Future Sounds: The Story of Digital Music from Stockhausen to Skrillex

The definitive information to digital music.
“Stubbs is a pleasure to learn.”―MOJO***
In FUTURE SOUNDS, David Stubbs charts the evolution of digital music from the earliest mechanical experiments within the late nineteenth century to the pre-World Battle I innovations of the Futurist Luigi Russolo, writer of the “Artwork Of Noises” manifesto. He takes us by means of the musique concrète of radical composers reminiscent of Edgard Varèse, Pierre Schaeffer, and Karlheinz Stockhausen, to the gradual absorption of digital instrumentation into the mainstream: be it by means of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and the work of pioneers like Delia Derbyshire, grandiose prog rock, or the extra DIY strategy of electronica, home, and techno. It’s a story of mavericks and future dreamers overcoming Luddite resistance, malfunctioning gadgets, and sonic mayhem. Its beginnings are on this planet of avant-classical composition, however the ebook additionally encompasses the cosmic funk of Stevie Marvel, Giorgio Moroder, and unforgettable 80s digital pop from the likes of Depeche Mode, Pet Store Boys, and Laurie Anderson – proper as much as current day innovators on the underground scene. However above all, it’s a necessary story of authenticity: is that this music? Is it reliable? What drew its creators to make it? The place does it stand, in relation to rock and pop, classical and jazz music, to the trendy society that generated it? And why does it resonate extra strongly than ever in our personal postmodern, seemingly post-futurist instances? FUTURE SOUNDS is the definitive account that solutions these questions.