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Books
| Title | Author | Year of Publication | Publisher / Contact Info | Book Info (ISBN, no. of pages, listed price, illustrated, index, biblio, CD-ROM, etc.) | Date Posted | Reviewer Bids | Target Issue |
| Apple Pro Training Series: Soundtrack: Create
Original Scores for Video, DVD, and the Web |
Mary Plummer |
2004 |
Peachpit Press |
ISBN: 0-321-24690-X Pages: 458 |
November 2004 |
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| Audio Anecdotes: Tools,
Tips, and Techniques for Digital Audio |
Edited by Ken Greenbaum
and Ronen Barzel |
2004 |
A.K. Peters, Ltd |
ISBN: 1-56881-104-7 Pages: 489 |
November 2004 |
1 | 30.4 |
| The Sound Blaster Live! Book: A Complete Guide to the World's Most Popular Sound Card | Lars Ahlzen and Clarence Song | 2003 | Publisher: William Pollock No Starch Press, Inc. |
ISBN: 1-886411-73-5 Pages: 572 |
November 2004 | ||
| techtv Secrets of the Digital Studio: Insider's Guide to Desktop Recording | James Maguire with Jim Louderback | 2002 | Que Corporation |
ISBN: 0-7897-2686-6 Pages: 418 |
November 2004 | ||
| Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music 2nd Edition | Ian Johnston | 2002 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
ISBN: 0-7503-0762-5 Pages: 406 |
November 2004 | ||
| The Music of American Composer Lejaren Hiller and and Examination of his Early Works Involving Technology | James Matthew Bohn | 2004 | Edwin Mellen Press |
ISBN: 0-7734-6440-9 SHIM Series ISBN: 0-88946-426-X Pages: 280 |
November 2004 | 30.3 | |
| Recording Studio Design | Philip Newell | 2003 | Focal Press |
ISBN: 0-240-51917-5 Pages: 613 |
November 2004 | ||
| The Future of Music | David Kusek and Gerd Leonhard | 2005 | Berklee Press |
ISBN: 0-87639-059-9 Pages: 181 |
November 2004 | 2 | |
| The Future Of The Music
Business |
Steve Gordon |
2005 | Backbeat Books |
ISBN: 0-87930-844-3 Pages: 269 |
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| Audio Postproduction for Digital Video | Jay Rose | 2002 | CMP Books |
ISBN: 1-57820-116-0 Pages: 429 |
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| The Complete Pro Tools Handbook | Jose "Chilitos" Valenzuela | 2003 | Backbeat Books |
ISBN: 0-87930-733-1 Pages: 516 |
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| Pro Tools for Macintosh and Windows | Steven Roback | 2004 | Peachpit Press |
ISBN: 0-321-21315-7 Pages: 584 |
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| Musikalische Grammatik und Musikalisches Problemlosen | Otto E. Laske | 2004 | Peter Lang | ISBN: 0-8204-7395-2 Pages: 259 |
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| The Complete Pro Tools Shortcuts | Jose "Chilitos" Valenzuela | 2004 |
Backbeat Books | ISBN: 0-87930-807-9 Pages: 109 |
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| WIRED: Musicians' Home Studios | Megan Perry | 2004 | Backbeat Books | ISBN: 0-87930-794-3 Pages: 182 |
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| Fib and Phi in Music | Charles Madden | 2005 | High Art Press | ISBN: 0-9671727-6-4 Pages: 366 |
30.3 | ||
| Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production | Andrea Pejrolo | 2005 | Focal Press | ISBN: 0-240-51960-4 Pages: 308 |
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| Pro Tools Surround Sound Mixing | Rich Tozzoli | 2005 | Backbeat Books | ISBN: 0-87930-832-X Pages: 163 |
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| Time-Frequency and Time-Scale Methods | Jeffrey A. Hogan, Joseph D. Lakey | 2005 | Birkhauser | ISBN: 0-8176-4276-5 Pages: 388 |
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| The Art Of Digital Music | David Battino and Kelli Richards | 2005 | Backbeat Books | ISBN: 0-87930-830-3 Pages: 260 |
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| Wired For Sound | Paul D. Greene and Thomas Porcello, ed. | 2005 | Wesleyan University Press | ISBN: 0-8195-6517-2 Pages: 288 |
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| Recording Tips for Engineers; For Cleaner, Brighter Tracks | Tim Crich | 2005 | Focal Press | ISBN: 0-240-51974-4 Pages: 237 |
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| Music Engraving Today | Steven Powell | 2002 | Brichtmark Music | ISBN: 0-9658910-1-1 Pages: 249 |
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| Make Music Now! | Mitch Gallagher, ed. | 2002 | Backbeat Books | ISBN: 0-87930-637-8 Pages: 181 |
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| PC Music Composing with Cubasis VST & Notation | Vera Trusova and Evgeny Medvedev | 2003 | A-LIST, LLC | ISBN: 1-931769-10-9 Pages: 453 |
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| PC Virtual, Digital, Audio Workstation with SAWStudio, Nuendo, & Samplitude Producer | Vera Trusova and Evgeny Medvedev | 2003 | A-LIST, LLC | ISBN: 1-931769-09-5 Pages: 432 |
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| Live Music on Your PC | Vera Trusova and Evgeny Medvedev | 2002 | A-LIST, LLC | ISBN: 1-931769-06-0 Pages: 690 |
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| PC Music Home Studio: Secrets, Tips & Tricks | R. Petelin and Yu. Petelin | 2002 | A-LIST, LLC | ISBN: 1-931769-07-9 Pages: 634 |
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Compact Discs
| Title | Composer / Ensemble / Organization |
Year of Release | Disc Number | Label / Contact Info | Date Posted | Reviewer Bids | Target Issue |
| New Zealand Sonic Art III |
Hirini Melbourne/Richard Nunns, John Elmsly, Kit Powell, Phil Dadson,
Ian Whalley, Norman Skipp, Chris Cree Brown, Chris Knox, William Harsono,
Michael Norris. |
2002 |
1 |
UWMD 1202 Department of Music The University of Waikato |
November 2004 |
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| Appleton & Treu |
Achim Treu and Jon Appleton |
2003 |
1 |
Crippled Dick Hot Wax! |
November 2004 |
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| Route | Mark Alexander Bromwich |
2001 |
1 |
Electronic Dance Theatre Contact: MPS Music & Video |
November 2004 |
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| It's Never Enough, Is It? | Burgess Shale |
2003 |
1 |
Skeptical Records |
November 2004 |
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| Many Times... Acoustic Instruments and Interactive
Electronics |
Joel Chadabe (with Jan Williams, Benjamin Chadabe,
David Gibson, Chriss Mann and Esther Lamneck.) |
2004 |
1 |
EMF Media |
November 2004 |
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| Cultures électroniques |
29th International Competition of Electroacoustic
Music and Sonic Art, Bourges 2002: Ricardo Mandolini, Jon Christopher
Nelson, Joao Pedro Oliveira, Tim Souster, David Berezan, Marco Marinoni,
Eric La Casa, Gabriel Brncic and Ake Parmerud. |
2002 |
2 |
Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique
de Bourges |
November 2004 |
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| Material: 10 Years of Sound |
Intonarumori (Kevin Goldsmith) |
2001 |
1 |
Unit Circle Rekkids |
November 2004 |
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| Air Drum |
Marie Samuelsson |
2003 |
1 |
STIM (The Swedish Performing
Rights Society) |
November 2004 |
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| IOLINI: Electroacoustic, Chamber Ensemble, Soundscapes
& Works for Radio |
Robert Iolini |
2000 |
1 |
ReR Megacorp | November 2004 |
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| Limes X plus one::Anywhere Far |
Patrick Bebelaar, Frank Kroll, Bernd Settelmeyer, Ulrich SüBe,
Jürgen Bräuninger |
2004 |
1 |
dmi-records |
November 2004 |
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| Krydsfelt: norpol |
The Museum for Contemporary Art |
2001 |
1 |
The Museum for Contemporary Art |
November 2004 |
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| Air Curtain |
Fourcolor |
(none provided) |
1 |
12K |
November 2004 |
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| Contrasts |
Carey Nutman |
1994 |
1 |
MPS Music and Video | December 2004 | ||
| Contrasts 2 |
Carey Nutman |
1998 |
1 |
MPS Music and Video | December 2004 |
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| Mutek 02 |
Complilation |
(2002) |
1 |
www.mutek.ca |
December 2004 |
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| Cage of Sand | Carlos Zingaro |
2002 |
1 |
SIRR.ecords |
December 2004 |
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| Rodney Waschka II: Saint Ambrose |
Steve Duke |
2002 |
1 |
Capstone Records |
December 2004 |
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| Dedicated to Chris Marker |
sul |
2002 |
1 |
SIRR.ecords |
December 2004 |
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| Event and Repetitions |
Richard Pinhas |
2002 |
1 |
Cuniform Records |
December 2004 |
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| Pulse Muic III vanishing poits a cappella |
John McGuire |
2002 (1997 first publication) |
1 |
Sargasso |
December 2004 |
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| P as in Peter,
F as in Frank: Sound and Noise |
Secret Agent Gel |
2001 |
1 |
Opiate Records
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December 2004 |
1 |
30.4 |
| Stolen Music: New Compositions by Matthew
Davidson |
Matthew Davidson |
2000 |
1 |
Capstone Records |
December 2004 |
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| Winded |
Warren Burt, Kenneth Gaburo,
Philib Blackburn and Gary Verkade |
1999 |
1 |
Innova Records |
December 2004 |
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| Function Generator |
Zbigniew Karkowski/Xopher
Davidson |
2001 |
1 |
SIRR-ecords |
December 2004 |
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| Open Space 13 |
Benjamin Boretz and J.K. Randall Produced by Mary Roberts |
2001 |
1 |
Open Space |
December 2004 |
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| The Four Hundred Boys |
Alex Keller |
2001 |
1 |
Mictlan Recordings |
December 2004 |
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| Secret Sleeping Birds |
Pimmon |
2001 |
1 |
SIRR.ecords |
December 2004 |
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| So |
Markus Popp and Eir |
2003 |
1 |
North American Press- Jessica and Sam
at Thrill Jockey |
December 2004 |
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| Pas |
Leslie Stuck |
2003 |
1 |
Cycling '74 |
December 2004 |
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| Set or Performance |
Richard Chartier |
2004 |
1 |
12Music |
December 2004 |
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| Jorge Linderman: Walking Dances |
David Tanenbaum, guitar Earplay and Guitar orchestra and electric bass: Jugend-Gitarrenorchester, Bade-Württemberg and Helmut Oesterreich, conductor |
2004 |
1 |
Bridge Records Inc. |
December 2004 |
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| Martian Anthropology |
Mark Applebaum |
2004 |
1 |
Innova Records
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December 2004 |
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| Outer Circles |
Victoria Jordanova |
2004 |
1 |
Innova Records
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December 2004 |
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| Machine Language |
Dan Truman |
2004 |
1 |
Bridge Records Inc. |
December 2004 |
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| A Laminar Project | Manifold |
2002 |
1 |
Synapta Music |
December 2004 |
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| Left To His Own Devices |
Eric Chasalow |
2003 |
1 |
New World Records |
December 2004 |
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| Transit |
John Fitz Rogers |
2002 |
1 |
Gale Recordings |
December 2004 |
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| The Light Stuff: Volume 1 |
Carey Nutman |
1999 |
1 |
MPS Music and Video | December 2004 |
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| Rhizomes |
Stephan Dunkelman |
2002 |
1 |
empreintes DIGITALes |
December 2004 |
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| Musicas Ficticias |
António Ferreira |
2000 |
1 |
AnAnAnA |
December 2004 |
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| Undistilled |
Sakada: Mattin, Rosy Parlane and Eddie
Prévost |
2002 |
1 |
Matchless Recordings and Publishing |
December 2004 |
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| extra infos |
Arturo Parra |
2002 |
1 |
Diffusion Media |
December 2004 |
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| Pangaea |
Kurt Anderson |
2002 |
1 |
(none provided) |
December 2004 |
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| Tuning In |
Kari Väkevä | 2002 |
1 |
Kari Väkevä |
December 2004 |
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| Midway |
Valery Silver and Kiryll Trepakov |
2003 |
1 |
Electroshock Records |
December 2004 |
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| Credo |
Roman Stolyar |
2004 |
1 |
Electroshock Records |
December 2004 |
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| Electroacoustic Music: Volume 3 |
Compilation by Artemly Artemiev |
2003 |
1 |
Electroshock Records |
December 2004 | ||
| Equilibrium |
Artemiy Artemiev and Karda Estra |
2002 |
1 |
Electroshock Records | December 2004 |
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| Three Odes |
Edward Artemiev |
2002 |
1 |
Electroshock Records |
December 2004 |
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| 57 Minutes To Silence |
Artemiy artemiev and Christopher
De Laurenti |
2002 |
1 |
Electroshock Records |
December 2004 |
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| Oöphoi Bardo |
Oöphoi Bardo | 2002 |
1 |
Electroshock Records |
December 2004 |
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| Deusexmachina |
Antanas Jasenka |
2002 |
1 |
Electroshock Records |
December 2004 |
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| Fastgod: e-psalms |
Anatoly Pereslegin |
2002 |
1 |
Electroshock Records | December 2004 |
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| Voices and Movement |
Stanislav Kreitchi |
2002 |
1 |
Electroshock Records | December 2004 |
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| Transfiguration |
Artemiy Artemiev and Peter Frohmader |
2002 |
1 |
Electroshock Records | December 2004 |
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| A Moment of Infinity |
Artemiy Artemiev and Phillip B. Klingler |
2002 |
1 |
Electroshock Records | December 2004 | ||
| Mandandome Callar |
Julio Sanz Vazquez |
1995 |
1 |
Unió Müsics |
December 2004 |
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| Photographies:
Glasgow, Frankfurt, Exeter |
John Levack Drever |
2003 |
1 |
Sound-Marked |
December 2004 |
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| MET LIFE: a walk through
the bazaar: 4 |
Erdem Helvacioglu |
2003 |
1 |
Locust Music |
December 2004 |
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| Modotrio |
(Modotrio): Craig Brenan, Jeff Johnson and John Neelin |
2000 |
1 |
Modo Music modotrio@yahoo.com |
December 2004 |
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| Music From the Ocean |
Bob L. Sturm |
2002 |
1 |
(none provided) |
December 2004 |
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| Visions |
Victor Cerullo |
2003 |
1 |
Electroshock Records | December 2004 |
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| Indium |
Richard Bone |
2003 |
1 |
Electroshock Records |
December 2004 |
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| Nozzle: A Laminar Project |
Fred Szymanski |
2003 |
1 |
Synapta Music |
December 2004 |
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| Music from SEAMUS:
The Society for Electro-acoustic music in the United States: Volume
13 |
Compilation: Elainie
Lillios, Benjamin Broening, Jon Appleton, Konstantinos Karathanasis,
Russell Pinkston, Noel Paul, Mark Applebaum, James Mobberley and Larry
Austin |
2004 |
1 |
The Society for
Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States |
December 2004 |
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| Incandescence |
Electric Music
Collective: Compilation |
1995-2002 |
1 |
Electric Music
Collective |
December 2004 |
30.4 |
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| The Marilyn Series |
Amnon Wolman |
2002 |
1 |
Centaur Records, Inc. |
December 2004 |
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| Scrypt |
Lithops | 2003 |
1 |
Sonig |
December 2004 |
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| So |
Thrill Jockey |
2003 |
1 |
Thrill Jockey | December 2004 |
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| Selected Planets |
Samuel Pellman |
2003 |
1 |
Innova Press |
December 2004 |
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| Compendium International
Bourges 2001 |
Compilation: Christian
Clozier, Erik Mikael Karlsson, Eduardo Polonio, Eatriz Ferreyra, Jacky
Merit, Elzbieta Sikora, Françoise Barriêre, Horacio Vaggione,
Adolfo Nuñez, Patrick Ascione and Philippe Auclaire |
2001 |
2 |
Institut International
de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges |
December 2004 |
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| Randonée 0.06 |
Vitriol |
2001 |
1 |
SIRR-ecords | December 2004 |
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| RKK 13 |
Remixes of early Hrvatski material |
(none provided) |
1 |
Reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge |
December 2004 | ||
| Electronic Soundscapes: Anatomy of Ecstasy |
Rob Levit |
2004 |
2 |
Symbol System Music |
December 2004 |
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| Vertebra |
Matthew Ostrowski |
1997 |
1 |
Pogus |
December 2004 |
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| Electronic Tax Return |
Pimmon |
2001 |
1 |
Tigerbeat6 |
December 2004 |
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| Um Argentino no Deserto |
René Bertholo |
2002 |
1 |
SIRR-ecords | December 2004 |
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| Corrosion |
Paul Doornbusch |
2002 |
1 |
Electronic Music
Foundation (EMF) |
December 2004 |
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| ...dans le silence de la nuit... |
Gilles Gobeil |
2001 |
1 |
empreintes DIGITALes |
December 2004 |
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| Multiples: The Lost Project |
Rocco Di Pietro |
2004 |
2 |
www.DiPietroEditions.com |
December 2004 |
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| Momentum |
Petri Kuljentausta |
2004 |
1 |
Charm of Sound |
December 2004 |
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| Electronic Compositions |
Kees Tazelaar |
2004 |
1 |
MuziekGroep Nederland |
December 2004 |
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| live_src |
Mikroknytes |
2003 |
1 |
Crank Automotive |
December 2004 |
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| integração |
M. Behrens |
2001 |
1 |
SIRR-ecords | December 2004 |
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| Arvada |
Exit Human |
2001 |
1 |
DH Records |
December 2004 |
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| Sondes |
Randall Smith |
1999 |
1 |
Diffusion i Media |
December 2004 |
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| Cultures Électroniques:
Bourges 1998 25 Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique |
Compilation: Natasha
Barrett, Gilles Racot, Jonas Broberg, Paul Koonce, Love Mangs, José
Manrique, Emanuele Casale, Fabio Cifariello, Barry Truax, Klaus Röder,
Patrick Kosk and Ton Bruynel. |
1998 |
2 |
Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges | December 2004 |
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| The Agents of Impurity |
Kenneth Goldsmith |
2004 |
1 |
Sonic Arts Network |
December 2004 |
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| Interesting Results: Music by a Committee
of One-or, "I Feel Like I'm A-Fixin' to Diy" |
Irwin Chusid |
2004 |
1 |
Sonic Arts Network | December 2004 |
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| A Call for Silence |
Nicolas Collins |
2004 |
1 |
Sonic Arts Network | December 2004 |
30.3 |
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| Machine Orchestra |
Logos |
2005 | 1 | Stichting Logos | |||
| Robodies | Logos | 2005 |
1 | Stichting Logos |
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| Shadow Quartet |
Neil Rolnick | 2005 | 1 | Innova Press |
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| Archaic |
Matthew Smith | 2005 | 1 | Innova Press | |||
| Music from the Valley of the Flower |
Robert Ziino |
2005 | 1 | www.experimentalartists.com |
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| Music for Stanford |
Dexter Morrill with Stan Getz, Maureen Chowning, and Chris Chafe | 2004 |
1 | Centaur Records, Inc. |
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| Every Still Day |
Taylor Deupree+Eisi | 2005 | 1 | 12Music |
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| Stryngebite |
Compilation: Michael Edwards, Karlheinz
Essl, Arteom Denissov, Gerhard E. Winkler, Achim Bornhoft |
2003 | 1 | Sumtone |
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| Ex Vivo |
Meri von KleinSmid | 2005 |
1 | Mimeograph recordings |
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| Defiant |
Electric Music Collective: Compilation | 2004 | 1 | Electric Music Collective | 30.4 |
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| Lost Atlantis |
Barry Schrader |
2004 | 1 | Innova Press | 30.4 |
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| Moov Tracks |
Tony Guwien | 2005 | 2 | Kitchen Sink Records | |||
| Proceed |
Crater |
2005 | 1 | Cycling '74 |
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| Post_Piano 2 |
Taylor Deupree + Kenneth Kirschner |
2005 |
1 | 12Music |
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| Dead Or Alive |
Furt | 2004 | 1 |
Psi Records |
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| Elementia |
Jean-Claude Risset | 2001 | 1 | Institut National de l'Audiovisuel Group de Recherches Musicales |
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| Powers of Two |
Barry Truax | 2004 | 2 | Cambridge Street Records |
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| E-Menge |
Asmus Tietchens | 2005 |
1 |
12Music |
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| Weil |
Vend | 2004-2005 | 1 | 12Music |
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Multimedia (CD-ROMs, DVDs, Videos)
| Title | Producer | Year of Release | Label Catalogue Number | Label / Contact Info | Date Posted | Reviewer Bids | Target Issue |
| Cycles: 01 |
Ron MacLeod |
2004 |
(none provided) |
Cycling '74 |
December 2004 |
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| Cycles: 02 | Ron MacLeod | 2004 | (none provided) | Cycling '74 | December 2004 |
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| Cycles: 03 | Ron MacLeod | 2004 | (none provided) | Cycling '74 | December 2004 | ||
| Routine Mapping |
Joran Rudi | 2001 |
ADVD-V 5501 NOLFA0101010-030 |
Norwegian Society of Composers |
December 2004 |
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| Seven Animations | Dennis H. Miller | 1999-2005 | (none provided) | www.dennismiller.neu.edu | 30.4 | ||
Software
| Title | Year of Release | Company / Contact Info | Description | Qualifiers (Windows/Mac, etc.) | Date Posted | Reviewer Bids | Target Issue |
| Reaktor Electronic Instruments 2: For Reactor
4 and Session |
2004 |
Native Instruments www.native-instruments.com info@native-instruments.com |
Collection of instruments for Reactor 4 and
Reaktor Session |
Windows XP, Pentium IV 1GHz/Athlon XP 1.4 GHz,
384 MB RAM Mac OS 10.2.6 oder hoher, G4 1GHz, 512 MB RAM For Reaktor Only |
December 2004 |
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| MyDVD Studio Deluxe v6 |
2004 |
Sonic Solutions |
Includes: MyDVD 6 Deluxe, CinePlayer v2, Driver Letter
Access v4.92 and Express Labeler v1. Used for video editing, creating menus and buttons, photo slideshows, ripping and burning cd's, copy cd's and dvd's. Also for DVD playback and labelling disks/inserts. |
Microsoft Windows XP or 2000, 1GHz Pentium III or equivalent
(1.5 GHz recommended), 128 MB RAM, 256 MB RAM for capture and editing,
video card and monitor supporting 16-bit color at 1024X768, 10GB of
available hard drive space (20+ GB recommended), Internet Explorer 5.0
or later. for Video capture: DV or Digital8 camcorder (via IEEE-1394/FireWire/i.Link), or other video sources with DirectShow -- addl info: www.sonic.com/capture |
December 2004 |
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