Japanoise Music at the Edge of Circulation

Name: Japanoise Music at the Edge of Circulation
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ISBN: 9780822353928

ISBN-10: 082235392X

ISBN-13: 9780822353928

Edition: 2013

Authors: David Novak, Anne Allison

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Noise, an underground music genre made through an amalgam of feedback, distortion, and electronic effects, first emerged in the 1980s, circulating on cassette tapes traded between fans in Japan, Europe and North America. With its cultivated obscurity, ear-shattering sound, and over-the-top performances, Noise has captured the imagination of a small but passionate transnational audience.For its scattered listeners, Noise always seems to be new, and to come from somewhere else: in North America, it was "Japanoise." But does Noise really belong to Japan? Is it even music at all? And why has Noise become such a compelling metaphor for the complexities of globalization and participatory media at…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 6/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Scenes of Liveness and Deadness



Sonic Maps of the Japanese Underground



Listening to Noise in Kansai



Genre Noise



Feedback, Subjectivity, and Performance



Japanoise and Technoculture



The Future of Cassette Culture


Epilogue: A Strange History


Notes


References


Index