Sound in the Ecstatic-Materialist Perspective on Experimental Music

by Riccardo D Wanke

Book Overview

What does a one hour contemporary orchestral piece by Georg Friedrich Haas have in common with a series of glitch-noise electronic tracks by Pan Sonic? This book proposes that, despite their differences, they share a particular understanding of sound that is found across several quite distinct genres of contemporary art music: the ecstatic-materialist perspective. Sound in the ecstatic-materialist perspective is considered as a material mass or...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367676931
• ISBN13: 9780367676933
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"