Remixing one's self : ontologies of the provisional work -- Performing performance : interface design, liveness, and listener orientation -- Making it up and breaking it down : improvisation in performance -- Looking for the perfect loop : musical technologies of mediated improvisation
Summary
The DJs and laptop performers of electronic dance music use preexistent elements such as records and digital samples to create extended improvisations. Analysis of these technologically mediated performances reveals a complex dynamic in which a modular approach to musical structure enables flexible adaptation and transformation of seemingly 'fixed' products in live contexts. This book covers the following topics: ontology; interface design and liveness in performance; the interaction of the preexistent and the novel within improvisation; and musical design as performative technology
