false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172178305m/146225.jpg 146225 1 In a series of essays by some of the best music writers of our time, Undercurrents identifies the key concepts and underlying themes that have been hardwired into the modern era's most radical musics, ever since Thomas Edison invented the record player. The phonograph, electronics, chance operations, Futurism, Surrealism, the civil rights movement, noise, alternative tuning systems and market forces have all redrawn the map of contemporary sound. Undercurrents tracks these seismic shifts across a wide range of music including modern composition, free jazz, experimental rock and pop, Industrial, ethnic music, Techno and electronica, and looks at the extraordinary innovations and invented instruments that have passed into obscurity. <P>Many of the essays in the book first appeared as a series in The Wire magazine, which since 1982 has bypassed the music mainstream in search of the most innovative, uncompromising and compelling sounds from all genres across the world. As music listeners have grown increasingly eclectic and adventurous in their tastes, The Wire has emerged as the most authoritative source on modern music. 141112 3 2003 Undercurrents: The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music total:21|5:4|4:15|3:1|2:1|1:0| 21 85 54 4 4 0 false false Thu Apr 02 13:56:10 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 13:56:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jun 25 19:26:55 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 19:28:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Aug 14 02:10:13 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 02:12:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 16 20:09:05 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 20:13:56 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Oct 20 13:26:43 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 13:26:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 19:36:33 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 19:36:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 07:35:18 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 07:35:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 23 17:40:15 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 17:40:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 24 10:33:54 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 10:33:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 17 08:23:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 08:23:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 23 20:20:44 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 20:20:58 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 11:18:27 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 11:18:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 10 14:45:52 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 14:45:52 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 04 14:42:22 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 14:42:22 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 25 00:49:22 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 00:49:22 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Dec 18 11:46:32 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 11:46:32 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Oct 10 19:13:36 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 19:13:38 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Aug 27 15:43:43 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 15:43:43 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Aug 19 13:45:46 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 13:45:56 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Jul 25 12:31:52 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 12:31:52 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=146225