NEWS_
New Book - Sound Unbound_
Date 25th June
Tags sound, book
If Rhythm Science was about the flow of things, Sound Unbound
is about the remix--how music, art, and literature have blurred the
lines between what an artist can do and what a composer can create. In Sound Unbound, Rhythm Science
author Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid asks artists to
describe their work and compositional strategies in their own words.
These are reports from the front lines on the role of sound and digital
media in an information-based society. The topics are as diverse as the
contributors: composer Steve Reich offers a memoir of his life with
technology, from tape loops to video opera; Miller himself considers
sampling and civilization; novelist Jonathan Lethem writes about
appropriation and plagiarism; science fiction writer Bruce Sterling
looks at dead media; Ron Eglash examines racial signifiers in
electrical engineering; media activist Naeem Mohaiemen explores the
influence of Islam on hip hop; rapper Chuck D contributes "Three
Pieces"; musician Brian Eno explores the sound and history of bells;
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Philippe Parreno interview composer-conductor
Pierre Boulez; and much more. "Press 'play,'" Miller writes, "and this
anthology says 'here goes.'"
Contributors:
David Allenby, Pierre Boulez, Catherine Corman, Chuck D, Erik Davis, Scott De Lahunta, Manuel DeLanda, Cory Doctorow, Eveline Domnitch, Frances Dyson, Ron Eglash, Brian Eno, Dmitry Gelfand, Dick Hebdige, Lee Hirsch, Vijay Iyer, Ken Jordan, Douglas Kahn, Daphne Keller, Beryl Korot, Jaron Lanier, Joseph Lanza, Jonathan Lethem, Carlo McCormick, Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid, Moby, Naeem Mohaiemen, Alondra Nelson, Keith and Mendi Obadike, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Pauline Oliveros, Philippe Parreno, Ibrahim Quraishi, Steve Reich, Simon Reynolds, Scanner aka Robin Rimbaud, Nadine Robinson, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), Alex Steinweiss, Bruce Sterling, Lucy Walker, Saul Williams, Jeff E. Winner.
Contributors:
David Allenby, Pierre Boulez, Catherine Corman, Chuck D, Erik Davis, Scott De Lahunta, Manuel DeLanda, Cory Doctorow, Eveline Domnitch, Frances Dyson, Ron Eglash, Brian Eno, Dmitry Gelfand, Dick Hebdige, Lee Hirsch, Vijay Iyer, Ken Jordan, Douglas Kahn, Daphne Keller, Beryl Korot, Jaron Lanier, Joseph Lanza, Jonathan Lethem, Carlo McCormick, Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid, Moby, Naeem Mohaiemen, Alondra Nelson, Keith and Mendi Obadike, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Pauline Oliveros, Philippe Parreno, Ibrahim Quraishi, Steve Reich, Simon Reynolds, Scanner aka Robin Rimbaud, Nadine Robinson, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), Alex Steinweiss, Bruce Sterling, Lucy Walker, Saul Williams, Jeff E. Winner.
