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Informationen zum Autor Nick Collins is a lecturer at the University of Sussex. A composer, performer and researcher in the field of computer music, his research interests include machine listening, interactive and generative music, and computational musicology. He co-edited The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music (2007) and The SuperCollider Book (2011) and wrote the Introduction to Computer Music (2009). Further details, including publications, music, code and more, can be found on his website: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/nc81/index.html. Klappentext This accessible Introduction explores both mainstream and experimental electronic music and includes many suggestions for further reading and listening. Zusammenfassung This accessible Introduction explores both mainstream and experimental manifestations of electronic music. From early electrical instruments and recording technology! to the most recent electronica! sound art and multimedia performances! this book is an exciting guide to many different eras and musical works. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Recording technologies and music; 3. New sounds and new instruments: electronic music up until 1948; 4. The post-war sonic boom; 5. From analog to digital; 6. Into the mainstream; 7. Synth pop; 8. Electronic dance music; 9. Continuing the classical?; 10. Experimental electronica; 11. Sound art; 12. Further connections; 13. Live electronic music; 14. Conclusions.
