Collapsing
Rock, Pop & Noise
| 1 |
Sound & Noise 1 |
Listening examples include: : Russolo; Varese; Dr. Mix;
Stockhausen; Eno; Frith; Indeep; VU; Ktraftwerk; Pop
Group; DNA; Implo |
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The 'Other' of Sound |
Concepts & history; avant-garde origins;
art/rock permutations; pop cultural noise |
| 2 |
Sound & Noise 2 |
Listening examples include: Merzbow/SBOTHI; Gum; Negativland;
Neu; Faust; Praxis; Jungle Bros; Mark Stewart; LL Cook
J |
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The inversion of Sound |
Developing definitions; processing noise; vinyl
records; designed instruments; the sound of rock; remix
culture |
| 3 |
Musique Concrete 1 |
Listening examples include: Guy Reibel; Ilhan Mimaroglu;
Tom Ellard; Yoko Ono; Anthony More; Grandmaster Flash;
Ciccone Youth |
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Generating Noise |
Collage compositions; tape loops; vinyl scratching |
| 4 |
Musique Concrete 2 |
Listening examples include: David Fenshawe; Paul Schutze;
John Zorn; Loop Orchestra; Bilting/Karkowski; Tackhead |
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Landscaping Sonority |
Ethnic environments; cinematic effects; acoustic
versus digital; DJs & mixer |
| 5 |
Electronic Music 1 |
Listening examples include: Louis/Bebbe Barron; Edgar
Varese; Karlheinz Stockhausen; Pauline Oliveros; Howard
Shore |
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Introducing Electricity to Music |
Types, approaches & forms; electro-acoustic
concepts; analogue versus digital |
| 6 |
Electronic Music 2 |
Listening examples include: Pole; Oval; Ryoji Ikeda;
Squarepusher; Venitian Snares; Pan Sonic |
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Introducing Computers to Sound |
Return to processing; glitch & imperfection;
electronica & diffused musicality; granular noise |
| 7 |
Synthesizers 1 |
Listening examples include: Walter/Wendy Carlos; Telex;
Tangerine Dream; Kraftwerk; Roxy Music; Silicone Teens;
Human League |
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The Artificial Keyboard |
Walter Carlos & RObert Moog; approaches to
industrialism; camp/kitsch & other stylings; simulation
& connotation; return of analogue |
| 8 |
Synthesizers 2 |
Listening examples include: John Carpenter; Paul Hardcastle;
Scritti Politti; Sigue Sigue Sputnik; Kraftwerk; Herb
Alpbert |
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The Vitrual Instrument |
From analogue to digital; digital constgruction;
FM synthesis; sampling & encoding; simulation |
| 9 |
Minimalism 1 |
Listening examples include: Steve Reich, Tangerine Dream,
Glen Branca, Harmonia, Phillip Glass, Brian Eno, Robert
Fripp, Tony Conrad, Neu |
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Initial Explorations |
Origins & stylistic traits; melodies, drones
& tonalities; rhythmic explorations |
| 10 |
Minimalism 2 |
Listening examples include: Michael Nyman, David Behrman,
Erik Satie, Terry Riley, John Adams, Robert Ashley,
Terry Fox, Swswthrght |
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Further Applications |
Chromatism; phasing/beating; genre quotation;
process; ambience |
| 11 |
Text & Voice 1 |
Listening examples include: Lord Buckley, David Thomas,
John Cooper Clarke, Grace Jones, Meredith Monk, Furious
Pig, Yoko Ono, Grandmaster Flash |
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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 |
| 12 |
Text & Voice 2 |
Listening examples include: John Giorno, Judd Fine,
Daniel Steven Crafts, Charles Armikanian, William Burroughs,
Julia Heyward, Janet Jackson, Roxanne Shante |
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The Role of Words |
Concrete poetry, performance, text pieces, word
play, interactivity, voice instrument, rap & acapealla
mixes |
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