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The Discipline of Not Knowing
A bioacoustician goes out knowing what they are looking for. An audio-naturalist goes out not knowing. Thibault Noirot on a French trade passed hand to hand and almost never written down, on what every instrument costs you, and on why the frame is already a mix.
ImprovisationElectronic Music8 min readTechno on Canvas: Rethinking Audiovisual Practice in the Age of AI
Yoonwoo Ha
Electroacoustic music3D Audio10 min readThe Sound Object — Ambiguity and Presence in the Age of Spatial Sound
Patrick Kizny / Slovox
CompositionMusic aesthetics14 min readIt sounds like someone imagining us
Pravina Manoharan
InterfacesAudiosoftware18 min readBuilding Worlds with Sounding Future
Fränk Zimmer
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