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The Csound Book
Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design,
Signal Processing and Programming

Edited by Richard Boulanger
Foreword by Barry Vercoe
Preface by Max Mathews

32 Chapters from the top Sound Designers and Programmers of the world. 45 CD-ROM Chapters. 2 CD-ROMS.
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Dinosaur Music: Chris Chafe, In a Word; David Jaffe, Silicon Valley Breakdown; and William Schottstaedt, Dinosaur Music. Wergo. WER 2016-50.

Electroacoustic Music I: Jean-Claude Risset, L’Autre Face; Paul Lansky, notjustmoreidlechatter; Daniel Warner, Delay in Grass; Richard Boulanger, from Temporal Silence; Kaija Saariaho, Petals; Charles Dodge, Profile. Neuma. 450-73.

Electroacoustic Music II: Jonathan Berger, An Island of Tears; Peter Child, Ensemblance; James Dashow, Disclosures; John Duesenberry, Agitato (Ergo Sum); Gerald Shapiro, Phoenix. Neuma. 450-75.

Electroacoustic Music Classics: Edgard Varese, Poeme Electronique; Milton Babbitt, Phonemena, Philomel; Roger Reynolds, Transfigured Wind IV; Iannis Xenakis, Mycenae-Alpha. Neuma. 450-74.

Music from SEAMUS Vol. 7: Tom Lopez, Hollow Ground II, William Rice, SATX; Bruce Hamilton, Interzones; Jon Christopher Nelson, They Wash Their Ambassadors in Citrus and Fennel; Matt Ingalls, f(Ear); Glenn Hackbarth, Passage. EAM-9801. 278044/45.

Le Chant du Monde Cultures Electroniques Vol. 2: Richard Karpen, Exchange, Jonathan Berger, Meteora; Julio d’Escrivan, Sin ti por el Alma Adentro; Henri Kergomard, Hapsis; Georg Katzer, La Mecanique et les Agents de l’Erosion; John Rimmer, Fleeting Images; Javier Alvarez, Papalotl; Josh Levine, Tel; Werner Kaegi, Ritournelles; Ben Guttman, Different Attitudes (2 CDs). LDC 278044/45.

Pioneers of Electronic Music: Arel, Stereo Electronic Music No.2; Davidovsky, Syncronisms No.5; Luening, Low Speed, Invention in 12 Tones, Fantasy in Space and Moonflight; Luening and Ussachevsky, Incantation; Shields, Transformation of Ani; Smiley, Kolyosa; Ussachevsky, Sonic Contours, Piece for Tape Recorder and Computer Piece No.1. CRI. CD 611.

Pure Funk: Commodores, Brick House; Average White Band, Pick Up the Pieces; Earth, Wind & Fire, Shining Star; Kool & The Gang, Jungle Boogie; Labelle, Lady Marmalade; Jean Knight, Mr. Big Stuff; Carl Douglas, Kung Fu Fighting; Rose Royce, Car Wash; Rufus (featuring Chaka Khan), Tell Me Something Good; Curtis Mayfield, Superfly; Isaac Hayes, Shaft; Ohio Players, Fire; Parliament, Flashlight; L.T.D., (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again; Chic, Good Times; Patrice Rushen, Forget Me Nots; Cameo, Word Up; The Gap Band, Early in the Morning; Yarbrough & Peoples, Don't Stop the Music; Rick James, Super Freak. PolyGram. TV 314 558 299-2.

Wergo Computer Music Currents Vol. 4: David Evan Jones, Scritto; Michel Decoust, Interphone; Charles Dodge, Roundelay; Jean-Baptiste Barriere, Chreode I; Trevor Wishart, VOX-5; Roger Reynolds, The Vanity of Words. Wergo. WER 2024-50.

Wergo Computer Music Currents Vol. 9: Gerald Bennett, Kyotaka; Joji Yuasa, Towards the Midnight Sun; Thomas Delio, Against the Silence; William Albright, Sphaera. Wergo. WER 2029-2.

Wergo Computer Music Currents Vol. 13: The Historical CD of Digital Sound Synthesis. Newman Guttman, The Silver Scale and Pitch Variations; John R. Pierce, Stochatta, Variations in Timbre, Attack, Sea Sounds and Eight-Tone Canon; Max V. Mathews, Numerology, The Second Law, Bicycle Built for Two, Masquerades, and International Lullaby; David Lewin, Study No. 1 and Study No. 2; James Tenney, Dialogue; Ercolino Ferretti, Pipe and Drum and Trio; James Randal, Mudgett and Monologues for a Mass Murderer. Wergo. WER 2033-2.

Composers and Groups:

Aphex Twin. I Care Because You Do. Sire. 61790-2.

Aphex Twin. Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II. Sire/Warner Bros. 9 45482-2.

Barron, Louis and Bebe. Forbidden Planet. Crescendo. PRD-001.

Byrne, David. Eno, Brian. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Sire. 6093-2.

Carlos, Wendy. Secrets of Synthesis. CBS. MK 42333.

Carlos, Wendy. Beauty in the Beast. Audion/Jem. SYNCD 200.

Cascone, Kim. "blueCube( )". Rastermusic.

Chowning, John. Turenas, Stria, Phone, Sabelithe. Subharmonic. SD 7017-2.

Cypher 7. Security. WER 2012-50.

Dhomont, Francis. Sous le regard d’un soleil noir. empreintes DIGITALes. IMED 9633.

DJ Shadow. Endtroducing. Mo'Wax/ffrr. 697-124 123-2.

DJ Spooky. Songs of a Dead Dreamer. Asphodel. 0961.

Dodge, Charles. In Celebration, Speech Songs, Story. CRI. C-348.

Dolby, Thomas. Retrospectacle. Capital Records. CDP 7243 8 27642 2 9.

Eno, Brian. Nerve Net. Opal/Warner Bros. 9 45033-2.

Fast, Larry. Computer Experiments Volume 1 – Synergy. Audion/Jem. SYNCD 104.

Fast, Larry. Synergy - Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra. Chronicles. 314 558 042-2.

Future Sound of London. Cascade. Astralwerks. ASW 6175-2.

Future Sound of London. ISDN. Astralwerks. ASW 6144-2.

Future Sound of London. "Lifeforms: paths 1-7" (Maxi-Single). Astralwerks. ASW 6114-2.

Future Sound of London. My Kingdom. Astralwerks. ASW 6184.

Future Sound of London. Papua New Guinea. Hypnotic. CLP 9743-2.

Hancock, Herbie. Dis is Da Drum. Mercury. 314 522 681-2.

Heavenly Music Corporation. Anechoic. Silent. SR9599.

Heavenly Music Corporation. Consciousness III. Silent. SR9458.

Jarre, Jean Michel. ZooLook. Dreyfus. FDM 36145-2.

Johnson, Scott. Rock/Paper/Scissors. Point Music. 454 053-2.

Kraftwerk. The Mix. Elektra. 9 60869-2.

Lansky, Paul. Fantasies and Tableaux. CRI. CD 683.

Lansky, Paul. Homebrew. Bridge. BCD 9035.

Lansky, Paul. More than Idle Chatter. Bridge. BCD 9076.

Lansky, Paul. Things She Carried. Bridge. BCD 9050.

Laswell, Bill. Second Nature. Submeta. SM-9802-2.

Lucier, Alvin. I Am Sitting in a Room. Lovely Music. LCD 1013.

Material. Seven Souls. Triloka. 314 534 905-2.

McNabb, Michael. Invisible Cities. Wergo. WER 2015-50.

McNabb, Michael. Computer Music. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. MFCD 818.

Moby. Into the Blue Remixes. Mute. LCDMUTE179.

Moby/Voodoo Child. The End of Everything. Elektra. 62092-2.

Meat Beat Manifesto. Subliminal Sandwich. Interscope.

Nine Inch Nails. Pretty Hate Machine. TVT Records. 2610-2.

Nine Inch Nails. Further Down the Spiral. Nothing/Interscope. Halo ten. 95811-2.

Nine Inch Nails. "The Perfect Drug" Versions. Nothing/Interscope. Halo Eleven. Intdm-95007.

Normandeau, Robert. Tangram. empreintes DIGITALes. IMED-9419/20-CD.

The Orb. Adventures in the Underworld. Island.

Orbital. Orbital-2. FFRR. 162 351 026-2.

Oval. systemisch. thrill jockey. thrill032.

Oval. diskont. thrill jockey. thrill036.

Oval. dok. thrill jockey. thrill046.

Panasonic. Osasto ep. BFFP128CD.

Panasonic. Vakio. BFFP118CD.

Parmegiani, Bernard. La Creation du Monde. INA. C 1002.

Parmerud, Ake. Grains of Voices. Caprice. CC103.

PGR. A Hole of Unknown Depth.Silent. SR9602.

Pierce, Derek. Beatsystem. em:t. em:t2297.

Propellerheads. Decksandrumsandrockandroll. DRMD-50031.

Redolfi, Michel. Too much Sky, Desert Tracks, Pacific Tubular Waves. INA. C 1005.

Redolfi, Michel. Sonic Waters #2. Hat Art. CD 6026.

Redolfi, Michael. Detours. Mirage Musical. mm303.

Reynolds, Roger. Personae, Variation, The Vanity of Words. Neuma. 450-78.

Risset, Jean-Claude. Sud, Dialogues, Inharmonique, Mutations. INA. C1003.

Risset, Jean-Claude. Songes, Passages, Little Boy, Sud. Wergo. WER 2013-50.

Roach, Steve. The Magnificent Void. Fathom. HS11062-2.

Seefeel. CH-VOX. Warp. 036 CD.

Squarepusher. Feed Me Wierd Things. Rephlex. CAT037CD.

Stockhausen, Karlheinz. Stockhausen 3 – Elektronische Musik 1952-1960. Gemany.

Subotnick, Morton. Touch, Jacob’s Room. Wergo. WER 2014-50.

Subotnick, Morton. Silver Apples of the Moon, The Wild Bull. Wergo. WER 2035-2 282 035-2.

Tenney, James. Selected Works 1961-1969. ART. 1007.

The Golden Palominos. Dead Inside. Restless. 7 72907-2.

Tomita, Isao. Tomita’s Greatest Hits. RCA. 5660-2-RC.

Truax, Barry. Digital Soundscapes. Wergo. WER 2017-50.

Underworld. "Born Slippy" (Maxi-Single). Wax Trax. TVT 8745-2.

Vangelis. Themes. Polydor. 839 518-2.

Varese, Edgar. Music of Edgar Varese. One Way Records. A 26791.

Orbital. Insides. FFRR. 697-124 087-2.

Vinao, Alejandro. Son Entero, Triple Concerto. Wergo. WER 2019-50.

Xenakis. Electronic Music. EMF. CD 003.