Media, Materiality and Memory
Media, Materiality and Memory Media, Materiality and Memory: Grounding the Groove examines the entwinement of material music objects, technology and memory in relation to a range of independent…
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Media, Materiality and Memory
Media, Materiality and Memory: Grounding the Groove examines the entwinement of material music objects, technology and memory in relation to a range of independent record labels, including Sarah Records, Ghost Box and Finders Keepers. How do musical objects 'write' cultural narratives? Moving from Edison's phonograph to digital music files, from record collections to online archives, Roy argues that materiality plays a crucial role in constructing and understanding the territory of recorded sound.
What is the nature, and fate, of the physical archive in an increasingly dematerialized world? How can we unearth and reactivate past histories by looking at yesterday's media formats? In what ways do physical and digital musical objects coexist and intersect?
With its innovative theoretical approach, the book explores the implications of materialization in the fashioning of a musical