The Sonic Spell: Six Components Of Musical Enchantment

enchantment—the state of being under a spell “Technical processes…are construed magically so that, by enchanting us, they make the products of these technical processes seem enchanted vessels of magical power.” – Alfred Gell, “The Technology of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Technology” in Anthropology, Art, and Aesthetics (1992), p. 46 For a while I’ve been … Continue reading The Sonic Spell: Six Components Of Musical Enchantment