Sex Sounds - Vectors of Difference in Electronic Music (Broché)

In Sex Sounds, Danielle Shlomit Sofer investigates the repeated focus on sexual themes in electronic music since the 1950s. Debunking electronic music's origin myth - that it emerged in France and Germany, invented by Pierre Schaeffer and Karlheinz Stockhausen, respectively - Sofer defines electronic music more inclusively to mean any music with an electronic. component, drawing connections between academic institutions, radio studios, experimental music practice, hip-hop production, and, histories of independent and commercial popular music.
Through a broad array of detailed case studies - examining music that ranges from Schaeffer's musique concrète to a video workshop by Annie Sprinkle - Sofer offers a groundbreaking look at the social and cultural impact sex has had on audible creative practices.