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  • Music Theory for Computer Musicians: Second Edition

    For Computer Musicians, #1

    by Dr Michael Hewitt ...
    Series Book 1 - For Computer Musicians
    Whether you are a beginner to music production or a seasoned professional looking to brush up on your music theory knowledge, this book is for you.Many electronic music producers, DJs, or gigging musicians know their tools, yet they struggle with the language of music itself. The second edition of the world-renowned Music Theory for Computer Musicians is the definitive guide to learning the ... Read more

    R215,89 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Depeche Mode - The Early Years 1981-1993

    by Trevor Baker ...
    Depeche Mode are one of the UK's most popular global bands, a multi-million selling phenomenon their last album Sounds Of The Universe went top three in 25 countries worldwide. But it is their astonishing series of early albums that made them such a legend among their hardcore army of fans. Mostly ignored by the UK press at the time, LPs such as Some Great Reward, Black Celebration and Music For ... Read more

    R123,04

  • Weep, Shudder, Die

    A Guide to Loving Opera

    by Robert Levine ...
    "Icouldn't imagine a finer or livelier guide through the world of opera. . . . [Levine] distills a lifetime of passion and insight into this immenselyenjoyable survey, and with the right comic touch to make you wonder how operaever seemed intimidating." —Thomas May, author of Decoding WagnerDespitethe popular success of the Metropolitan Opera’s “Live in HD” series, opera’s grandworld of soaring ... Read more

    R348,32

  • Pink Floyd - Uncensored On the Record

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    This is the ultimate critical guide to the music of and career of Pink Floyd, brought together in one amazing collection. Using the actual words of the band and critics, this is the definitive review of the work of the band on stage, on record and on film from the Syd Barrett era to Pulse. This eBook also features many rare photographs spanning the entire career of Pink Floyd. ... Read more

    R57,15

  • Acid For The Children - The autobiography of Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers legend

    by Flea ...
    Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder**, alongside Anthony Kiedis,** of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd expect from an LA street rat turned world-famous rock star.Michael Peter Balzary was born in Melbourne, Australia, on October 16, 1962. His more famous stage name, Flea, and his wild ... Read more

    R308,53

  • Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop

    32 International Music Legends Discuss Their Careers

    by James Arena ...
    Beginning early in the 1980s, a dance music revolution swept across Europe and Britain, merging rock, new wave, disco and worldbeat sounds. The resulting explosion of high-energy, increasingly electronic dance-pop caused a sensation worldwide.In this book of original interviews, 32 of the era's most celebrated artists, producers and industry professionals discuss their lives and careers: Thomas ... Read more

    R389,72

  • Deep Distance - The Musical Life Of Manuel Göttsching

    by Christian Wheeldon ...
    It is the dawn of the 1970s and a new generation of West German musicians is mapping out experimental sounds, unfettered by existing boundaries. Classically trained guitarist Manuel Göttsching is digesting the sounds of Clapton, Hendrix and Peter Green as part of a rich and diverse musical diet. His journey will take him to the heart of cosmic rock as a member of Ash Ra Tempel and the Cosmic ... Read more

    R190,93 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Music Technology

    by Julio d'Escriván ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Music
    Emphasising the creative aspect of music technology, this introduction sets out an overview of the field for music students in a non-scientific and straightforward way. Engaging and user-friendly, the book covers studio concepts: basic audio and the studio workflow, including audio and MIDI recording. It explores synthesisers, samplers and drum machines as well as basic concepts for electronic ... Read more

    R552,45

  • Collaboration, Engagement, and Tradition in Contemporary and Electronic Music

    NoiseFloor Perspectives

    Edited by Marc Estibeiro, Dave Payling, David Cotter ...
    Collaboration, Engagement, and Tradition in Contemporary and Electronic Music: NoiseFloor Perspectives illuminates practices at the forefront of modern music-making and is built on a rich collection of concerts and talks, representing over a decade of artistic insight and creative practice showcased at the annual NoiseFloor event.Exploring the themes of collaboration, engagement, and tradition, ... Read more

    R1 102,96

  • Musical Psychedelia

    Research at the Intersection of Music and Psychedelic Experience

    Edited by Gemma L. Farrell ...
    Series series Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
    Psychedelic music is a fascinating yet under-researched field of study. This thought-provoking collection offers a broad introduction to the field of psychedelic music studies, bringing together scholarly work on psychedelic music in genres like rock, folk, electronic dance music and pop. Through an expanded purview on psychedelic music, an emerging trend in research, the collection affords ... Read more

    R1 128,62

  • Sounding Out: Pauline Oliveros and Lesbian Musicality

    by Martha Mockus ...
    Sounding Out: Pauline Oliveros and Lesbian Musicality examines the musical career of the avant-garde composer, accordionist, whose radical innovations of the 1960s, 70s and 80s have redefined the aesthetic and formal parameters of American experimental music. While other scholars have studied Oliveros as a disciple of John Cage and a contemporary of composers Terry Riley, Lou Harrison, Gordon ... Read more

    R1 333,86

  • Inner Sound

    Altered States of Consciousness in Electronic Music and Audio-Visual Media

    by Jonathan Weinel ...
    Over the last century, developments in electronic music and art have enabled new possibilities for creating audio and audio-visual artworks. With this new potential has come the possibility for representing subjective internal conscious states, such as the experience of hallucinations, using digital technology. Combined with immersive technologies such as virtual reality goggles and high-quality ... Read more

    R718,51

  • The Secret DJ: Book Two

    by The Secret DJ ...
    Four decades at the loud end of dance music and club culture, the Secret DJ has seen it all. In this hilarious, gripping, and at times extremely moving follow-up to the smash hit first book, the mysterious insider pulls no punches, wryly lifting the lid on misbehaving stars, what really goes on backstage, how to survive in the DJ game, and where the real power lies in rave. Most of all, he charts ... Read more

    R166,03

  • Don't Look Back In Anger

    The rise and fall of Cool Britannia, told by those who were there

    by Daniel Rachel ...
    The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion, film, football, literature and music interwoven into a blooming of national self-confidence. It was the decade of Lad Culture and Girl Power; of Blur vs Oasis. When fashion runways shone with British talent, Young British Artists ... Read more

    R308,53

  • Sweet Dreams

    From Club Culture to Style Culture, the Story of the New Romantics

    by Dylan Jones ...
    David Bowie. Culture Club. Wham!. Soft Cell. Duran Duran. Sade. Adam Ant. Spandau Ballet. The Eurythmics.' Excellent' Guardian ' Hugely enjoyable' Irish Times ' Dazzling' LRB **'Fascinating' New Statesman **'An absolute must-read' GQOne of the most creative entrepreneurial periods since the Sixties, the era of the New Romant... ... Read more

    R214,12

  • Ubiquitous Music Ecologies

    Edited by Victor Lazzarini, Damián Keller, Nuno Otero, Luca Turchet ...
    Ubiquitous music is an interdisciplinary area of research that lies at the intersection of music and computer science. Initially evolving from the related concept of ubiquitous computing, today ubiquitous music offers a paradigm for understanding how the everyday presence of computers has led to highly diverse music practices. As we move from desktop computers to mobile and internet-based multi ... Read more

    R1 231,24

  • Russian Disco

    by Wladimir Kaminer ...
    Born in Moscow, Wladimir Kaminer emigrated to Berlin in the early '90s when he was 22. Russian Disco is a series of short and comic autobiographical vignettes about life among the émigrés in the explosive and extraordinary multi-cultural atmosphere of '90s Berlin. It's an exotic, vodka-fuelled millennial Goodbye to Berlin. The stories show a wonderful, innocent, deadpan economy of style ... Read more

    R246,43

  • A Little Bit of Lady Gaga

    An Unofficial Celebration of the Queen of Pop

    by Summersdale Publishers ...
    Put your paws up for this show-stopping little book of inspiring quotes, incredible trivia and iconic facts about the one and only Lady GagaEver since her noughties debut, it's been clear a star was born! Pioneering, profound and outrageous in equal measure, Lady Gaga has stunned the world with her spectacular artistry and musicality, and she remains an empowering role model for Little Monsters ... Read more

    R146,04

  • The Fundamentals of Synthesizer Programming

    by Joseph Akins ...
    The Fundamentals of Synthesizer Programming provides an introduction onhow to program a synthesizer for creating music in the studio and on stage. Used as a textbook for theintroductory electronic music course at the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee StateUniversity, it covers the components and controls, of both hardware and software synthesizers, that areused to create a patch ... Read more

    R305,66

  • Daft Punk's Discovery: The Future Unfurled

    by Ben Cardew ...
    Daft Punk's Discovery is a homage to a fascinating, troubled beast of an album that casts a huge shadow over the 21st Century. It's a global view of Discovery as a cultural phenomenon, placing the album at the centre of celebrity culture, fan clubs, video, the music business etc., while also examining its profound musical impact.You can draw lines from Discovery to Glass Swords, Kanye West, EDM, ... Read more

    R166,03

  • House Muziek Regels

    De ware geschiedenis van EDM & House muziek

    by Eric Reese ...
    Van Chicago's ondergrond naar een wereldwijde muziekbeweging!In de jaren '80 zag het nu wereldwijd populairste muziekgenre het levenslicht in Chicago: House Music.Voor velen die bekend zijn met elektronische muziek en ravecultuur, is House een naam die staat voor diepe passie. In 1977 ontwikkelde het zich als een zelfstandige afsplitsing van de dancehall-muziekscene uit de late jaren '60. Door ... Read more

    R162,37

  • Midi-light Magic

    by MusicResources ...
    Midi-light Magic: Unlocking the Creative Power of Electronic Music Production" is a comprehensive guide to using MIDI data to create and manipulate music and lighting in a variety of settings. The book covers a wide range of topics related to electronic music production, including how to use MIDI data to control synthesizers and other electronic instruments, how to create and edit MIDI data using ... Read more

    R166,03

  • Tekno Free Doom

    Musica, rave, intrallazzi e illuminazioni mistiche

    by Syd B ...
    Tekno Free Doom è un viaggio all’interno del mondo delle feste illegali di fine millennio, scritto da chi ha fatto parte del movimento ravers fin dalla sua nascita. Tekno Free Doom racconta il decennio che ha cambiato le certezze, le tendenze e la musica dell’intera Europa attraverso le( dis)avventure ben oltre la legalità di Marco e Stefano, due ragazzi quasi normali che hanno fatto dei rave ... Read more

    R116,17 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Depeche Mode's 101

    by Mary Valle ...
    Series series 33 1/3
    Depeche Mode's 101 is, at first glance, a curious thing: a live double-album by a synth band. A recording of its “Concert for the Masses,” 101 marks the moment when doomy, cultish, electronic Depeche Mode, despite low American album sales and a lack of critical acclaim, declared they had arrived and ascended to the rare air of stadium rock. On June 18, 1988, 65,000 screaming, singing Southern ... Read more

    R97,74