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March 10, 2011

March 10, 2011

Xenakis On Intelligibility In Music

Composer, theorist, and architect-engineer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) made substantial contributions to the application of mathematical models to music composition, and is recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers. He was also influential on the course of electronic music, and as an architect worked under modernist Le Corbusier and designed the Philips Pavilion at the 1958 World’s Fair in… Continue reading

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March 10, 2011

Views From A Flying Machine Reviewed

Here’s Future Music magazine’s take on my recent recording Views From A Flying Machine: you can read the review here. The music is available at iTunes and CD Baby. Continue reading

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Thomas Brett is a musician and writer who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of Principles of Electronic Music Production and The Creative Electronic Music Producer, a book described by Sound On Sound magazine as “a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music.” His essays have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.

March 10, 2011

Xenakis On Intelligibility In Music

Views From A Flying Machine Reviewed