Collapsing Rock, Pop & Noise

Lectures

Developed for Sound, RMIT Media Arts, from 1986

  • Sound & Noise 1

    Listening examples include: : Russolo; Varese; Dr. Mix; Stockhausen; Eno; Frith; Indeep; VU; Ktraftwerk; Pop Group; DNA; Implo

    The 'Other' of Sound

    concepts & history
    avant-garde origins
    art/rock permutations
    pop cultural noise

  • Sound & Noise 2

    Listening examples include: Merzbow/SBOTHI; Gum; Negativland; Neu; Faust; Praxis; Jungle Bros; Mark Stewart; LL Cool J

    The Inversion of Sound

    developing definitions
    processing noise
    vinyl records
    designed instruments
    the sound of rock
    remix culture

  • Musique Concrete 1

    Listening examples include: Guy Reibel; Ilhan Mimaroglu; Tom Ellard; Yoko Ono; Anthony More; Grandmaster Flash; Ciccone Youth

    Generating Noise

    collage compositions
    tape loops
    vinyl scratching

  • Musique Concrete 2

    Listening examples include: David Fenshawe; Paul Schutze; John Zorn; Loop Orchestra; Bilting/Karkowski; Tackhead

    Landscaping Sonority

    ethnic environments
    cinematic effects
    acoustic versus digital
    DJs & mixers

  • Electronic Music 1

    Listening examples include: Louis/Bebbe Barron; Edgar Varese; Karlheinz Stockhausen; Pauline Oliveros; Howard Shore

    Introducing Electricity to Music

    types, approaches & forms
    electro-acoustic concepts
    analogue versus digital

  • Electronic Music 2

    Listening examples include: Pole; Oval; Ryoji Ikeda; Squarepusher; Venitian Snares; Pan Sonic

    Introducing Computers to Sound

    return to processing
    glitch & imperfection
    electronica & diffused musicality
    granular noise

  • Synthesizers 1

    Listening examples include: Walter/Wendy Carlos; Telex; Tangerine Dream; Kraftwerk; Roxy Music; Silicone Teens; Human League

    The Artificial Keyboard

    Walter Carlos & RObert Moog
    approaches to industrialism
    camp/kitsch & other stylings
    simulation & connotation
    return of analogue

  • Synthesizers 2

    Listening examples include: John Carpenter; Paul Hardcastle; Scritti Politti; Sigue Sigue Sputnik; Kraftwerk; Herb Alpbert

    The Virtual Instrument

    from analogue to digital
    digital construction
    FM synthesis
    sampling & encoding
    simulation

  • Minimalism 1

    Listening examples include: Steve Reich, Tangerine Dream, Glen Branca, Harmonia, Phillip Glass, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Tony Conrad, Neu

    Initial Explorations

    origins & stylistic traits
    melodies, drones & tonalities
    rhythmic explorations

  • Minimalism 2

    Listening examples include: Michael Nyman, David Behrman, Erik Satie, Terry Riley, John Adams, Robert Ashley, Terry Fox, Swswthrght

    Further Applications

    chromatism
    phasing/beating
    genre quotation
    process
    ambience

  • Text & Voice 1

    Listening examples include: Lord Buckley, David Thomas, John Cooper Clarke, Grace Jones, Meredith Monk, Furious Pig, Yoko Ono, Grandmaster Flash

    The Sound of Speech

    transforming the recognizable sounds of instruments
    re-defining instruments' sonic perimeters
    fusing and integrating disparte sonics
    extending the act of post-production

  • Text & Voice 2

    Listening examples include: John Giorno, Judd Fine, Daniel Steven Crafts, Charles Armikanian, William Burroughs, Julia Heyward, Janet Jackson, Roxanne Shante

    The Role of Words

    concrete poetry
    performance
    text pieces, word play
    interactivity, voice instrument
    rap & acapealla mixes