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  • 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

    R122,46

  • 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

    R332,91

  • 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

    R54,61

  • 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

    R294,85

  • Keep 'em Dancin', Secrets of the Dance Floor

    by Stephen C. Hill ...
    "Keep 'Em Dancin", Secrets of the Dance Floor, gives you an easy approach of what to do before you play a gig, what to do while you are spinning music in front of a crowd, how to get DJ jobs, what to do after the job, and the "ins" and "outs" of programming.I cover what being a DJ is all about for the beginner or for the DJ looking to rise in the ranks.I mention paying money for a DJ school, ... Read more

    R19,06 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tim – Aviciin elämäkerta

    by Måns Mosesson, Hanna Persson, Miroslav Šokcic ...
    Translated by Tarja Lipponen ...
    ”Wake me up when it’s all over.”Maailmankuulun musiikkilegendan traaginen elämä.Avicii oli 2010-luvun pop-sensaatio, jota ei pysäyttänyt mikään – paitsi hän itse. Lähes kymmenen vuoden ajan ruotsalainen Tim Bergling tehtaili listaykkösiä rikkoen ennätyksiä vasemmalta ja oikealta ja esiintyi jättiläismäisille yleisöille ympäri maailman.Toimittaja Måns Mosessonin virallinen Avicii-elämäkerta kertoo, ... Read more

    R333,36

  • Modern Electric Bass Method, Grade 1

    by John Reid ...
    Written in the tradition of Mel Bay's original Modern Guitar Method, Grade 1.Combines ease of learning with outstanding music selections.Provides music theory essential to understanding the book's performance demands.Tablature was not used in this book, except in specific situations, in order to encourage the development of standard music notation reading skills.With the large number of extended ... Read more

    R237,27

  • Georges Auric

    A Life in Music and Politics

    by Colin Roust ...
    Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie, Moulin Rouge - the names popularly associated with film composer Georges Auric's career conjure visions of a distant and glamorous early twentieth-century Parisian art world. Auric wrote well over 100 film scores, including the soundtrack for Roman Holiday, and was notably affiliated with Les Six, a group of French composers reacting to the musical establishment of the ... Read more

    R1 168,85

  • Making Sense of Recordings

    How Cognitive Processing of Recorded Sound Works

    by Mads Walther-Hansen ...
    Building on ideas from cognitive metaphor theory, Making Sense of Recordings offers a new perspective on record production, music perception, and the aesthetics of recorded sound. It shows how the language about sound is intimately connected to sense-making - both as a reflection of our internal cognitive capacities and as a component of our extended cognitive system. In doing so, the book ... Read more

    R555,21

  • The Radio Phonics Laboratory

    Telecommunications, Speech Synthesis, and the Birth of Electronic Music

    by Justin Patrick Moore ...
    The Radio Phonics Laboratory delves into the intersection of technology and creativity that shaped the sonic landscape of the 20th century. This fascinating exploration unravels the intricate threads of telecommunications, from the invention of the telephone to the advent of global communication networks. At the heart of the narrative is the evolution of speech synthesis, a groundbreaking ... Read more

    R173,29

  • Electroacoustic Music in East Asia

    Edited by Marc Battier, Kenneth Fields ...
    This book illuminates the development of electronic and computer music in East Asia, presented by authors from these countries and territories (China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan).The scholars bring forward the cultural complexities and conflicts involved in their diverse encounters with new music technology and modern aesthetics. How electronic music attracted the interest of composers from East ... Read more

    R1 121,66

  • Bedsit land

    The strange worlds of Soft Cell

    by Patrick Clarke ...
    Series series The British Pop Archive
    A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell.Soft Cell are not your average pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in 1981, but the powerful first phase of their collaboration embraced a staggering array of sounds, influences and innovations that would change the face of music to come.In Bedsit land, Patrick Clarke plunges ... Read more

    R276,91

  • Exmachina

    Storia musicale della nostra estinzione 1992 → ∞

    by Valerio Mattioli ...
    Series series minimum fax musica
    Nei primi anni Novanta il cyberteorico Arthur Kroker profetizzò che la nuova musica elettronica sarebbe stata l'avanguardia per i futuri rapporti tra specie umana e tecnologie digitali. Nello stesso periodo Brian Behlenford, fondatore di Apache e guru della Silicon Valley, lanciava una mailing list tutta dedicata alla cosiddetta Intelligent Dance Music di produttori come Aphex Twin, Autechre e in ... Read more

    Was R236,90 Now R206,00

  • The Prodigy - Uncensored On the Record

    by Peter Sorel-Cameron and James McCarthy ...
    For having made rave music before, during and after the death of the scene, for having invented dance rock, and for shocking the entire world, The Prodigy are one of the greatest and most influential acts of the last 20 years. Having sold over 25 million records worldwide, The Prodigy continue to show how a huge number of influences can form one cohesive style of music. Whilst never conforming to ... Read more

    R54,61

  • 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 146,59

  • Logic Pro 12 Benutzerhandbuch für Anfänger

    Lerne Beat-Making, MIDI, Audioaufnahme, Mixing und Workflows der Musikproduktion

    by Grogan Carbone S. ...
    HaftungsausschlussDieses Buch ist ein unabhängiger Benutzerleitfaden, der ausschließlich zu Bildungs- und Informationszwecken erstellt wurde. Es steht in keiner Verbindung zu Apple Inc. oder den Entwicklern von Logic Pro und wird von diesen weder unterstützt noch gesponsert oder offiziell genehmigt. „Logic Pro“ sowie alle zugehörigen Marken, Logos und Produktnamen sind Eigentum ihrer jeweiligen ... Read more

    R222,20 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Modeselektor’s Happy Birthday!

    by Prof Sean Nye ...
    Series series 33 1/3 Europe
    Modeselektor, the Berlin electronic duo consisting of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, released Happy Birthday! in 2007, an album that mixed emotion, humor, and party excess. Through this album, this book presents a unique window into the histories of Berlin techno, European rave culture, and electronic music. By emphasizing Happy Birthday! as a network of collabs, genres, and insider winks, ... Read more

    R295,19

  • Kraftwerk

    from Dusseldorf to the Future With Love

    by Tim Barr ...
    The future of modern music began in Dusseldorf in 1970, when an avant-garde German band, the Organisation re-invented themselves as Kraftwerk and set in motion a train of events which introduced a whole new language into popular culture. By pre-dating electro, house, ambient and techno by more than two decades, they are quite simply the most influentual band of the late 20th century. Having ... Read more

    R184,10

  • Kraftwerk: I Was a Robot

    by Wolfgang Flür ...
    Wolfgang Flür was vital cog in the Kraftwerk machine, galvanising the group’s electric drum sound throughout the 1970’s and propelling the rhythmic backbone of iconic albums such as Autobahn and Electric Café.I Was A Robot is a detailed, evocative account, written in Flür’s no-nonsense style. It takes us from his youth into the band’s formation and touring of their influential works, laying bare ... Read more

    R262,88

  • The Oxford Handbook of Cinematic Listening

    Edited by Carlo Cenciarelli ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Cinematic Listening explores the place of cinema in the history of listening. It looks at the ways in which listening to film is situated in textual, spatial, and social practices, and also studies how cinematic modes of listening have extended into other media and everyday experiences. Chapters are structured around six themes. Part I ("Genealogies and Beginnings") ... Read more

    R2 776,20

  • Reminded by the Instruments

    David Tudor's Music

    by You Nakai ...
    David Tudor is remembered today in two guises: as an extraordinary pianist of post-war avant-garde music who worked closely with composers like John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen and as a founding figure of live-electronic music. His early realization of indeterminate graphic scores and his later performances using homemade modular instruments both inspired a whole generation of musicians. But ... Read more

    R1 344,22

  • Dancefloor-Driven Literature

    The Rave Scene in Fiction

    by Simon A. Morrison ...
    Almost as soon as 'club culture' took hold - during the UK's Second Summer of Love in 1988 - its sociopolitical impact became clear, with journalists, filmmakers and authors all keen to use this cultural context as source material for their texts. This book uses that electronic music subculture as a route into an analysis of these principally literary representations of a music culture: why such ... Read more

    R500,58

  • Sex Sounds

    Vectors of Difference in Electronic Music

    by Danielle Shlomit Sofer ...
    An investigation of sexual themes in electronic music since the 1950s, with detailed case studies of “electrosexual music” by a wide range of creators.In Sex Sounds, Danielle Shlomit Sofer investigates the repeated focus on sexual themes in electronic music since the 1950s. Debunking electronic music’s origin myth—that it emerged in France and Germany, invented by Pierre Schaeffer and Karlheinz ... Read more

    R584,42

  • Teklife, Ghettoville, Eski

    The Sonic Ecologies of Black Music in the Early 21st Century

    by Dhanveer Singh Brar ...
    Series series Goldsmiths Press / Sonics Series
    How black electronic dance music makes it possible to reorganize life within the contemporary city.Teklife, Ghettoville, Eski argues that Black electronic dance music produces sonic ecologies of Blackness that expose and reorder the contemporary racialization of the urban--ecologies that can never simply be reduced to their geographical and racial context. Dhanveer Singh Brar makes the case for ... Read more

    R437,68