Earth Dances: Music in Search of the Primitive
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (984 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00N1F3F3A |
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| Number of Pages | : | 276 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Earth Dances documents Andrew Ford's intrepid quest for the lost thud, and the lost scream Music can't survive without primitivism. This results in fresh structures, materials and practices that lead us to the place we belong.' Brian Ritchie, Violent Femmes, Mona Foma 'The perfect, knowledgeable, enthusiastic friend I couldn't put it down!' David Robertson . But chords are sophisticated structures. 'Much has been made of the search for the lost chord. It is the bushfire clearing overgrown and cluttered musical landscapes, paring them to essentials
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But chords are sophisticated structures. Minimalism, savagery, the raw and the cooked, the primal and the pre-verbal, Elvis’s hips, The Rite of Spring … Earth Dances is an original investigation of how music and primitivism intersect – a dazzling journey through music and culture.With alternating chapters of criticism and interviews, including with Liza Lim and Brian Eno, composer and broadcaster Andrew Ford explores the relationship between primal forms of music and the most refined examples of the art – between passion and control. He is a composer and broadcaster and presents The Music Show on ABC Radio National.. Earth Dances documents Andrew Ford’s intrepid quest for the lost thud, and the lost scream … Music can’t survive without primitivism. It