Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #947197 in Books
• Published on: 1971-05-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

Customer Reviews

Weird fun
This book is a good introduction to the philosophy and technique of musique concrete, or sound collage if you will. The author is inspiring in his recommendation that you listen carefully to sounds and figure out ways to combine them that are interesting. The book may seem a bit dated now in its understanding of technology, since it came out in the early seventies (I think), but then again all anyone needs to have some fun with this is a tape recorder. I will say that it's interesting to see how out-of-the-loop the author is, from an ivory tower background where he knows about the sonic experiments of Berio but seems utterly ignorant of the amazing accessible advances that were made by rock artists like the Beatles. Still, we all come from where we come from. Anyone with an interest in playing with tape will enjoy this dated but inspiring missive.