The Music An Album in Words

In the last hundred years - between the invention of the microphone and the computer - music has undergone a profound revolution. No longer confined to specifically designed instruments, we can now make music out of anything. Why use a guitar when you can use a lawnmower? Why use a lawnmower when you can use an explosion in Libya? The Music evokes a shifting sonic landscape in precise detail: Chinese concrete slowly hardening, overlaid by a splintering cassette tape in the stereo of a car mid-crash. The noise of 73,984 insects hitting number plates followed by that of a drill striking oil deep beneath the earth's surface. Or just the silence of two unfamiliar people as they look up at the night sky. As well as being a description of an imagined album, this book is a manifesto for sound, challenging how we hear the world itself, while listening to stories about humanity and our place in that world.

ISBN:	9781800181540
Publisher:	Unbound
Imprint:	Unbound
Published date:	21 Jul 2022
DEWEY:	823.92
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	224
Weight:	200g
Height:	129mm
Width:	196mm
Spine width:	23mm

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