Music, Electronic Media and Culture

Simon Emmerson, De Montfort University, UK Simon Emmerson, Luke Windsor, Ambrose Field, Simon Waters, Chris CutlerRobert Worby, Kersten Glandien, Katharine Norman.

• Introduction, Simon Emmerson; Part 1 Listening and interpreting; Chapter 1 Through and around the acousmatic: the interpretation of electroacoustic sounds, Luke Windsor; Chapter 2 Simulation and reality: the new sonic objects, Ambrose Field; Chapter 3 Beyond the acousmatic: hybrid tendencies in electroacoustic music, Simon Waters; Part 2 Cultural noise; Chapter 4 Plunderphonics, Chris Cutler; Chapter 5 Crossing cultural boundaries through technology?, Simon Emmerson; Chapter 6 Cacophony, Robert Worby; Part 3 New places, spaces and narratives; Chapter 7 Art on air: a profile of new radio art, Kersten Glandien; Chapter 8 ‘Losing touch?’: the human performer and electronics, Simon Emmerson; Chapter 9 Stepping outside for a moment: narrative space in two works for sound alone, Katharine Norman;

’...the essays are well written and teem with marvelous insights...well worth owning.’ The Tentacle '... rich bibliographical references [...] follow each chapter.' International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music