Recorded sound in electroacoustic music and the representation of the social subject in post-war Japan - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2023

Recorded sound in electroacoustic music and the representation of the social subject in post-war Japan

Résumé

One of the distinctive features of early electroacoustic music is that its material is recorded sound: it is composed of sounds that are fixed on a medium – usually magnetic tape – and then transformed using specific tools. The world of sound as experienced in everyday life is certainly reframed and transformed by the process of remediation of sound, but what remains of this sound in the musical product is its known material and discursive origin. In this way, recorded sound constitutes a surface for interaction between the artist and his environment: it is the place where sensitive reality is captured, but it is also the place where collective representations are confronted with the individual imagination. Through the double gesture of recording and transforming sound, composers understand that the active exchange with the world of sound symbolically recentres the subject, as a notion that enhances the ability of human beings to be self-aware and to shape their own destiny through social engagement . I propose that the way in which a composer thinks about sound and works with it by means of recording is linked to the modalities of collective representation of the individual's relationship to the society in which he or she participates. In order to ascertain this, this paper will explore the evolution of the relationship between the apprehension of recorded sound and the perception of social space and the Japanese subject in the post-war era, using a few examples of specific electroacoustic music. The time frame chosen extends from the first experiments made possible by recording technology in the mid-1950s to the mass production of consumer recorders and the democratisation of creative techniques around the 1970s.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
Presentation EN - HAL.pdf (268.45 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s)

Dates et versions

hal-04149481 , version 1 (03-07-2023)

Identifiants

  • HAL Id : hal-04149481 , version 1

Citer

Jeremy Corral. Recorded sound in electroacoustic music and the representation of the social subject in post-war Japan. Trajectories in Sonic Japan: An interdisciplinary workshop, Jun 2023, Tokyo, Japan. ⟨hal-04149481⟩
48 Consultations
14 Téléchargements

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More