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Index
Cover
Landing Page
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface I
Preface II: One Summer
Introduction
PART ONE
1: ELECTRONICS: A PREHISTORY
2: FUTURISM AND THE BIRTH OF NOISE
3: POÈME ÉLECTRONIQUE: THE LONG WAIT OF EDGARD VARÈSE
4: UN HOMME SEUL: PIERRE SCHAEFFER AND THE ART OF SCISSORS
5: STOCKHAUSEN: BEYOND THE COSMOS
6: 4' 33" OF EVERYTHING: JOHN CAGE AND OTHER CONCRÈTE SOLUTIONS
PART TWO
7: DISTANT GALAXIES, DEEP OCEANS: SUN RA AND MILES DAVIS
8: DEUX FEMMES SEULES: DERBYSHIRE AND ORAM
9: STEVIE WONDER AND THE ELECTRIFICATION OF SOUL
PART THREE
10: FROM SUICIDE TO THE PET SHOP BOYS: THE ART OF THE DUO
11: THEY WERE THE ROBOTS: KRAFTWERK AND POP AUTOMATA
12: SUBSTANCE: FROM JOY DIVISION TO NEW ORDER, THE HUMAN LEAGUE TO THE HUMAN LEAGUE, DEPECHE MODE TO DEPECHE MODE
PART FOUR
13: BRIAN ENO, THE APHEX TWIN AND AMBIENT’S LATE ARRIVAL
14: CUTTING UP THE WORLD: FROM CABARET VOLTAIRE TO J DILLA
15: REVERBERATION AND DECAY
16: LEGITIMACY: FROM CASTLEMORTON TO SKRILLEX
17: CONCLUSION
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Musical Technology: A Timeline
A Mars by 1980 Playlist
Index
Plates
About the Author
Copyright
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