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The England No One Cares About

The England No One Cares About

The England No One Cares About

Lyrics from Suburbia

by George Musgrave

ISBN: 9781913380663

Publisher: Goldsmiths Press

Pub Date: July 11, 2023

An exploration of the much-derided English suburbs through rap music.
Overtone Singing

Overtone Singing

Overtone Singing

Harmonic Dimensions of the Human Voice

by Mark van Tongeren

Foreword by Trân Quang Hai

ISBN: 9781949597226

Publisher: Terra Nova Press

Pub Date: January 10, 2023

An indispensable guide to a deeper understanding of the nature of the human voice and its harmonic possibilities from East to West.
Polyphonic Minds

Polyphonic Minds

Polyphonic Minds

Music of the Hemispheres

by Peter Pesic

ISBN: 9780262543897

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 13, 2022

An exploration of polyphony and the perspective it offers on our own polyphonic brains.
Social Dissonance

Social Dissonance

Social Dissonance

by Mattin

Foreword by Ray Brassier

ISBN: 9781913029814

Publisher: Urbanomic

Pub Date: May 31, 2022

An argument that by amplifying alienation in performance, we can shift the emphasis from the sonic to the social.
Structure and Synthesis

Structure and Synthesis

Structure and Synthesis

The Anatomy of Practice

by Mark Fell

ISBN: 9781913029951

Publisher: Urbanomic

Pub Date: March 1, 2022

An anthology of pioneer sound artist Mark Fell's work charting his defiantly unorthodox thinking on time, structure, technology, and the relation between academic and popular electronic music.
Designed for Dancing

Designed for Dancing

Designed for Dancing

How Midcentury Records Taught America to Dance

by Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder

ISBN: 9780262044332

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 19, 2021

When Americans mamboed in the kitchen, waltzed in the living room, polkaed in the pavilion, and tangoed at the club; with glorious, full-color record cover art.
Double Lives in Art and Pop Music

Double Lives in Art and Pop Music

Double Lives in Art and Pop Music

by Jörg Heiser

ISBN: 9783956790959

Publisher: Sternberg Press

Pub Date: March 17, 2020

Exploring the relationship between art and pop music over the last fifty years.
Dialectic of Pop

Dialectic of Pop

Dialectic of Pop

by Agnès Gayraud

Translated by Robin Mackay, Daniel Miller and Nina Power

ISBN: 9781913029555

Publisher: Urbanomic

Pub Date: February 4, 2020

A philosophical exploration of pop music that reveals a rich, self-reflexive art form with unsuspected depths.
Decomposed

Decomposed

Decomposed

The Political Ecology of Music

by Kyle Devine

ISBN: 9780262537780

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 15, 2019

The hidden material histories of music.
Foundations in Music Psychology

Foundations in Music Psychology

Foundations in Music Psychology

Theory and Research

Edited by Peter Jason Rentfrow and Daniel J. Levitin

ISBN: 9780262039277

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 12, 2019

A state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music psychology, written by leaders in the field.
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