Playing With Something That Runs: Technology, Improvisation, And Composition In Dj And Laptop Performance

The DJs and laptop performers of electronic dance music use preexistent elements such as records and digital samples to create extended improvisations. Analysis of these technologically mediated performances reveals a complex dynamic in which a modular approach to musical structure enables flexible adaptation and transformation of seemingly 'fixed' products in live contexts. This book covers the following topics: ontology; interface design and liveness in performance; the interaction of the preexistent and the novel within improvisation; and musical design as performative technology.

• | Author: Mark Jonathan Butler
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 280 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0195393627
• | ISBN-13: 9780195393620