Experimental music

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music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, and/or some primary element of a composed work's realization is left to the determination of its performer(s)

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form of electroacoustic music

subgenre of heavy metal

A soundscape is the acoustic environment as perceived by humans, in context. The term, originally coined by Michael Southworth, was popularized by R. Murray Schafer. There is a varied history of the use of soundscape depending on discipline, ranging from urban design to wildlife ecology to computer science. An important distinction is to separate soundscape from the broader acoustic environment. The acoustic environment is the combination of all the acoustic resources, natural and artificial, within a given area as modified by the environment. The International Organization for Standardization

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form of electroacoustic music

British music magazine

book by Luigi Russolo

Plunderphonics is a music genre in which tracks are constructed by sampling recognizable musical works. The term was coined by composer John Oswald in 1985 in his essay "Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative", and eventually explicitly defined in the liner notes of his Grayfolded album. Plunderphonics is a form of sound collage. Oswald has described it as a referential and self-conscious practice which interrogates notions of originality and identity.

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Artist, musician, composer, philosopher (1939-2009)

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music term and genre; technique where newly branded sound objects or compositions, including songs, are created from collage

integration of programming as part of running program

Sonorism (Polish: Sonoryzm) is an approach to musical composition associated with a number of notable Polish composers. The scholar Józef Michał Chomiński coined the term "sonoristics" (Polish: sonorystyka) to describe the urge to explore purely sonic phenomena in composition, and from this term derived "sonorism" to describe an avant-garde style in Polish music of the 1960s that focused on timbre . As a movement, sonorism was initiated in the 1950s in the avant-garde of Polish music . Music that emphasises sonorism as a compositional approach tends to focus on specific characteristics and qua

20th-century movement in music

An algorave (from an algorithm and rave) is an event where people dance to music generated from algorithms, often using live coding techniques. Alex McLean of Slub and Nick Collins coined the word "algorave" in 2011, and the first event under such a name was organised in London, England. It has since become a movement, with algoraves taking place around the world.

music for which the composition or performance is determined by chance