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Cracked media : the sound of malfunction

by Caleb Kelly

This study examines the history and practice of manipulating audio technologies and recording media to produce novel soundscapes. It traces the development of cracked media from mid-twentieth-century experimentalism to contemporary digital glitch and turntablism.

Accession 3118 ISBN 9780262013147 Publisher MIT Press
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