https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Hacking-Through-Contemporary-Electronic-Music https://booksandideas.net/Hacking-Through-Contemporary-Electronic-Music 2019-12-02T08:00:00Z text/html en Clément Canonne Arts Partenaires music Books and ideas originals experimental music electronic music hacking <p>With electronic music comes the possibility of hacking instruments. How does hacking affect musical instruments and the ways of playing them? In this interview, Nic Collins, a pioneer in musical hacking, describes his journey at the crossroads of experimental music, computer music and sound art.</p> https://booksandideas.net/A-Summer-Selection-Part-2 https://booksandideas.net/A-Summer-Selection-Part-2 2019-07-22T07:00:00Z text/html en Editorial Team Arts United States of America Japan power music anthropology sociology experimental music electronic music protest songs metal music <p>Books & Ideas is slowing down for the summer. In the meantime, here is a selection of essays, reviews and interviews published over the past year, exploring the relationship between music and politics.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Japanoise-Affect-at-the-Edge-of-Music https://booksandideas.net/Japanoise-Affect-at-the-Edge-of-Music 2018-11-29T07:00:00Z text/html en Edouard Degay Delpeuch International Arts media Japan subculture culture music cultural studies Text Interviews Books and ideas originals circulation experimental music electronic music listening sound studies <p>In the 80's, a peculiar genre of underground music emerged: Japanoise—or Japanese Noise. Based on feedback, without melody nor structure, this genre is often perceived as the end of music. Drawing on the tools of media anthropology, David Novak traces the history of the construction of this genre.</p>