Searching for new sound: Serious music and redefining authenticity
Redefining "authentic music" as serious music capable of introducing a new sound expands the scope of our listening experience, says Rami Abadir.
Redefining "authentic music" as serious music capable of introducing a new sound expands the scope of our listening experience, says Rami Abadir.
The first maker of electronic music wasn’t German but a 23-year-old Cairene Halim al-Dabh, who manipulated recordings of an ancient healing ceremony in the early 1940s.
“Egyptian Females Experimental Music Session,” a sonic tribute to Ahmed Basiouny, prompts your imagination to run wild.
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