Sounds of the Underground : A Cultural, Political and Aesthetic Mapping of Underground and Fringe Music / Stephen Graham.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Tracking pop | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016Copyright date: ©[2016]Description: 1 online resource (328 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472121649
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Contents:
Preface; Part I-What Is the Underground?; 1. Introduction to the Underground and Its Fringes; 2. The Music and Musicians; 3. Global and Local Underground/Fringe Scenes; Part II-The Political and Cultural Underground; 4. Politics and Underground/Fringe Music; 5. Cultural Policy and Underground/Fringe Music; 6. Artists and Music, Improv and Noise; 7. The Digital Economy and Labels; 8. Festivals and Venues; Part III-Listening to the Underground; 9. Noise as Concept, History, and Scene; 10. The Politics of Underground Music and Noise; 11. The Sounds of Noise; 12. Extreme Metal
ConclusionList of Interviewees; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary: In this book, Stephen Graham examines the largely unexplored terrain of underground music-exploratory forms of music-making, such as noise, free improvisation, and extreme metal, that exist outside or on the fringes of mainstream culture, generally independent from both the market and from traditional high-art institutions. Until now there has been little scholarly discussion of underground music and its cultural, political, and aesthetic importance. In addition to providing a much-needed historical outline of this diverse scene, Stephen Graham focuses on the digital age, showing the underground and its fringes as based largely in radical anti-capitalist politics and aesthetics, tied to the political contexts and structures of late-capitalism. Sounds of the Underground explores these various ideas of separation and capture through interviews and analysis, developing a critical account of both the music and its political and cultural economy.
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Preface; Part I-What Is the Underground?; 1. Introduction to the Underground and Its Fringes; 2. The Music and Musicians; 3. Global and Local Underground/Fringe Scenes; Part II-The Political and Cultural Underground; 4. Politics and Underground/Fringe Music; 5. Cultural Policy and Underground/Fringe Music; 6. Artists and Music, Improv and Noise; 7. The Digital Economy and Labels; 8. Festivals and Venues; Part III-Listening to the Underground; 9. Noise as Concept, History, and Scene; 10. The Politics of Underground Music and Noise; 11. The Sounds of Noise; 12. Extreme Metal

ConclusionList of Interviewees; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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In this book, Stephen Graham examines the largely unexplored terrain of underground music-exploratory forms of music-making, such as noise, free improvisation, and extreme metal, that exist outside or on the fringes of mainstream culture, generally independent from both the market and from traditional high-art institutions. Until now there has been little scholarly discussion of underground music and its cultural, political, and aesthetic importance. In addition to providing a much-needed historical outline of this diverse scene, Stephen Graham focuses on the digital age, showing the underground and its fringes as based largely in radical anti-capitalist politics and aesthetics, tied to the political contexts and structures of late-capitalism. Sounds of the Underground explores these various ideas of separation and capture through interviews and analysis, developing a critical account of both the music and its political and cultural economy.

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