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Depeche Mode: the unassuming pioneers of 1980s British electro-pop whose music has seduced millions across the globe.Emerging at the dawn of the 1980s, Depeche Mode's rise to stardom saw them share their dark, venal songs of sex, religion, obsession and death with legions of fans. Despite their success, it was not an easy ride, with the band facing self-doubt, ill health, and addiction along the way.Depeche Mode: Faith & Devotion charts the group's history across nearly five decades. Hear from members Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andrew Fletcher and Alan Wilder, along with many others via archive interviews, and relive the music via profiles of every album, from their debut Speak & Spell to 2023's Memento Mori.Now updated with a final chapter celebrating the band's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, and reflecting on Fletcher's passing in 2022, Depeche Mode: Faith & Devotion is an extraordinary history of a global synth-rock phenomenon, and an essential read for fans of the band.

The Klanghaus Toggenburg, located in the northeast of Switzerland and host to musical rehearsals, courses and concerts alike, is a place that enables visitors to experience a unique interplay of architecture, sound and nature. The Klanghaus in the Swiss Canton St. Gallen is the result of an impressive twenty-year development process: based on a concept by the late Marcel Meili, which won the 2010 thesis competition for the building, it was then realized by architect Astrid Staufer with the office Staufer & Hasler and opens its doors to the public in May of 2025. It is at its core a fundamentally social project, comprised of the work of all those involved in this process. Like the building itself, this publication is best understood as a research experiment intended to reveal new insights into sound and space. The book focuses on architectural aspects and constructive solutions for extraordinary room acoustics, as well as the interactions between the alpine landscape and natural yodeling or between the soundscape and the construction of the Klanghaus. It explores the many aspects of an extraordinary building, from the material vitality of shingles to the impressive proximity to the Ali Qapu Palace in Isfahan to the way ornaments become a visible expression of the essence of space and architecture itself. Combining various contributions from experienced and upcoming experts from fields as diverse as architecture, sound art, acoustics, ethnomusicology, art history, philosophy, history and tourism, this publication creates a polyphonic image and uncovers surprising connections. These texts are complemented by 3D architectural and construction drawings, documentary material, photo series, musical scores and lyrical fragments.

The Klanghaus Toggenburg, located in the northeast of Switzerland and host to musical rehearsals, courses and concerts alike, is a place that enables visitors to experience a unique interplay of architecture, sound and nature. The Klanghaus in the Swiss Canton St. Gallen is the result of an impressive twenty-year development process: based on a concept by the late Marcel Meili, which won the 2010 thesis competition for the building, it was then realized by architect Astrid Staufer with the office Staufer & Hasler and opens its doors to the public in May of 2025. It is at its core a fundamentally social project, comprised of the work of all those involved in this process. Like the building itself, this publication is best understood as a research experiment intended to reveal new insights into sound and space. The book focuses on architectural aspects and constructive solutions for extraordinary room acoustics, as well as the interactions between the alpine landscape and natural yodeling or between the soundscape and the construction of the Klanghaus. It explores the many aspects of an extraordinary building, from the material vitality of shingles to the impressive proximity to the Ali Qapu Palace in Isfahan to the way ornaments become a visible expression of the essence of space and architecture itself. Combining various contributions from experienced and upcoming experts from fields as diverse as architecture, sound art, acoustics, ethnomusicology, art history, philosophy, history and tourism, this publication creates a polyphonic image and uncovers surprising connections. These texts are complemented by 3D architectural and construction drawings, documentary material, photo series, musical scores and lyrical fragments.

Thomas Foster, erfahrener Musikproduzent und YouTuber führt dich durch die einzelnen Stationen eines Arrangements und gibt dir wertvolle Tipps zur Verwendung von Plugins, um den gewünschten Klang zu erzeugen.Egal ob Drums, Soundeffekte, Bass, Akkordinstrumente, wie Klavier oder Orgel, Synthesizer, Gitarren, Lead-Instrumente, Vocals, oder sogar orchestralen Elementen - hier erfährst du alles, was du wissen musst, um diese Komponenten professionell in deinen Tracks einzusetzen.In diesem Buch lernst du:- Die geheimen Tricks zur Erstellung mitreißender Drum-Patterns und deren klanglicher Bearbeitung - Wie du Soundeffekte geschickt einsetzt, um Spannung und Atmosphäre zu erzeugen - Die entscheidenden Schritte, um einen druckvollen Bass-Sound zu erschaffen.- Die vielfältigen Möglichkeitender Akkordinstrumente und wie du sie gekonnt in deinem Arrangement einsetzt- Die Geheimnisse der Synthesizer-Programmierung für einzigartige und fesselnde Sounds- Tipps und Tricks zur Integration von Gitarren, Lead-Instrumenten und Vocals- Die Kunst der orchestralen Elemente und wie du sie beeindruckend in deinen Tracks einsetzt.

'Wie kann man ein Buch über das Raven als Praxis schreiben, und dabei zugleich einen Rave praktizieren? McKenzie Wark gewinnt den K-Nächten, die sie in Brooklyn und Berlin auf Junkspace-Tanzflächen verbracht hat, eine Lebenspraxis der Ressoziation in einem Reigen aus Autokonzeptualisierung und Allotheoretisierung ab. Indem es sich der Gabe des Fremden nähert, ¿uns selbst als Privateigentum loszulassen¿, ist Raven nichts weniger als Warks femmunistisches Manifest, ihr Traktat zur Blackness des Techno, ihre Verhandlung einer Trans-Ethik des einundzwanzigsten Jahrhunderts.' - Kodwo Eshun

Don't just play music, make music! Make: Electronic Music from Scratch is a crash course in the joys of musical circuitry that teaches makers to become musicians, and musicians to become makers. Written for total beginners, this guide uses more than 40 hands-on experiments and projects to build whimsical, wild, and just plain weird gizmos, including: - Fruit-controlled oscillators - Analog filters (in many flavors) - Sequencers that compose for themselves - Talkboxes for robot impersonation - Plate reverbs for cave impersonation - Automatic harmonizing doohickeys - Light-sensitive modulators - Amplifiers to annoy your neighbors - Drum machines to get you dancing . . . and so much more! Be warned: This is not a boring, inaccessible engineering book for academics! Make: Electronic Music from Scratch is a fun, humorous introduction to music for even the biggest electrophobes that teaches how to build real, usable instruments. With more than 400 full-color images and step-by-step instructions, this is the music book that you've always wanted. Prepare to discover sounds you never knew existed!

Die Autorin, Komponistin und Pianistin Annette Hölzl nimmt uns mit auf einen musikalischen Spaziergang. Als ¿Mrs. Holmes der Musikgeschichte¿ deckt sie spannende, überraschende und humorvolle Zusammenhänge auf: Was hat Pythagoras mit dem Blues zu tun? Wie hat Papst Johannes im 14. Jahrhundert den Grundstein zur Rockmusik gelegt? Warum hat Johann Sebastian Bach das Klavier nicht beheizt, aber wohltemperiert? Welche vier magischen Akkorde begleiten Melodien seit über 2000 Jahren? Was verbindet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart mit Michael Jackson?Annette Hölzl ermuntert uns, hinzuhören. Sie erinnert uns daran, dass wir alle musikalisch sind. Musik durchdringt unser Ich und unsere Welt, über alle Grenzen, Stile und Genres hinweg. In ihrem musikalischen Brückenschlag eröffnet Hölzl uns neue Perspektiven und zeigt faszinierende Gemeinsamkeiten auf. Denn: "Alle Menschen werden Brüder, wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt."

SuperCollider, an open-source, cross-platform software program for real-time sound synthesis and algorithmic composition, was created by James McCartney in 1996 and has evolved to become a powerful tool for music composition and research. Written by composer and sound artist Eli Fieldsteel, who has almost two decades' experience of using SuperCollider for a variety of creative audio projects, SuperCollider for the Creative Musician is a comprehensive tutorial and reference guide for students, composers, and practitioners seeking a structured educational tour through this unique and flexible software.The book begins with platform-specific fundamentals, explores a large family of creative techniques, and then guides the reader through the nuances of assembling, navigating, and performing large-scale projects. Key topics include synthesis, sampling, sequencing, signal processing, external control, and graphical user interface design. Written with both beginners and intermediate practitioners in mind, this book is an invaluable resource for sound creators whose background falls anywhere on the spectrum between musician and computer programmer, and who seek to add new and innovative code-based techniques to their skill set. The companion website has an extensive collection of detailed code examples, which can be downloaded for exploration, experimentation, and hands-on learning.

Effective music production can be a challenge.This is where The Music Producer's Guide comes in. Each book is designed to demystify a music production concept, bringing professional results to your tracks.Within The Music Producer's Guide to EQ, you will embark on a transformative journey, discovering:¿ How to harness the power of EQ to improve and balance your mix.¿ The fundamental theories that underpin all EQ modules.¿ Expert tips and tricks for working with commonly-used instruments.¿ How to use the frequency spectrum and harmonic series to make excellent mixing decisions.Prepare yourself for better production and mixing sessions as The Music Producer's Guide to EQ arms you with the indispensable theory and practice necessary to elevate your music to new heights.

Du möchtest House, Techno, Hip-Hop, oder irgend eine andere Art der elektronischen Musik komponieren? Dann gibt Dir "EDM komponieren" ganz einfach und kompakt das Basiswissen an die Hand, dass Du brauchst, um mit einem Musikprogramm, wie Ableton, Cubase, FL Studio oder ähnlichem, einen Track zu komponieren. Du lernst, wie man einen Akkord bildet, wie man eine Harmoniefolge schreibt, und wie man darüber eine Melodie komponiert. Thomas Foster erklärt, was man wissen muss, um den nächsten EDM-Hit komponieren zu können. Musiktheorie für House-Musik-Fans, die Spaß macht! +++ Inklusive Video zur Veranschaulichung der Theorie-Beispiele! +++

"Die wunderbare Welt der Musikgeschichte von Mozart bis Chopin" entführt die Leser in die faszinierende Welt der klassischen Musik. Dieses Buch stellt die herausragenden Komponisten Mozart und Chopin sowie ihre einzigartigen musikalischen Meisterwerke vor. Tauchen Sie ein in die kreative Blütezeit und erleben Sie die zeitlosen Schätze der Musikgeschichte. Eine inspirierende Reise für Musikliebhaber.

The Moog synthesizer "bent the course of music forever" Rolling Stone declared. Bob Moog, the man who did that bending, was a lovable geek with Einstein hair and pocket protectors. He walked into history in 1964 when his homemade contraption unexpectedly became a sensation---suddenly everyone wanted a Moog. The Beatles, The Doors, The Byrds, and Stevie Wonder discovered his synthesizer, and it came to be featured in seminal film scores including Apocalypse Now and A Clockwork Orange. The Moog's game-changing sounds saturated 60's counterculture and burst into the disco party in the 70's to set off the electronic dance music movement. Bob had singlehandedly founded the synth industry and become a star in the process.But he was also going broke. Imitators copied his technology, the musicians' union accused him of replacing live players, and Japanese competitors started overtaking his work. He struggled to hang on to his inventions, his business, and his very name. Bob's story upends our notions of success and wealth, showing that the two don't always go together.In Switched On, author Albert Glinsky draws on exclusive access to Bob Moog's personal archives and his probing interviews with Bob's family and a multitude of associates, for this first complete biography of the man and his work. Switched On takes the reader on a roller coaster ride at turns triumphant, heart-breaking, and frequently laugh out loud absurd---a nuanced trip through the public and private worlds of this legendary inventor who altered the course of music.

An anthology of pioneer sound artist Mark Fell's work charting his defiantly unorthodox thinking on time, structure, technology, and the relation between academic and popular electronic music.<BR><BR>In this extensive anthology, Mark Fell, a pioneering artist known for his sound installations and his musical work solo and as part of SND and Sensate Focus, assembles a collection of diverse materials charting his defiantly unorthodox thinking on time, structure, technology, and the relation between academic and popular electronic music.<BR> <BR>An amalgam of workbook and manifesto, featuring a collection of interleaved statements, diagrammatic scores, and instructional texts, Structure and Synthesis is a direct engagement with Fell's original thinking and his continual provocations in regard to "experimental" music. Alongside reflections on theory and practice, the volume includes exercises for dismantling musical expertise, habits, and intuitions, documenting Fell's explorations of the peripheries of rhythm, shape, and time in perception and performance.<BR> <BR>Long-term collaborator designer Joe Gilmore provides a striking graphic context for Fell's evolving thinking and the methods and structures he has developed through his solo and collaborative work.

Der tausendfach erprobte Bestseller im Bereich der Bass-Lehrbücher! Die E-Bass-Schule von Tom Bornemann bietet perfektes Lernen auf drei Ebenen: 1. Das Buch 2. Die Playalongs, Hörbeispiele & Übungen 3. Die Homepage So ist gewährleistet, während und nach Erarbeiten des Buches, immer an den Autor herantreten zu können. Auf four-strings.de werden neue Themen und Songs zur Verfügung gestellt. Nachdem im ersten Band zunächst die technischen und rhythmischen Grundlagen des Bass-Spiels vermittelt wurden, setzt sich dieser zweite Band schwerpunktmäßig mit den Teilen der Harmonielehre auseinander, die für Bassisten wesentlich sind. Download-Material & Audio-CD Unter artist-ahead-download.de stehen alle Playalongs, Hörbeispiele und Übungen als Audio- und MP3-Dateien zum Download zur Verfügung. Eine Audio-CD mit allen Titeln zu diesem Buch ist in unserem Onlineshop unter artist-ahead.de erhältlich.

LISTENING: Music - Movement - Mind is a conceptual and practical book about the creative relationship between mind and body in the context of music and martial arts. It describes the potential of this relationship for our creativity and inspiration. Over the past 20 years, the musician and composer Nik Bärtsch, founder of the so-called Ritual Groove Music, has developed techniques that not only offer musicians and martial artists useful and surprising tools, but also support, focus and thus simplify learning processes in other fields of activity and in daily life. In addition to the individual learning aspect, Bärtsch presents basic collaborative and community-oriented strategies.The content of the book is based on the long-standing experience of the author Nik Bärtsch and his wife Andrea Pfisterer as performers in live music, as aikido practitioners, cultural entrepreneurs and teachers of music and physical techniques. They reflect their experiences and questions on a practical, philosophical, aesthetic and poetic level and offer and encourage new connections and perspectives for creative people."Imagine a composer as an engineer, listen with all your senses like a martial artist, train your sense of tempo, time and timing like a drummer, act with a partner like a unit." (Nik Bärtsch)Through essays and pictures, interviews, exercises and games, the book conveys the authors' poetic understanding of body and mind and inspires the individual creativity and consciousness of the readers, regardless of their background. The visual material includes photographs, drawings and diagrams, album covers and graphic word fields. The publication also documents the stages of Bärtsch's musical development as composer, solo pianist and bandleader of Ronin and Mobile, two formations that enjoy international recognition.

Effective music production can be a challenge. This is where The Music Producer's Guide comes in. Each book is designed to demystify a music production concept, bringing professional results to your tracks.In The Music Producer's Guide to Compression, you will learn:¿ The history of dynamic range compression.¿ How the functions of compressors work to bring out the best in your music.¿ How to harness the power of different types of compression in your work.¿ Advanced compression techniques used by the professionals.¿ How to use OTT or Multiband Dynamics to bring your music to the very cutting edge.Arming you with both theory and practice, The Music Producer's Guide to Compression will transform your production sessions, as well as arming you with the vital and often overlooked theoretical knowledge to continue honing your skills.

Effective music production can be a challenge. This is where The Music Producer's Guide comes in. Each book is designed to demystify a music production concept, bringing professional results to your tracks.In The Music Producer's Guide to Reverb, you will learn:¿ The acoustics and psychoacoustics that underpin the use of reverb in music.¿ Effective ways to apply reverb to drums, instruments, vocals and more. ¿ How to use a wide range of reverb units, such as Ableton's Reverb, Logic Pro X's Chromaverb or ValhallaDSP's ValhallaRoom.¿ Advanced reverb techniques at the cutting edge of music production.Arming you with both theory and practice, The Music Producer's Guide to Reverb will transform your production sessions, as well as arming you with the vital and often overlooked theoretical knowledge to continue honing your skills.