Machine Music: A Media Archaeological Excavation

By Morten Riis

Sound and music is a product of technology. Whether we are enjoying a concert, working in a sound studio or listening with headphones on, technical equipment lays the foundation of our musical experience. In Machine Music. A Media Archaeological Excavation postdoc, composer and PhD Morten Riis tunes into normally undetected layers of music. Musical machines - be it ancient or modern instruments, computers, loudspeakers or amplifiers - are not just silent mediators of sounds. They all have their own unique voices. We simply have to learn to listen to them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8771248005
• ISBN13: 9788771248005
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"