CMS.876 History of Media and Technology: Sound, the Minority Report -- Radical Music of the Past 100 Years, Spring 2006
Author(s)
Coleman, Beth
Alternative Title
History of Media and Technology: Sound, the Minority Report -- Radical Music of the Past 100 Years
Date Issued
June 2006
Abstract
This course looks at the history of avant-garde and electronic music from the early twentieth century to the present. The class is organized as a theory and production seminar for which students may either produce audio/multimedia projects or a research paper. It engages music scholarship, cultural criticism, studio production, and multi-media development, such as recent software, sound design for film and games, and sound installation. Sound as a media tool for communication and sound as a form of artistic expression are subjects under discussion. The artists' work reviewed in the course includes selections from audio innovators such as the Italian Futurists, Edgard Varèse, John Cage, King Tubby, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Afrika Bambaataa, Kraftwerk, Merzbow, Aphex Twin, Rza, Björk, and others.
Subjects
popular culture
contemporary music
rock
rap
electronic music
electronica
sampling
noise
audio
avant-garde
music criticism
studio production
sampling
podcast
mashup
collage
tape loop
DJ
synthesizer
music synthesis
drum machine
music concrete
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing
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