Sex Sounds Vectors of Difference in Electronic Music

• Main Author: Sofer, Danielle Shlomit (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2022
• Series: The MIT Press
• Subjects: Electronic music; Acoustic & sound engineering; electroacoustic; music analysis; music theory; musicology; sex; sound; race; racism; gender; sexuality; sampling; acousmatic; EDM; hip-hop; hip hop; rap; popular music; pop; disco; Western art music; classical music; Janelle Monae; bharatanatyam; opera; representation; feminism; woman; girlhood; voice; female voice; sexism; sound art; noise; critical race theory; quare; queer; lesbian; pornography; homosexual; homoerotic; heterosexual; same sex; trans; transgender; asexuality; asexual; autoerotic; masturbation; veil; game; satire; parody; tape; composers; phonograph; amplification; granular synthesis; grain; vocoder; Y2k; DJ; music production; 20th century; twentieth century; 21st century; twenty-first century.
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An investigation of sexual themes in electronic music since the 1950s, with detailed case studies of "electrosexual music" by a wide range of creators. In Sex Sounds, Danielle Shlomit Sofer investigates the repeated focus on sexual themes in electronic music since the 1950s. Debunking elec...