
Subcontinental Synthesis
Electronic Music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969-1972
Paul Purgas(Author)
Strange Attractor Press
Published on 7. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-913689-58-2 (ISBN)
Description
The history of India’s first electronic music studio founded in 1969 at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad by David Tudor.
Subcontinental Synthesis 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. The 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.
Contributors
Geeta Dayal, Alannah Chance, Matt Williams, Shilpa Das, Jinraj Joshipura, You Nakai, Rahila Haque, and Paul Purgas
Subcontinental Synthesis 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. The 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.
Contributors
Geeta Dayal, Alannah Chance, Matt Williams, Shilpa Das, Jinraj Joshipura, You Nakai, Rahila Haque, and Paul Purgas
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
20 COLOR ILLUS., 40 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 207 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
224 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913689-58-2 (9781913689582)
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Electronic Music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969-1972
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