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Definition - Experimental and Ambient Music

'Experimental Music' any music that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions.

'Ambient Music' relating to our sonic surroundings, emphasising, tonality, atmosphere,

melodic repetition, and unobtrusiveness.


An Introduction to Experimental and Ambient Music

Ebooks, Essays, Thesis, Media on Experimental and Ambient Music


Ebooks


4 Criteria of Electronic Music 1972-1989 Lectures by Karl Stockhausen, London 1971

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An Individual Note of Music, Sound & Electronics Daphne Oram, Galliard Books 1972

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A Year With Swollen Appendices Brian Eno's Diary by Brian Eno, Faber & Faber 1996

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Deep Listening a Composer's Sound Practice by Pauline Oliveros, N.Y. Lincoln 2005

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Delia Derbyshire: Sound and Music for the Radiophonic Workshop by Teresa Winter

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Electronic and Computer Music by Peter Manning, Oxford University Press, N.Y. 2013

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Experimental Music Cage and Beyond by Michael Nyman with Foreword by Brian Eno

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Formalized Music - Thought and Mathematics in Composition by Xenakis Iannis 1963

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In Search of a Concrete Music - Pierre Schaeffer, University of California Press 1952

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Laurie Anderson by RoseLee Goldberg The Library of Congress, Harry Abrams 2000

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Ocean of Sound Aether Talk Ambient Sound & Imaginary Worlds by David Toop 1995

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Rhythm Science by Paul D Miller, Pamphlet, MIT Press and Library of Congress 2004

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Silence: Lectures and Writings by John Cage, Wesleyan University Press Books 1961

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Sound Unbound Sampling Digital Music and Culture by Paul D Miller, MIT Press 2008

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Writings on Music by Steve Reich: 1965-2000, New York, Oxford Printing Press, 2002

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Youtube Videos


Brian Eno


Mike Andrews Interviews Brian Eno Riverside 1983

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Delia Derbyshire


Delia Derbyshire Interview for BBC Radio Scotland

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Delia Derbyshire, The Myths and Legendary Tapes

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Sculptress of Sound Lost Works of Delia Derbyshire

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The Delian Mode - A Delia Derbyshire Documentary

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Halim El-Dabh


My Life is Vibration Interview with Blake Tyson 2009

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Julius Eastman


Open Ears Julius Eastman Classical California Video

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Pauline Oliveros


Difference Between Hearing and Listening TEDx Talk

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Peter Zinovieff


Peter Zinovieff and the EMS Electronic Music Studios

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Peter Zinovieff: Synth Pioneer Sound on Sound Video

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Steve Reich


Steve Reich Reflects on his Most Significant Works

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Steve Reich Special Presentation for Pitchfork TV

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Audio


Musique Concrète


Crossing into the Electricmagnetic Halim El-Dabh

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Experimental Minimalism


It's Gonna Rain Pt 1 & Pt 2 by Steve Reich Audio

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Octet Music for a Large Ensemble by Steve Reich

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Ambient


Ambient 1: - Music for Airports by Brian Eno 1978

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African Electronic Music


Electronic Music.Psychedelic Sanza Francis Bebey

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Contemporary Experimental and Noise Music


Afro Noise I by DJ Cut Hands AKA William Bennett

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Jean Michel-Basquiat and Gray (Band) Recordings

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Photo : Francis Bebey in the Studio by Pierre Rene-Worms 1985



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