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        The Sound of Innovation

        The Sound of Innovation

        The Sound of Innovation

        Stanford and the Computer Music Revolution

        by Andrew J. Nelson

        ISBN: 9780262548946

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 15, 2023

        How a team of musicians, engineers, computer scientists, and psychologists developed computer music as an academic field and ushered in the era of digital music.
        Hawkwind: Days of the Underground

        Hawkwind: Days of the Underground

        Hawkwind: Days of the Underground

        Radical Escapism in the Age of Paranoia

        by Joe Banks

        ISBN: 9781907222849

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: October 13, 2020

        An account of the English rock band Hawkwind shows them to be one of the most innovative and culturally significant bands of the 1970s.
        Michael Rakowitz

        Michael Rakowitz

        Michael Rakowitz

        I’m good at love, I’m good at hate, it’s in between I freeze

        Edited by Anthony Downey

        ISBN: 9783956794766

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: March 17, 2020

        An artist charts the historical context and aftermath of a concert—by Leonard Cohen at the Ramallah Cultural Palace in Palestine—that never happened.
        The Evolving Animal Orchestra

        The Evolving Animal Orchestra

        The Evolving Animal Orchestra

        In Search of What Makes Us Musical

        by Henkjan Honing

        Translated by Sherry MacDonald

        ISBN: 9780262039321

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 5, 2019

        A music researcher's quest to discover other musical species.
        England’s Hidden Reverse

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        England's Hidden Reverse

        A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground

        by David Keenan

        ISBN: 9781907222177

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: June 30, 2017

        Obsessively researched biographies of the three seminal music groups Coil, Current 93, and Nurse With Wound that also illuminates the history of the English underground scene.
        Animal Music

        Animal Music

        Animal Music

        Sound and Song in the Natural World

        Edited by Tobias Fischer and Lara Cory

        ISBN: 9781907222344

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: May 5, 2015

        The first anthology on animal music and communication, with contributions from leading scientists, researchers and musicians.
        Epiphanies

        Epiphanies

        Epiphanies

        Life-Changing Encounters with Music

        Edited by Tony Herrington

        ISBN: 9781907222214

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: March 10, 2015

        An anthology of essays drawn from The Wire's monthly Epiphanies column.
        Evaluation and Credentialing in Digital Music Communities

        Evaluation and Credentialing in Digital Music Communities

        Evaluation and Credentialing in Digital Music Communities

        Benefits and Challenges for Learning and Assessment

        by H. Cecilia Suhr

        ISBN: 9780262527149

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 7, 2014

        An examination of the use of digital badges as a reward for both casual online music evaluators and professional musicians.
        Sound Unbound

        Sound Unbound

        Sound Unbound

        Sampling Digital Music and Culture

        Edited by Paul D. Miller

        ISBN: 9780262633635

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 14, 2008

        The role of sound and digital media in an information-based society: artists—from Steve Reich and Pierre Boulez to Chuck D and Moby—describe their work.
        The Origins of Music

        The Origins of Music

        The Origins of Music

        Edited by Björn Merker, Nils L. Wallin and Steven Brown

        ISBN: 9780262731430

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: July 27, 2001

        The book can be viewed as representing the birth of evolutionary biomusicology.
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