Origins of Electronic Music: Paris & Cologne
A short article about the contribution of the Paris group to the history of electronic music, with mention of Pierre Schaeffer, a radio engineer and announcer for RF who’s idea was to record the sounds of trains and make it into ‘music’.
Melted Thunder Glows: experiments in cybernetic lyric generation
An article about generating lyrics with the help of Ray Kurzweil's Cybernetic Poet.
The Music of Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich, a Centenary Retrospective
Some comments about the premiere of the documentary A Journey of Dmitry Shostakovich, directed by Okasana Dvornichenko and Helga Landauer.
Giacinto Scelsi: Sound Messenger 1905-1988
A profile of composer Giacinto Scelsi featuring an interview with Scelsi associate Dary John Mizelle.
Xenakis: Recorded Music
Reviews of some recordings of the music of Iannis Xenakis mostly dating to the 1990's and earlier. Originally appeared in the journal Sound Collector, Vol 5, September 2000.
Harry Partch: America's first Microtonal Composer
A profile article on microtonal composer Harry Partch.
Sound Vibrations & The Brain: New Connections & Paradigms
An article that proposes audible sound vibrations play more of a role in brain function than previously estimated, and in fact may be directly responsible for initiating certain brain states which in turn may be controlled or triggered by characteristics of different vibratory phenomena (amplitude, magnitude, ratios, partials, timbre).