\n This week, you will be listening to music that is considered \u201celectronica.\u201d \u00a0As you have read this week, technology moved at a fast pace from the 70s all the way through to the present day. For our guided listening this week, we will be exploring these new technologies. Be sure to read through the entire page, as this particular assignment is formatted slightly different compared to our previous guided listening assignments.\n <\/p>\n
\n Resources that might help you: \u2022 What is electronica music?. (2019). worldatlas.\n <\/p>\n
\n Campbell, M. (2019).\u00a0Popular music in America. 5th ed.\n <\/p>\n
\n Chapter 17: Electronica and Rap (pgs. 312-331)\n <\/p>\n
\n Instructions: Part 1: Electronica\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Answer the following question: o Define Electronica.\n <\/p>\n
\n Part 2: Chance Music\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 On the internet or your phone, listen to ONE the following examples of antecedents of electronica. Those composers used totally electronic sounds, taped small segments of sounds and wrote music in fragments. They would often leave the order of performance up to the performer, and this would change from performance to performance. This is known as chance music.\n <\/p>\n
\n o Karlheniz Stockhausen, \u201cMikrophonie\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n o Milton Babbitt, \u201cEnsembles for Synthesizer\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n o John Cage, \u201cImaginary Landscape No. 1\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n o Edgar Varese, \u201cPoeme electronique\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 After listening to your selection, answer the following questions in a word document:\n <\/p>\n
\n o Define the musical term: Chance Music.\n <\/p>\n
\n o Share a brief biography of the composer that you chose.\n <\/p>\n
\n o What is the date that the original music was written? What is the date that this original recording was made\/released ?\n <\/p>\n
\n o Are sequencers and loops used in these recordings? If so, how?\n <\/p>\n
\n o What was your favorite thing about the performances\/recordings?\n <\/p>\n
\n o What emotions did the performances\/recordings make you feel when you heard it?\n <\/p>\n
\n Part 3: Ambient Music\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Ambient music goes back to the 1970s, is considered \u201catmospheric music.\u201d On the internet or your phone, listen to ONE of these artists:\n <\/p>\n
\n o Brian Eno, \u201cMusic for Airports\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n o Pink Floyd, \u201cAstronomy Domine\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n o Kraftwerk, \u201cRoberter\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n o Tangerine Dream, \u201cStratosfear\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 After listening to your selection, answer the following questions in a word document:\n <\/p>\n
\n o Define the musical term: Ambient.\n <\/p>\n
\n o Share a brief biography of the artist\/ensemble that you chose.\n <\/p>\n
\n o What is the date that the original music was written? What is the date that this original recording was made\/released ?\n <\/p>\n
\n o Are sequencers and loops used in these recordings? If so, how?\n <\/p>\n
\n o What was your favorite thing about the performances\/recordings?\n <\/p>\n
\n o What emotions did the performances\/recordings make you feel when you heard it?\n <\/p>\n
\n Part 4: More Mainstream Electronica\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 By the mid-1990s, electronica began to \u201cchart\u201d and electronic elements began to merge with tock, tap and other pop elements to create a new fusion. On the internet or your phone, listen to ONE of these artists:\n <\/p>\n
\n o Nine Inch Nails, \u201cGhosts IV\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n o Moby, \u201cSouth Side\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n o Bjork, \u201cBachelorette\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n o Chemical Brothers, \u201cBlock Rockin\u2019 Beats\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n o Trent Reznor\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 After listening to your selection, answer the following questions in a word document:\n <\/p>\n
\n o Share a brief biography of the artist you chose.\n <\/p>\n
\n o What is the date that the original music was written? What is the date that this original recording was made\/released ?\n <\/p>\n
\n o Are sequencers and loops used in these recordings? If so, how?\n <\/p>\n
\n o What was your favorite thing about the performances\/recordings?\n <\/p>\n
\n o What emotions did the performances\/recordings make you feel when you heard it?\n <\/p>\n
\n Requirements:\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Three to four pages in length, excluding the Reference page. \u2022 APA format, including an in-text citation for referenced works. \u2022 At least four resources.\n <\/p>\n
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