Subcontinental synthesis : electronic music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969-1972 /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 22 April, 2025 - 21:30

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Purgas, Paul,

Source:

Strange Attractor Press,, London, United Kingdom, p.135 pages : (2024)

ISBN:

1913689581

Call Number:

ML1380

Keywords:

Electronic music, fast, History and criticism., India, Moog (Synthétiseur), Moog synthesizer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index."Explores the history of India's first electronic music studio, founded in 1969 at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad with the support of the composer David Tudor. These essays and writings unravel the narrative and context surrounding the studio, as well as the work of the Indian composers who created groundbreaking recordings during its four years of activity. The texts reflect on the role of electronic music within a post-independence India, considering its interconnections with experimental design, radical pedagogies, and the international avant-garde, as well as the encircling conditions of Western ideological soft power within the global expansion of Modernism."--Front flap.