Reversal Of The Muse’ – femininity in creativity
REVERSAL OF THE MUSE is a new blog curated by Laura Marling that explores femininity in creativity. The first podcast presents an interview with Vanessa Parr, sound engineer at The Village Studios in LA for 10 years, close collaborator of Elton John, B.B. King, Coldplay and John Mayer amongst others, and now independent sound engineer.…
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Gender Relations In Darmstadt (GRID), Darmstadt Ferienkurse, Aug 3rd 2016
Listen on Soundcloud: this panel presentation on Gender Relations In Darmstadt (GRID) took place at Darmstadt at the 48 Internationale Ferienkurse fur Neue Musik, on Aug 3rd. Participants included Ashley Fure, Jennifer Walshe, Electric Indigo, Anne Helde Neset, Georgina Born. From the panel discussion summary: When Ashley Fure — in the context of the historage-project — was invited…
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