References
Books / Journals
Librairie media resources
online references
 
 
Recommended Readings:

 

Attali, Jacques. Noise: The Political Economy of Music. University of Minnesota Press, 1985.

Cage, John. Silence. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.

Cage, John; Tobey, Mark; Graves, Morris. Sound of the Inner Eye. Tacoma, Wash.: Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, c2002.

Cardiff, Janet. The Walk Book. Vienna: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, 2002.

Chion, Michel. Audio-vision, sound on screen. Columbia University Press, 1990.

Deleuze, Gilles. Cinema 1: the movement-image; trans. Hugh Tomlinson and Barbara Habberjam. London: Athlone Press, 1986. Cinema 2: the time-image (trans. Hugh Tomlinson and Robert Galeta. London: Athlone Press, 1989.

Drobnick, Jim (ed.). Aural Cultures. YYZ Books, 2004.

Emmerson, Simon (ed.). The Language of Electroacoustic Music. Palgrave Macmillan, 1986.

Friedman, Ken (ed.). The Fluxus Reader. West Sussex: Academy Editions, 1999.

Johnson, James H.. Listening in Paris: a Cultural History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.

Kahn, Douglas. Noise Water Meat: a History of Sound in the Arts. Cambridge, Mass.; London, UK: MIT Press, 1999.

Kahn, Douglas; & Whitehead, Gregory (ed.). Wireless Imagination: Sound, Radio and the Avant-garde. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1992.

Kubish, Christina. Klangraumlichtzeit. Heidelberg : Kehrer, 2000.

Kubish, Christina; Leitner, Bernhard. Shifted in Time. Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2004.

LaBelle, Brandon. Background Noise, Perspectives on Sound Art. New York, Continuum, 2006.

Leitner, Bernard, Sound:Space. Cantz, 1998.

Lunenfeld, Peter (ed.). The Digital Dialectic. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999.

Manning, Peter. Electronic and Computer Music. Oxford University Press (2nd ed.), 2004.

Martin, Elizabeth (ed.). Architecture as a Translation of Music. Princeton Architectural Press, 1994.

Minard, Robin. Sound Environments: Music for Public Spaces. Berlin: Akademie der Kunste, 1993.

Nattiez, Jean Jaques, Music and Discourse.  Princeton University Press, 1990.

Neubauer, John. The Emancipation of Music from Language. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.

Norman, Katharine. Sounding Art. Ashgate Publishing, 2004.

Ouellette, Fernand. Edgard Varese. London: Calder & Boyars, 1973.

Roads, Curtis. Microsound. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2001.

Russolo, Luigi. The Art of Noises (1916); trans. Barclay Brown. New York: Pendragon Press, 1986.

Schaeffer, Pierre & Reibel, Guy. Solfège de l’Objet Sonore. INA-GRM, (new ed.) 1998-2005.

Schafer, Murray. Soundscape. Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World. Destiny Books, 1977.

Schulz, Bernd (ed.). Resonances, Aspects of sound Art. Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2002.

Serafine, Marie Louise. Music as Cognition, the Development of Thought in Sound. Columbia University Press, 1988.

Strunk, Oliver. Source readings in Music History, Volume 7, The Twentieth Century. W. W. Norton, 1998.

Sterne, jonathan. The Audible Past. Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2003.

Thompson, Emily. The Soundscape of Modernity. MIT Press, 2002.

Toop, David. Ocean of Sound: aether talk, ambient sound and imaginary worlds. London, New York: Serpent’s Tail, 1995.

Wishart, Trevor. On Sonic Art. Harwood Academic Publishers, 1996.

  Journals:

            Computer Music Journal, MIT Press.

            Contemporary Music Review, Harwood Academic Publishers.

            Journal of Electroacoustic Music, Sonic Arts Network.

            Journal of New Music Research, Swets and Zeitlinger.

            Organised Sounds, Cambridge University Press.

            Perspectives of New Music, Princeton University Press.

This list is not exhaustive as new purchases are made regularly, but there are quite a lot of materials to listen to already.

Audio CD resources:
  • AGF. Language is the most. Ars Electronica 2003 (Klangpark). M1473 .A45 2003       
  • Anderson, Laurie. Life on a string. New York : Nonesuch, p2001. M1630.18.A53 L54 2001
  • Annette Vande Gorne. Impalpables. Montréal : empreintes DIGITALes, p1998. M1473.V36 I47 1998 
  • Ashley, Robert. Automatic writing. New York, N.Y. : Lovely Music, Ltd., 1996. M1473.A85 A88 1996   
  • Beuys, Joseph. Ja ja ja ja ja, nee nee nee nee nee, 1968. Berlin : Joseph Beuys Medien Archiv : National Galerie im Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, c2001. NB198.5.S68 B48 2001
  • Bouhalassa, Ned. Aérosol. Montréal : empreintes DIGITALes, 1998. M1473.B68 A47 1998 
  • Cage, John. HPSCHD. Albany, N.Y. : Electronic Music Foundation, p2003. M1473 .C33 2003 
  • Cage, John. The Seasons. Munchen : ECM, p2000. M3.1.C34 D38 2000 
  • Cage, John. Selections. Cage reads Cage: the text pieces. New York : Mode, p1999. PS3505.A2533 A6 1999 
  • Carlos, Wendy. witched-on Bach [sound recording] : virtuoso electronic performances of J.S. Bach. Minneapolis, MN : East Side Digital, p2001. M1473.B2 S945 2001
  • Chadabe, Joel. After some songs. Kingston, NY : Deep Listening, p1995. M1473.C53 A48 1995
  • Chowning, John M. Turenas ; Stria ; Phoné ; Sabelithe. Mainz, W. Germany : Wergo, p1988. M1473.C558 T87 1988 
  • Copeland, Darren. Rendu visible. Montréal : empreintes DIGITALes, p1998. M1473.C67 R46 1998 
  • Daoust, Yves. Bruits. Montréal : empreintes DIGITALes, p2001. M1473.D36 B78 2001
  • Daoust, Yves. Musiques naïves. Montréal : empreintes DIGITALes, p1998. M1473.D36 M87 1998 
  • Delay, Vladislav. Naima. Linz, Austria : AEC Ars Electrnoica Center, c2001. M1473.D45 N35 2001 
  • Dell, Christopher. Metazoon. Koln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther, c2001. M1473.D46 M47 2001
  • Dhomont, Francis. Cycle de L’errance. Montréal, Québec : empreintes DIGITALes, 1996. M1473.D56 C925 1996      [Notes: contains score by Stephane Roy.] 
  • Dhomont, Francis. Cylcle des Profondeurs. Forêt profonde. Montréal : empreintes DIGITALes,1996. M1473.D56 C929 1996   
  • Dhomont, Francis. Sous le regard d'un soleil noir. Montréal : Empreintes DIGITALes, p1996. M1473.D56 C93 1996   
  • Dolden, Paul. L'ivresse de la vitesse. Montréal, Quebec, Canada : empreintes DIGITALes, p1994. M1473.D65 I87 1994
  • Eno, Brian. Ambient 4 [sound recording] : on land. Editions EG ; New York : Marketed and distributed by Caroline Records, p1982. M1741.18.E56 A43 1982
  • Eno, Brian. Another green world. EG Records ; New York : Marketed and distriuted by Caroline Records, p1975. M1741.18.E56 A56 1975
  • Eno, Brian. Music for airports. [New York] : Point Music, p1998. M1741.18.E56 M873 199
  • Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987. Words and music / Samuel Beckett. [France] : Montaigne : Distribution, Auvidis, p1996. PN6120.R2 F45 1996
  • Ferrari, Luc. Tautologos and other early electronic work. Albany, NY : Electronic Music Foundation, p2002. M1473.F44 T38 200
  • Fontana, Bill. Australian sound sculptures. Berlin : Edition Block, 1990. M1473.F66 A87 1990
  • Gilles Gobeil. La mécanique des ruptures. Montréal, Quebec, Canada : empreintes DIGITALes, p1994. M1473.G63 M43 1994 
  • Henry, Pierre. Dracula [France] : Universal Classics, c2003. M1473.D46 D73 2003
  • Henry, Pierre. Labyrinthe! [France] : ina, p2003. M1473.H46 L33 2003
  • Henry, Pierre. Mix Pierre Henry. 03.0. France : Philips, p2001. M1473.H46 M593 2001 
  • Ikeda, Ryoji.  Formula. Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : Forma Arts and Media, 2004. N6494.M78 I34 2004
  • Ikeda, Ryoji. 0°C. England : Touch Music, p1998. M1473.I425 A15 1998
  • Ikeda, Ryoji. Op. [London] : Touch Music, p2003. M1473.I425 O63 2003    
  • Ikeda, Ryoji. Time and space. Netherlands : Staalplaat, 1998. M1473.I425 T56 1998
  • Jeck, Philip. Stoke. London : Touch, p2002. M1473.J43 S76 2002
  • Jeck, Philip. Surf. London : Touch, p1999. M1473.J43 S87 1999 
  • Lansky, Paul, Homebrew. New York, NY : Bridge, p1992. M1473.L36 H66 1992
  • Leitnet, Berhnard. Headscapes : 16 pieces. Hatje Cantz, 2003. NA2800 .K67 2003
  • Lucier, Alvin. I am sitting in a room. New York : Lovely Music, p1990. M1473.L83 I33 1990 
  • Malanga, Gerard. Up from the archives: Selected audio documents fomr the factory. Sub Rosa, 2005.
  • Mara, Hemuth. Implements of actuation. Albany, NY : Electronic Music Foundation, c2000. M1473.H45 I47 2000 
  • Merzbow. Amlux. Newburyport, Mass. : Important Records, p2002. M1473.M47 A45 2002 
  • Merzbow. Merzbird. mportant Records, [2004]. M1473.M47 M475 2004 
  • Merzbow. Pulse demon. Millersville, Pa. : Release, p1996. M1473.M47 P85 1996
  • Norman, Katharine. London; Trilling wire, London : NMC Recordings, 1996. M1473.N67 L65 1996 
  • Norman, Katharine. Transparent things. [England] : Metier, 2000. M1473.N67 T73 2000
  • Normandeau, Robert. Claire de Terre. Montréal : empreintes DIGITALes, 2001. M1473.N68 C53 2001       
  • Normandeau, Robert. Figures. Montréal : empreintes DIGITALes, p1999. M1473.N68 F54 1999 
  • Olbrich, Franz Martin. FM o99.5. Mainz : Wergo, p1997. M1473.O437 F5 1997
  • Oliveiros, Pauline. Electronic works [1965 + 1966]. Paradigm, 1997. M1473.O45 E44 1997 
  • Parmegiani, Bernard. La création du monde. [France] : INA GRM p1996. M1473.P368 C74 1996 
  • Reich, Steve. Different trains ; Electric counterpoint. New York : Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch, p1989. M452.R45 D54 1989 
  • Reich, Steve. Early works. New York, N.Y. : Elektra/Nonesuch, p1987. M3.1.R45 E35 1987
  • Risset, Jean Claude. Sud ; Dialogues ; Inharmonique ; Mutations. Paris, France : INA.GRM, p1987. Paris, France : INA.GRM, p1987. M1473.R45 S83 1987    
  • Rosenboom, David. Invisible gold. Chester, NY : Pogus, p2000. M1473.R47 P67 2000 
  • Saariaho, Kaija. Private gardens. Helsinki : Ondine, p1997. M3.1.S23 P75 1997
  • Schafer, Murray. The Vancouver soundscape 1973 ; Soundscape Vancouver 1996. Cambridge Street Records, [1997]. M1473 .V35 1997
  • Smalley, Denis. Sources /scenes. Montréal Québec, Canada : empreintes DIGITALes, 2000. M1473.S63 S68 2000
  • Stockhausen, karlheinz. Elektronische Musik 1952-1960. Kürten, Germany : Stockhausen, p2001. M1473.S86 E44 2001      
  • Stockhausen, karlheinz. Kontakte: für elektronische Klänge, Klavier und Schlagzeug. Mainz, Germany : Wergo, p1992. M1473.S86 K66 1992 
  • Stockhausen, Karlheinz. Mikrophonie I ; Mikrophonie II ; Telemusik. Kürten, Germany : Stockhausen, p1995. M1473.S86 M55 1995
  • Tudor, David. Neural Synthesis nos. 6-9. New York : Lovely Music, p1995. M1473.T83 N48
  • Varèse, Edgar. The Complete Works. London : Decca, p1998. M3.V37 D43 1998   
  • Various Artists. An anthology of noise & electronic music Volume #3. Brussels, Belgium : Sub Rosa, [2004?]. M1473 .A683 2004
  • Various Artists. An anthology of noise & electronic music. Volume #1. Brussels, Belgium : Sub Rosa, [2002?]. M1473 .A68 2002   
  • Various Artists. An anthology of noise & electronic music. Volume #4. Bruxelles, Belgium] : Sub Rosa, [2005?]. M1473 .A684 2005;
  • Various Artists. CCMIX Paris works by Xenakis, Risset, Estrada, Roads, Pape, Robindoré, Cisternino, Teruggi, Shimazu. New York : Mode, 2001.M1473 .C36 2001   
    Notes: Music computer-generated using the UPIC (Polyagogic Computer Instrument of CEMAMu), with additional acoustic accompaniment.
  • Various Artists. Futurism & Dada reviewed. England : LTM Pub., 2000. NX456.5.F8 F88 2000
  • Various Artists. Musica futurista: the art of noises. England : Salon, [2004?]. M1473 .M88 2004
  • Various Artists. New computer music. Mainz : Wergo, p1987. M1473 .N48 1987 
  • Various Artists. OHM [sound recording] : the early gurus of electronic music, 1948-1980. Roslyn, N.Y. : Ellipsis Arts ... , [2000] M1473 .O46 2000
  • Various Artists. Prix Ars Electronica Cyberarts 2002 [sound recording] : digital musics. Linz, Austria : ORF/Prix Ars Electronica, c2002. M1473 .P75 2002
  • Various Artists. Sample minds : materials on sampling culture. Köln ; London : Walther König, c2004. NX165 .S26 2004
  • Various Artists. The historical CD of digital sound synthesis. Mainz, Germany : Wergo, p1995. M1473 .C65 v.13
  • Various Artists. The virtuoso in the computer age I. [United States] : Centaur, p1991. M1473 .V568 1991
  • Various Artists. The virtuoso in the computer age II. [United States] : Centaur, p1992. M1473 .V569 1992
  • Various Artists. The virtuoso in the computer age III. [United States] : Centaur, p1993. M1473 .V57 1993 
  • Various Artists. The virtuoso in the computer age IV. [United States] : Centaur, p1993. M1473 .V572 1993
  • Various Artists. Women in electronic music, 1977: new music for electronic and recorded media. New York, N.Y. : CRI, [1997]. M1473 .W664 1997
  • Welstead, Jon. The ghost in the machine. Albany, NY : Electronic Music Foundation, p1997. M1473.W46 G56 1997
  • Westerkamp, Hildegard. Transformation. Montréal : emprientes DIGITALes, p1996. M1625.W47 T73 1996 
  • Westerkamp, Hildegard. Transformations. Montréal : empreintes DIGITALes, p1996. M1625.W47 T73 1996 
  • Wishart, Trevor. Menagerie, beach singularity, vocalize. Paradigm Discs, c1997. M1473.W6 M46 1997
  • Wishart, Trevor. Red bird ; Anticredos. Albany, N.Y. : Electronic Music Foundation, p2000. M1470.W55 R43 2000 
  • Wishart, Trevor. Voiceprints. Albany NY : EMF, 2000.  M1473.W6 V65 2000
  • Wishart, Trevor. Voiceprints. Albany NY : EMF, 2000. M1473.W6 V65 2000 
  • Xenakis, Iannis. Electronic music. New York, NY : Electronic Music Foundation, 1997. M1473.X46 E54 1997
  • Xenakis, Iannis. La Legende d’Eer. Auvidis/Naïve, c2001. M1473.X46 E56 2001 
  • Xenakis, Iannis. Persepolis + remixes. San Francisco, CA : Asphodel, p2002. M1473.X46 P47 2002
  • Yui, Miki. Silence resounding. [Pound Ridge, N.Y.] : L-NE, [2003]. M1473.Y85 S55 2003
  • Zorn, John. Spillane. New York, N.Y. : Elektra/Nonesuch, p1987.  M1625 .Z67 1987

CD-Rom:

    • Farmersmanual. RLA. [Austria] : Mego, 2003. M1473.F37 R53 2003 
    • Prisma: the musical world of Kaija Saariaho. Helsinki : WSOY, c1999. ML410.S114 P74 1999
    • Subotnick, Morton. Making more music. [U.S.] : Morton Subotinck, c2001. MT56 .S83 2001
    • Truax, Barry. Handbook for acoustic ecology. [Burnaby, B.C.] : Cambridge Street Records, c1999. QC221.5 .H363 1999
    • Varioust artist. Trends in gestural control of music. Paris : Ircam, c2000. ML1380 .T74 2000.

DVD:

  • 242 Pilots. live in Bruxelles. New York : Carpark Records, c2002. M1473.T9 A15 2002
  • Kurenniemi, Erkki. The dawn of DIMI. Helsinki : Kinostar Oy and Museum of Contempory Art Kiasma, c2003. N6494.V53 D38 2003 
  • Moog. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Plexigroup, c2005. ML1092 .M66 2005
  • Morton Subotnick. Electronic works, volume 1. New York, N.Y. : Mode, c2001. M1473.S87 M334 2001
  • Various Artists. Active score music [videorecording] : Scribble ; Small fish tale. Linz, Austria: Ars Electronic, c2001. M1473 .A283 2001
  • Various Artists. Images 4 music. Linz, Austria : Ars Electronica, c2004. M1473 .I43 2004
  • Various Artists. Immersion. Boulder, CO : Starkland, c2000.  M1473 .I46 2000
  • Various Artists. Modulations: cinema for the ear. Oaks, Pa. : distributed by MVD Music Video Distributors, c1998. ML1380 .M635 1998
Online references
Artists / People / Blog

http://www.christopher-dell.de/

http://www.chinesenewear.com (Chinese sound artists network)

http://www.stockhausen.org/ (Karlheinz Stockhausen)

http://www.iannis-xenakis.org/ (Iannis Xenakis)

http://www.bmbcon.demon.nl/justin/ (Justin Bennett)

http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques/latest/book-html/ (HTML version of Miller Pukette's book The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music. Miller Pukette is the developper of Max/MSP and PD)

http://graham.main.nc.us/~bhammel/music.html

http://www.raster-noton.de/ (Carsten Nicolai Label)

http://www.paglen.com/ Trevor Pagle (Click “projects”…many sound works and projects)

http://www.myzel.net/sample-minds “Sampled Minds” from exhibition series “copy&paste-drag&drop”

 

Organisations / Institutions

http://www.phonography.org/index.htm

http://www.ircam.fr/?L=1

http://www.ina.fr/grm/ (GRM in Paris)

http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org/

http://www.schoolofsound.co.uk/

http://www.tate.org.uk/onlineevents/archive/ (Tate Gallery Archive)

http://www.sfu.ca/~truax/wsp.html (The World Soundscape Project)

http://www.sfu.ca/~truax/handbook.html (online version of the Handbook for Acoustic Ecology by Barry Truax)

http://interact.uoregon.edu/medialit/wfae/home/index.html (World Forum of Acoustic Ecology)

http://www.britishcouncil.org.cn/satc/Ehome.jsp?id=Eintro (sound and the city project In China organised by British Council)

www.sonambiente.net (Sonambiente festival in Berlin)

http://www.acousticecology.org/writings/lopezlaselvanotes.html “Environmental Sound Matter” by Francisco López
(April 1998) [The Acoustic Ecology Institute]

http://www.etat.com/bias/index.html B!AS – International Sound Art Exhibition

 

Radio

http://kunstradio.at/

http://www.resonancefm.com/

on Graphic Notation ...

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/music/graphic.htm (Graphic notation: teaching ideas for children)

http://253.ccarh.org/link/ [Musical Information (Mus 253/CS 275A)]

http://www.musanim.com/mam/mamhist.htm The Time-line of the music animation machine: (personal story)

http://www.well.com/user/smalin/mam.html The Music Animation Machine:

http://users.bigpond.net.au/d.keenan/sagittal/ Sagittal

http://www.sectorvoid.com/jobs/rajeshmehta/new/sqlindex.php5?chapter=notation Notation System: excerpts from Graphical Notation System: an Atlas of “imaginational maps” for interdisciplinary compositional platform in project “Sounding Buildings” (a music-architecture project series)

http://www.sectorvoid.com/jobs/rajeshmehta/new/sqlindex.php5?chapter=cds&page=sounding ("Sounding Building" by Rajesh Mehta)

http://www.schuyesmans.be/gregoriaans/EN/ENmu_05.htm Gregorian Chant – the notation system…

http://remixmag.com/mag/remix_notes/ Two schools of scratch notation are available for DJs to notate specific scratches and combinations.

http://www.societyofalgorithm.org/ Society of Algorithm: “Patamutation” based on an evolving matrix presented as sound

Others

http://www.ubu.com/ (lots audio resources)

http://berlin.soundscape-fm.net/ (sound mapping in Berlin)

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/soucon.html (hyperphysics thoery about sounds)

http://www.staalplaat.com/ (Mort Aux Vaches Label)

http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/4133/integra2.htm (integral serialism links)

http://www.tacticalsoundgarden.net/ (Tactical Sound Garden - toolkit)

http://www.spacestudios.org.uk// (Space Studios, UK) (click "art projects" - some good sound installation works) See also: http://www.spacestudios.org.uk/projects/digital_art_list.asp (digital art projects)

http://berlin.soundscape-fm.net/ (Phonographic Migration #03 Berlin)