Experimental Music: Audio Explorations in Australia by Gail Priest, ISBN 9781921410079

Publisher Description:
"Experimental Music" brings together histories of experimental music making that have not been covered comprehensively before, and also covers a wider range of approaches in experimental music practice than current books on the market. The book covers a range of styles of music making so can appeal to a variety of readers. The chapters are written by artists who are active participants in the areas that they are writing about, bringing about an insider understanding and passion. The text is aimed at secondary and early tertiary students, and is documentative rather than analytical.Experimental music has been mostly unrecognised in Australia, but it is in this 'underground' area that the major innovations and creative developments in music occur. Through testing perceived boundaries, breaking rules and creating new forms, the artists in this field force us to question what, in fact, music is. Written by artists who have been actively engaged in the areas they are covering, "Experimental Music" explores the development of forms, ideas and scenes from the 1970s to the present.