In 2012, when most people think about cassettes it’s usually not in direct correlation with any kind of music. Retro-signifier, sure. Questionable tattoo choice; sometimes. Depending on your age, some typical responses to the importance of cassette tapes are “Do they even still make those?” or “I got rid of all mine years ago!” or […]
Decades before the contemporary era of electronic music, which includes both synthesized soundscapes and computer-generated electronica, there were experimental works called Musique concrète. Painstakingly crafted from recorded natural sounds and manipulated on bits of magnetic tape, this futuristic music was pioneered Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry, yet […]
Director and designer Robert Wilson and composer Philip Glass, with choreographer Lucinda Childs, created the opera Einstein on the Beach in 1976. It has been hailed as one of the most revolutionary and visionary works of the late 20th century in the fields of music and theatre: “One of the truly pivotal artworks of our […]
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