Prof. Bret Battey and PhD candidate Stefano Catena have chapters in a new book Collaboration, Engagement, and Tradition in Contemporary and Electronic Music: NoiseFloor Perspectives, just published by Routledge. The book’s contents have been developed from selected papers given at Staffordshire University’s NoiseFloor conference.
Leigh Landy has had his tenth book, The Music of Sounds and the Music of Things: Sonic Creativity within Sampling and DIY Cultures, written with his former colleague, John Richards. Set to be published on 30 September 2024, this is the second book of Landy's published this year.
This book investigates two areas in which the appreciation of sonic creativity can be easily acquired across diverse cultures, ages and interests: the music of sounds – making music with any sounds, part of today’s sampling culture and the music of things – and the creation of instruments using existent materials (another type of sampling?) involving the notion of ‘instrument as composition’ as part of today’s DIY (or DIT, do it together) culture.
The book offers broad discussions regarding the music of things (written by John Richards) followed by the music of sounds (written by Leigh Landy). These chapters are followed by a focus on the workshop demonstrating the collaborative and inclusive potential in both areas, and a spotlight on eight artists with a broad diversity of backgrounds and approaches to sound and music who discuss their perceptions. The book’s conclusion focuses on similarities and differences between the music of sounds and the music of things, suggesting, finally, that both might form part of the 21st- century’s folk music landscape.
https://www.routledge.com/The-Music-of-Sounds-and-the-Music-of-Things-Sonic-Creativity-Within-Sampling-and-DIY-Cultures/Landy-Richards/p/book/9781032741741?srsltid=AfmBOoqjYQXIRLMDYP3WhZJMMFR2r65diczO-u3g5a0VJwHNbN1guAgB
A couple of exciting upcoming publications from MTI²:
Proofs have been submitted to Routledge for Leigh Landy's latest book, Experiencing Organised Sounds: The listening experience across diverse sound-based works (all of which were made by members of the MTI² diaspora), which is due to be published in December.
We have also been informed that Landy's other recent book, co-authored with John Richards, The Music of Sounds and the Music of Things, has also been contracted by Routledge and will be published in 2024.
Prof Bret Battey is amongst the artists profiled and interviewed for a new book by David Payling, Electronic Visual Music: The Elements of Audovisual Creativity, to be released September 12, 2023. It aims to provide "insight into contemporary working methods and gives a snapshot of the state of the art in this ever-evolving creative discipline."
Prof. Leigh Landy recently completed two books which both went out for review over the summer. His The Music of Sounds and the Music of Things, co-authored with John Richards is still under review; however, his single-authored book, Experiencing Organised Sounds: The listening experience across diverse sound-based works (107k words, 26 ills and an online site for all audio and audio-visual media) has recently been contracted by Routledge (UK) and will be published in 2023.
