Broken Music

Journal

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Microtonal Music and Tuning Experiments Reshaping CompositionMusic that steps beyond the familiar twelve-tone grid has become one of contemporary composition's quietly influential currents. Composers return to older…
The best labels for experimental electronic music in 2024Experimental electronic music in 2024 spans dub techno, ambient abstraction, broken beat, modular synthesis, sound art and music built for headphones or custom…
How to trade and sell experimental music with other collectorsExperimental music collecting treats each recording as a specific artefact with its own physical and cultural identity. An Australian private press, a Japanese…
Pauline Oliveros and the Transformative Practice of Deep ListeningPauline Oliveros changed the way experimental music could be made, heard and shared. Across electronic composition, free improvisation, acoustic performance…
Why vinyl reissues can sound different from originalsA vinyl reissue may carry the same album title, cover image and track list as an earlier pressing, yet produce a noticeably different listening experience. The…
A guide to the most sought-after cassette releases of the 1980sThe 1980s cassette was more than a convenient format for portable listening. For experimental musicians, it offered a cheap, flexible way to circulate work…
How experimental sound and visual art shape each otherExperimental music has always exceeded the boundaries of listening. It can behave like sculpture, architecture, film, performance or installation, while visual…
What Is Radiophonic Music And Why Does It MatterRadiophonic music is made from recorded, generated, transformed, and assembled sound. It can include tape manipulation, oscillators, found noises, speech,…
The evolution of the experimental music bookstoreFor collectors who treat sound as an art form rather than a commodity, the experimental music bookstore is as familiar as a museum gift shop or a university…
Interpreting the music of John Cage: a listener's guideJohn Cage's music asks listeners to give up the search for melody and harmony as guiding lights, replacing them with attention to sound itself. For Australians…