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Question: Describe Russolo's and/or Antheil's vision for Sound and Music. How is it reflected in their technological designs, and the musical works they composed? What experiences of Sound do they call for? What cultural changes do they imagine?

31 Oct 2022,12:39 PM

 

Your assignment is to write about these predictions of the Futurists. What of them came true? Has Futurism succeeded or failed?

Describe Russolo's and/or Antheil's vision for Sound and Music. How is it reflected in their technological designs, and the musical works they composed? What experiences of Sound do they call for? What cultural changes do they imagine?

Now look at Detroit Techno and contemporary EDM culture. What of Russolo's and Antheil's Futurist manifestos can be seen in the origins and current state of Techno/EDM? Can comparisons be made between Futurism and the rebirth of electronic music in Detroit? And from there, globally?

Cite at least one specific idea or phrase from Kodwo Eshun's essay to make your point (just as you did with last week's writing assignment).

Then support your thesis with at least one musical example by Juan Atkins/Cybotron, Carl Craig, Kevin Saunderson, Jeff Mills, Robert Hood/Underground Resistance, Autechre, Oval, Alva Noto, Zapp, Drexciya, and/or Jlin.

Expert answer

 

Russolo and Antheil both envisioned a future in which music would be composed using new technologies that would allow for greater control over sound. This is reflected in their designs for instruments like the Intonarumori and the Aerophones. They also composed several pieces of music that incorporated these new technologies, such as The Rite of Spring and Ballet mécanique.

 

Both Russolo and Antheil believed that music should reflect the experiences of modern life, including the noise and chaos of the industrial age. To this end, they called for a complete rethinking of how music was composed and performed. They hoped that their new technologies would allow for a more expressive and emotionally powerful form of music.

 

Ultimately, Russolo and Antheil hoped that their work would lead to a new era of music that was more expressive, emotionally powerful, and reflective of the modern world.

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