Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-13355-6 — The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music Edited by Nick Collins , Julio d'Escrivan Frontmatter More Information i h e Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music Musicians are always quick to adopt and explore new technologies. h e fast- paced changes wrought by electrii cation, from the microphone via the analogue synthesiser to the laptop computer, have led to a wide range of new musical styles and techniques. Electronic music has grown to a broad i eld of investigation, taking in historical movements such as musique concr è te and elektronische Musik, and contemporary trends such as electronic dance music and electronica. h is book, winner of the 2009 Nicolas Bessarabof Prize, brings together researchers at the forefront of the sonic explorations empowered by electronic technology to provide accessible and insightful overviews of core topics and uncover some hitherto less-publicised corners of worldwide movements. h is updated and expanded second edition includes four entirely new chapters, as well as new original statements from globally renowned artists of the electronic music scene, and celebrates a diverse array of technologies, practices and music. Nick Collins is Reader in Composition at Durham University. His research interests include live computer music, musical artii cial intelligence, and computational musicology, and he is a frequent international performer as composer- programmer- pianist or codiscian, from algoraves to electronic chamber music. Julio d’Escriv á n is Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersi eld. He researches in i lm and audiovisual music composition and is himself a composer of music for the screen. His work spans electroacoustic and orchestral music, electronica, i lm music, commercials, live coding and improvisation. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-13355-6 — The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music Edited by Nick Collins , Julio d'Escrivan Frontmatter More Information ii Cambridge Companions to Music Topics h e Cambridge Companion to Ballet E d i t e d b y M a r i o n K a n t h e Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music Edited by Allan Moore h e Cambridge Companion to Choral Music Edited by Andr é de Quadros h e Cambridge Companion to the Concerto Edited by Simon P. Keefe h e Cambridge Companion to Conducting Edited by Jos é Antonio Bowen h e Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth- Century Music Edited by Anthony R. 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Noto/Alva Noto [ 82 ] Warren Burt [ 83 ] Max Mathews [ 84 ] 5 Interactivity and Live Computer Music Sergi Jord à [ 86 ] 6 Algorithmic Composition Karlheinz Essl [ 104 ] 7 Live Audiovisuals Amy Alexander and Nick Collins [ 123 ] 8 Network Music Julian Rohrhuber [ 138 ] 9 Electronic Music and the Moving Image Julio d’Escriv á n [ 154 ] [v] © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-13355-6 — The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music Edited by Nick Collins , Julio d'Escrivan Frontmatter More Information vi vi Contents Artists’ statements II [ 170 ] Kevin Saunderson [ 170 ] Kanta Horio [ 170 ] Donna Hewitt [ 171 ] Alejandro Vi ñ ao [ 171 ] Bubblyi sh [ 173 ] Barry Truax [ 174 ] Lukas Ligeti (Burkina Electric) [ 175 ] Christina Kubisch [ 176 ] Murat Ertel [ 177 ] Adina Izarra [ 178 ] CybOrk – Moscow Laptop Cyber Orchestra [ 178 ] Francis Dhomont [ 179 ] David Behrman [ 180 ] Kevin Blechdom (Kristin Erickson) [ 181 ] Karlheinz Stockhausen [ 183 ] George E. Lewis [ 183 ] 10 Computer Generation and Manipulation of Sounds Stefania Serai n [ 185 ] 11 Trends in Electroacoustic Music Natasha Barrett [ 201 ] 12 Electronic Sound Art and Aesthetic Experience Adinda van ’t Klooster [ 225 ] 13 DIY and Maker Communities in Electronic Music John Richards [ 238 ] 14 Extending the Instrumental Sound World Using Electronics Monty Adkins [ 258 ] 1 5 h e Analysis of Electronic Music Mary Simoni [ 274 ] Artists’ statements III [ 292 ] É liane Radigue [ 292 ] Daniel Miller [ 292 ] Ikue Mori [ 293 ] Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti [ 294 ] Holly Herndon [ 295 ] Vince Clarke [ 295 ] Ralf H ü tter [ 296 ] Hasnizam Abdul Wahid [ 296 ] Elsa Justel [ 297 ] Beatriz Ferreyra [ 298 ] References [ 299 ] Index [ 317 ] © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-13355-6 — The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music Edited by Nick Collins , Julio d'Escrivan Frontmatter More Information vii Illustrations and Figures 1.1 Russolo’s intonarumori page [ 19 ] 1.2 Percy Grainger’s Kangaroo Pouch Machine (courtesy of h e Percy Grainger Society/ Estate) [ 21 ] 1.3 Le Corbusier, Iannis Xenakis, Edgard Var è se: Philips Pavilion, 1958 [ 23 ] 3.1 Live performance of Speaker Swinging at the Music Gallery, Toronto, 1987 [ 54 ] 4.1 A simple Max/ MSP patch which synthesises the vowel ‘ahh’ [ 68 ] 4.2 h e SuperCollider programming environment in action [ 70 ] 4.3 h e ChucK programming language and environment [ 72 ] 4.4 slub in action (photo by Renate Wieser) [ 73 ] 5.1 Michel Waisvisz performs with h e Hands (photo: Carla van Tijn) [ 98 ] 7.1 VJ Olga Mink (Oxygen) (photo: Mark Trash) [ 132 ] 8.1 h e Wilmington based Tel- musici Company, from the 18 December 1909 issue of Telephony [ 139 ] 8.2 Flyer by Rich Gold for the network ensemble h e League from 1978, showing the dif erent types of musical data exchange [ 143 ] 8.3 Adapted from Shannon’s ‘schematic diagram of a general communication system’ (Shannon 1948) [ 146 ] 8.4 h e network music