Experimental Music Since 1970 Paperback – Illustrated, August 11, 2016

I am sitting in a room different from the one you are in now. I am recording my thoughts pertaining to the ideas Ms. Gottschalk describes in her great new book and I am going to refer to it again and again to my friends until the resonant frequencies of my enthusiasm reinforce the need to read this book. Any semblance of routine, except for the depth of scholarship, is destroyed. What you will read, then, are the natural resonant frequencies of the genre (Experimental Music) articulated by speech. This is not just a 'Contemporary Music' history, the word 'Experimental' is perfectly descriptive. 'Indeterminancy', 'Silence', 'Acts of discovery', 'Harmonic relations', 'Playing with numbers', 'Learning by making', 'Finding hidden sounds'; the section titles lead us into a world of sound not widely known outside academia. Ms. Gottschalk has also published a resource guide to accompany the book with links to the music at [...] I regard this activity not so much as a demonstration of a physical fact, but more as a way to assist the reader in any problems they may have in finding this music. Congratulations to Jennie Gottschalk and Bloomsbury Academic for bringing us this essential work.

I learned much about the topic and found it to be an enjoyable read. I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in music or sound art.

Carefully researched, approached with originality, written from experience - this book is essential reading for those who wish to expand their knowledge of developing music.

not really reflecting upon the experimental directions in a critical way, just a collection of all these time-wasting "creativities" of people who are not capable of inventing intelligent music