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Kraftwerk: I Was a Robot

by Wolfgang Flür ...

Wolfgang Flür was vital cog in the Kraftwerk machine, galvanising the group’s electric drum sound throughout the 1970’s and propelling the rhythmic backbone of iconic albums such as Autobahn and Electric Café.I Was A Robot is a detailed, evocative account, written in Flür’s no-nonsense style. It takes us from his youth into the band’s formation and touring of their influential works, laying bare ... Read more

$11.69 USD

Wolfgang Flür was vital cog in the Kraftwerk machine, galvanising the group’s electric drum sound throughout the 1970’s and propelling the rhythmic backbone of iconic albums such as Autobahn and Electric Café.I Was A Robot is a detailed, evocative account, written in Flür’s no-nonsense style. It takes us from his youth into the band’s formation and touring of their influential works, laying bare
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The Song of the Machine

From Disco to DJs to Techno, a Graphic Novel of Electronic Music

by David Blot, Mathias Cousin ...

Translated by Joseph Laredo ...

A pulsating graphic novel on the epic history of electronic music, from the heyday of disco in the 1970s to the rave culture of the 1990s and beyond.With a foreword from house music legends Daft Punk, The Song of the Machine is a celebration of a musical wave that swept across the world over decades, demographics, and dance styles. Originally published in 2000 in France, and updated through today ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A pulsating graphic novel on the epic history of electronic music, from the heyday of disco in the 1970s to the rave culture of the 1990s and beyond.With a foreword from house music legends Daft Punk, The Song of the Machine is a celebration of a musical wave that swept across the world over decades, demographics, and dance styles. Originally published in 2000 in France, and updated through today
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Digital Audio Revealed

Core Concepts Explained

by R. Gobbe ...

Digital Audio Revealed: Core Concepts Explained is a plain English exploration of the digital audio signal path, its structure and its features. By examining and deconstructing digital audio's standard terms, processes and functions, the author brings each concept to light with a clarity and simplification for new and experienced engineers alike. In the booklet, the digital audio environment has ... Read more

$2.08 USD

Digital Audio Revealed: Core Concepts Explained is a plain English exploration of the digital audio signal path, its structure and its features. By examining and deconstructing digital audio's standard terms, processes and functions, the author brings each concept to light with a clarity and simplification for new and experienced engineers alike. In the booklet, the digital audio environment has
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Template Mixing and Mastering

The Ultimate Guide to Achieving a Professional Sound

by Billy Decker, Simon Taylor ...

Audio production is an incredibly rewarding craft. To take the raw, basic tracks of a fledgling idea and shape them into one glorious stereophonic sound wave is an amazing feat. The transformation from analogue to digital dominance has brought many advances in sound quality and new techniques, but producing digital music with only a standard computer and DAW can be problematic, time-consuming and ... Read more

$13.31 USD

Audio production is an incredibly rewarding craft. To take the raw, basic tracks of a fledgling idea and shape them into one glorious stereophonic sound wave is an amazing feat. The transformation from analogue to digital dominance has brought many advances in sound quality and new techniques, but producing digital music with only a standard computer and DAW can be problematic, time-consuming and
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Axel F Sheet Music

by Harold Faltermeyer ...

(Piano Solo Sheets). Piano solo sheet music for the instrumental theme from the 1984 hit film Beverly Hills Cop . ... Read more

$3.59 USD

(Piano Solo Sheets). Piano solo sheet music for the instrumental theme from the 1984 hit film Beverly Hills Cop .
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Børn, skab nyt!

10 scener fra Wagners musikverden

by Jakob Levinsen ...

Komponisten, digteren, dirigenten og polemikeren Richard Wagner (1813-83) står i 200-året for sin fødsel som en af europæisk kulturs mest kontroversielle, indflydelsesrige og tiljublede skikkelser. Hans operaer spilles over hele verden, og hvert år i august er Bayreuth Festspillene, som han selv grundlagde og som er helliget hans værker, Tysklands centrale kulturbegivenhed. Hans efterkommere er ... Read more

$6.26 USD

Komponisten, digteren, dirigenten og polemikeren Richard Wagner (1813-83) står i 200-året for sin fødsel som en af europæisk kulturs mest kontroversielle, indflydelsesrige og tiljublede skikkelser. Hans operaer spilles over hele verden, og hvert år i august er Bayreuth Festspillene, som han selv grundlagde og som er helliget hans værker, Tysklands centrale kulturbegivenhed. Hans efterkommere er
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Carl Nielsen. Danskeren

by Jørgen I. Jensen ...

I år er det 150 året for den store danske komponist Carl Nielsens fødsel, og det bliver fejret over hele landet hele året. Vi fejrer det med at genudgive denne bog, hvor Carl Nielsens liv og værk bliver sat ind i både et kulturhistorisk, musikalsk og personligt perspektiv af forfatteren Jørgen I. Jensen, en præstation som blev berømmet af pressen, da den udkom i 1991. Illustreret og med nyt ... Read more

$6.26 USD

I år er det 150 året for den store danske komponist Carl Nielsens fødsel, og det bliver fejret over hele landet hele året. Vi fejrer det med at genudgive denne bog, hvor Carl Nielsens liv og værk bliver sat ind i både et kulturhistorisk, musikalsk og personligt perspektiv af forfatteren Jørgen I. Jensen, en præstation som blev berømmet af pressen, da den udkom i 1991. Illustreret og med nyt
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Musik i det tyvende århundrede

En fortælling

by Karl Aage Rasmussen ...

En uhyre velskrevet, lettilgængelig, livlig, personlig introduktion til den musik, der er skrevet i det tyvende århundrede i forlængelse af den klassiske musiks traditioner - i Danmark, i Europa, i USA.Selv skriver forfatteren i bogens forord:Denne bogs titel er valgt med omtanke. Ikke „Det tyvende århundredes musik“, men historien om en side af den kolossale bølge af musik der er blevet til i det ... Read more

$6.26 USD

En uhyre velskrevet, lettilgængelig, livlig, personlig introduktion til den musik, der er skrevet i det tyvende århundrede i forlængelse af den klassiske musiks traditioner - i Danmark, i Europa, i USA.Selv skriver forfatteren i bogens forord:Denne bogs titel er valgt med omtanke. Ikke „Det tyvende århundredes musik“, men historien om en side af den kolossale bølge af musik der er blevet til i det
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Den liflige musik

Richard Strauss som komponist og undersåt

by Jakob Levinsen ...

Da Richard Strauss den 11. juni 1914 fyldte 50, var det som sin tids førende tyske musikpersonlighed, der få år forinden med ”Salome”, ”Elektra” og frem for alt kæmpesuccesen ”Rosenkavaleren” havde revolutioneret tysk opera som ingen anden siden Richard Wagner. Men Første Verdenskrigs udbrud få måneder senere efterlod ikke blot det gamle Europa i opløsning, det kom også til at sætte helt nye ... Read more

$6.26 USD

Da Richard Strauss den 11. juni 1914 fyldte 50, var det som sin tids førende tyske musikpersonlighed, der få år forinden med ”Salome”, ”Elektra” og frem for alt kæmpesuccesen ”Rosenkavaleren” havde revolutioneret tysk opera som ingen anden siden Richard Wagner. Men Første Verdenskrigs udbrud få måneder senere efterlod ikke blot det gamle Europa i opløsning, det kom også til at sætte helt nye
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Trip City

by Trevor Miller ...

A nightclub promoter returns to town and is thrown into an insidious world of designer drugs, psychosis and murder. Filled with mind-bending hallucinogenic moments, Trip City by Trevor Miller veers into the realm of Alphaville and neo-noir of the French new wave.Since it was published in 1989, Trip City became shrouded in scandal and mystery. The original London book launch literally descended ... Read more

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A nightclub promoter returns to town and is thrown into an insidious world of designer drugs, psychosis and murder. Filled with mind-bending hallucinogenic moments, Trip City by Trevor Miller veers into the realm of Alphaville and neo-noir of the French new wave.Since it was published in 1989, Trip City became shrouded in scandal and mystery. The original London book launch literally descended
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Learn How To DJ Right Now

by Ron Saroyan ...

As a DJ, I have traveled the world listening and learning from the best. As it turns out, there are 8 Crucial DJ principals that a DJ needs to know. Without these 8 crucial principals, DJs remain amateur and rely on information that is not precise and or outdated. You might be saying to yourself, yeah, I asked my self all of those questions above, and I could not find solid answers for any of them ... Read more

$5.39 USD

As a DJ, I have traveled the world listening and learning from the best. As it turns out, there are 8 Crucial DJ principals that a DJ needs to know. Without these 8 crucial principals, DJs remain amateur and rely on information that is not precise and or outdated. You might be saying to yourself, yeah, I asked my self all of those questions above, and I could not find solid answers for any of them
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Re-Sisters

The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti

by Cosey Fanni Tutti ...

From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into the lives of three visionary artists.'A fascinating tale of the interlinking lives of three legendary trailblazers.'SALENA GODDEN' Re-sisters emanates an enthralling power.'JUDE ROGERS, MOJO'Cosey Fanni Tutti has lived the life an... ... Read more

$16.28 USD

From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into the lives of three visionary artists.'A fascinating tale of the interlinking lives of three legendary trailblazers.'SALENA GODDEN' Re-sisters emanates an enthralling power.'JUDE ROGERS, MOJO'Cosey Fanni Tutti has lived the life an...
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Tilnærmelser til Gustav Mahler

by Karl Aage Rasmussen ...

”Denne bog er hverken en gennemgribende nytolkning eller en detaljerig biografisk grundbog med værkanalyser. Det er en lille bog drevet af blot og bar lyst til at dele en livslang fascination af en mand og hans musik med interesserede læsere, skrevet af en komponist, hvis egen musik tidligt blev stærkt påvirket af Mahler, en bog der tegner en biografisk skitse og kaster strejflys ind over sit emne ... Read more

$6.26 USD

”Denne bog er hverken en gennemgribende nytolkning eller en detaljerig biografisk grundbog med værkanalyser. Det er en lille bog drevet af blot og bar lyst til at dele en livslang fascination af en mand og hans musik med interesserede læsere, skrevet af en komponist, hvis egen musik tidligt blev stærkt påvirket af Mahler, en bog der tegner en biografisk skitse og kaster strejflys ind over sit emne
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William Basinski [drone & ambient musician]

Musician Snapshots

by Stone Blue Editors ...

Series Book 2 - The Music You Should Hear Series
William Basinski [drone/ambient musician]: Musician SnapshotsThe next title in the “Music You Should Hear Series” is a profile of William Basinski. His work as a musician, composer, remixer, and producer is a marriage of opposites: classical/populist; ephemeral/timeless; Eastern/Western (both in terms of the United States, and the wider world); inspired/crafted, ambient/overwhelming. Basinski's ... Read more

$2.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

William Basinski [drone/ambient musician]: Musician SnapshotsThe next title in the “Music You Should Hear Series” is a profile of William Basinski. His work as a musician, composer, remixer, and producer is a marriage of opposites: classical/populist; ephemeral/timeless; Eastern/Western (both in terms of the United States, and the wider world); inspired/crafted, ambient/overwhelming. Basinski's
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State Of Bass: The Origins of Jungle/Drum & Bass

by Martin James ...

Originally published in 1997, State of Bass explores the scene’s roots through its social, cultural and musical antecedents and on to its emergence via the debate that surrounded the apparent split between jungle and drum & bass. Drawing on interviews with some of the key figures in the early years State of Bass explores the sonic shifts and splinters of new variants, styles and subgenres as it ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Originally published in 1997, State of Bass explores the scene’s roots through its social, cultural and musical antecedents and on to its emergence via the debate that surrounded the apparent split between jungle and drum & bass. Drawing on interviews with some of the key figures in the early years State of Bass explores the sonic shifts and splinters of new variants, styles and subgenres as it
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The Label Machine: How to start, run and grow your own independent music label

by Nick Sadler ...

The Label Machine: How to start, run and grow your own independent music label is the first book to give music artists practical step-by-step comprehensive instructions for setting up and running an independent music label.It features a detailed breakdown of how each part of the industry works, including copyright in the UK and US, record label set-up, record releases, and royalty collection ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Label Machine: How to start, run and grow your own independent music label is the first book to give music artists practical step-by-step comprehensive instructions for setting up and running an independent music label.It features a detailed breakdown of how each part of the industry works, including copyright in the UK and US, record label set-up, record releases, and royalty collection
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SOUND ART

[English]

by Daria Baiocchi ...

What are the differences between Sound art and an Art installation with sound? What is Sound art? What are Sound art goals? What is experimental Sound art? In a world of art dominated principally by what is seen, I am attempting here to define the parameters that identify a work of Sound art; a tricky bet to take on, as no one before has highlighted and codified what this art is. Will I win out? ... Read more

$5.40 USD

What are the differences between Sound art and an Art installation with sound? What is Sound art? What are Sound art goals? What is experimental Sound art? In a world of art dominated principally by what is seen, I am attempting here to define the parameters that identify a work of Sound art; a tricky bet to take on, as no one before has highlighted and codified what this art is. Will I win out?
... Read more
Min fynske barndom

Med forord af Peter Sommer

by Carl Nielsen ...

Series series Klassikere med forord
Genudgivelse med forord af musikeren Peter Sommer.Min fynske Barndom (1927) er den verdenskendte danske komponist Carl Nielsens selvbiografi om barndommen, der var præget af dårlige økonomiske kår for den store søskendeflok. Faderen ernærede sig som daglejer, maler og spillemand, og Carl Nielsen blev tidligt sendt ud for at tjene. Som dreng fik han violinundervisning, i en lokal musikforening ... Read more

$6.26 USD

Genudgivelse med forord af musikeren Peter Sommer.Min fynske Barndom (1927) er den verdenskendte danske komponist Carl Nielsens selvbiografi om barndommen, der var præget af dårlige økonomiske kår for den store søskendeflok. Faderen ernærede sig som daglejer, maler og spillemand, og Carl Nielsen blev tidligt sendt ud for at tjene. Som dreng fik han violinundervisning, i en lokal musikforening
... Read more
Kan man høre tiden

Essays om musik og mennesker

by Karl Aage Rasmussen ...

Denne samling af komponisten og skribenten Karl Aage Rasmussens essays indeholder dels beskrivelser og diskussioner af mere overordnede emner som fx symfoni, opera og ny musik, dels en række portrætter af store komponister og deres værker, fra Bach og Scarlatti, over Mozart og Beethoven, Mahler og Satie til avantgardister som John Cage og Luciano Berio. Bogen er således en indføring i såvel den ... Read more

$6.26 USD

Denne samling af komponisten og skribenten Karl Aage Rasmussens essays indeholder dels beskrivelser og diskussioner af mere overordnede emner som fx symfoni, opera og ny musik, dels en række portrætter af store komponister og deres værker, fra Bach og Scarlatti, over Mozart og Beethoven, Mahler og Satie til avantgardister som John Cage og Luciano Berio. Bogen er således en indføring i såvel den
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Ears to the Ground

Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music

by Ben Murphy ...

For the biggest artists to the most underground, field recordings have become the vital spark of electronic music. Whether documenting nature, sampling the city or capturing the atmosphere of archaeological sites, musicians are using found sounds to make sense of our world. Ears To The Ground explores the relationship between electronics, landscape and field recordings in the UK, Ireland and ... Read more

$9.17 USD

For the biggest artists to the most underground, field recordings have become the vital spark of electronic music. Whether documenting nature, sampling the city or capturing the atmosphere of archaeological sites, musicians are using found sounds to make sense of our world. Ears To The Ground explores the relationship between electronics, landscape and field recordings in the UK, Ireland and
... Read more
Rave mito ou verdade

by Hélder Duizit Delfini ...

Trata-se de uma abordagem sobre as festas raves e a música eletrônica passando pela sua origem até os dias atuais e tentando demonstrar a experiência transcendental/espiritual que os participantes experimentam. ... Read more

$4.49 USD

Trata-se de uma abordagem sobre as festas raves e a música eletrônica passando pela sua origem até os dias atuais e tentando demonstrar a experiência transcendental/espiritual que os participantes experimentam.
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Thom Yorke - Radiohead & Trading Solo

by Trevor Baker ...

Radiohead is a band with few peers - acclaimed, multi-platinum-selling, globe-trotting and a critics’ favourite. At the epicentre are the strangely compelling and yet unusual features of their mercurial lead singer, Thom Yorke, one of rock music’s most enigmatic personalities. This is the first ever biography of Yorke... The tale of the extraordinary drive, ambition and perfectionism of just one ... Read more

$6.47 USD

Radiohead is a band with few peers - acclaimed, multi-platinum-selling, globe-trotting and a critics’ favourite. At the epicentre are the strangely compelling and yet unusual features of their mercurial lead singer, Thom Yorke, one of rock music’s most enigmatic personalities. This is the first ever biography of Yorke... The tale of the extraordinary drive, ambition and perfectionism of just one
... Read more
Bedsit land

The strange worlds of Soft Cell

by Patrick Clarke ...

Series series The British Pop Archive
A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell.Soft Cell are not your average pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in 1981, but the powerful first phase of their collaboration embraced a staggering array of sounds, influences and innovations that would change the face of music to come.In Bedsit land, Patrick Clarke plunges ... Read more

$12.32 USD

A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell.Soft Cell are not your average pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in 1981, but the powerful first phase of their collaboration embraced a staggering array of sounds, influences and innovations that would change the face of music to come.In Bedsit land, Patrick Clarke plunges
... Read more
Carl Craig [Detroit techno]

Musician Snapshots

by Stone Blue Editors ...

Series Book 1 - The Music You Should Hear Series
Carl Craig [Detroit techno] Musician Snapshots: The Music You Should Hear SeriesHere’s a “musician snapshot” look at producer/musician/DJ/labelhead Carl Craig and his important recordings. One of the most successful of Detroit’s second wave of producers, Carl Craig’s career spans ‘60s psychedelia; futuristic funk of the ‘70s; and every style of electronic dance music imaginable - Techno, electro, ... Read more

$2.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Carl Craig [Detroit techno] Musician Snapshots: The Music You Should Hear SeriesHere’s a “musician snapshot” look at producer/musician/DJ/labelhead Carl Craig and his important recordings. One of the most successful of Detroit’s second wave of producers, Carl Craig’s career spans ‘60s psychedelia; futuristic funk of the ‘70s; and every style of electronic dance music imaginable - Techno, electro,
... Read more

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