Demers, Joanna - Listening through the Noise

Contemporary electronic music has splintered into numerous genres and subgenres, all of which share a concern with whether sound, in itself, bears meaning. Listening through the Noise considers how the experience of listening to electronic music constitutes a departure from the expectations that have long governed music listening in the West.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1. Sign
1. Listening to Signs in Post-Schaefferian Electroacoustic music
2. Material As Sign In Electronica
Part Two: Object
3. Minimal Objects In Microsound
4. Maximal Objects in Drone Music, Dub Techno, and Noise
Part Three: Situation
5. Site in Ambient, Soundscape, and Field Recordings
Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Discographytates.