Channel Power

Publication series Das Neue Alphabet (The New Alphabet), Volume 18
Editors: Detlef Diederichsen, Arno Raffeiner
Publisher: Spector Books, Leipzig
76 pages, German and English edition
color illustrations, paperback with folded dust cover
ISBN DE: 978-3-95905-596-3
ISBN EN: 978-3-95905-597-0
Price: 10 €

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Music is defined by the possibilities and limits of the forms in which it is recorded and disseminated. There could be no “Ode to Joy” without musical notation, no quiet sounds without microphones, no global hits without radio. In the digital age, this is more so than ever, with the result that the work of musicians sometimes serves more as a source of “instant hot water” that can be siphoned off to establish new formats and portals that become the actual show. The situation today is unprecedented, with the channels now making the music. This book tracks their power as the engines defining music: in technical, economic and artistic terms, ranging from recycling and processing systems and digital one-offs to the endless stream of lip sync videos.

With contributions by Khyam Allami, Adriana Amaral, Jessica Ekomane, Agnès Gayraud, Katharina Gschwendtner, Aviv Koriat, Cristina Plett, Reginold Royston and Nathalie Singer