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Bolter, J.D. & Grusin, R. (2000). Remediation: Understanding New Media. Cambridge, Mass./London, England: the MIT Press.

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Discography

Compilations
Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Musics (1918-1955). Compiled by I. Nagoski. CD. Dust-to-Digital, DT-10 (2007).

Historische Aufnahmen 1 / Historical Recordings 1. LP. Gagarin Records, GR2013 (2011).

…I Listen to the Wind that Obliterates My Traces: Music in Vernacular Photographs 1880-1955. CD/book. Compiled by S. Roden. Dust-to-Digital, DTD-20 (2011).

Rē Records Quarterly. LP/magazine/CD. Compiled/edited by C. Cutler. Rē Records (1985-1997).

The 78 Project. LP. The 78 Project, 78P-001 (2014).

The Secret Museum of Mankind. 9 vols, compiled by P. Conte. CD. Yazoo (1995-1998).

The Stuff that Dreams Are Made Of. Compiled by R. Nevins. CD. Yazoo, 2202 (2006).

Victrola Favorites. Compiled by R. Millis and J. Taylor. CD/book. Dust-to-Digital, DTD-11 (2008).

Filmography

Desperate Man Blues. Dir. E. Gillan (2003).

Last Shop Standing. Dir. P. Piper (2012).

Modulations: Cinema for the Ear. Dir. I. Lee (1998).

Moog. Dir. H. Fjellestad (2004).

Sound it Out. Dir. J. Finlay (2011).

Vinylmania: When Life Runs at 33 Revolutions Per Minute. Dir. P. Campana (2012).

 

Websites

Dead Media
The Dead Media Project: http://www.deadmedia.org/
Media & Materiality Project http://www.wordsinspace.net/media-materiality/2012-spring/

Early Sound Recordings
Antique Phonograph Radio Program http://wfmu.org/playlists/AP
First Sounds http://www.firstsounds.org/

Ethnographic Sound Recordings
Reel to Real http://pittrivers-sound.blogspot.co.uk/

Cassette Culture/Home Recording
Great Bear http://www.thegreatbear.net/blog/
The Living Archive of Underground Music http://livingarchive.doncampau.com/
Taped Rugs http://www.tapedrugs.com/
Lo Finest http://aural-innovations.com/radio/lofinest.html

Reissues and Archives
Companion Records http://www.companionrecords.com/pages/home.html
The Vinyl Factory http://www.thevinylfactory.com/
Open Music Archive http://www.openmusicarchive.org/
Bristol Archive Records http://www.bristolarchiverecords.com/
UbuWeb http://www.ubuweb.com/
Reel to Real: Sound at the Pitt Rivers Museum http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/reel2real/
British Library Sound Archive http://www.bl.uk/soundarchive

Practitioners
Christian Marclay
Music for Objects http://travisstearns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/cfcf-music-for-objects-process.html
Les Structures Sonores http://www.baschet.org/
Ian Helliwell http://ianhelliwell.co.uk/

Fanzines and ephemera
Manchester District Music Archive http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/
La Fanzinothèque http://www.fanzino.org/
Incite! http://www.lehman.edu/academics/arts-humanities/alborn/incite.php
North-American and Canadian rave archive http://ravearchive.com/about-us

Collectors
Kevin Pearce http://yrheartout.blogspot.co.uk/
The Wonderful and the Obscure http://www.bobpurse.blogspot.co.uk/

2 comments »

  1. debi says:

    Can I also point you to the Great Bear Analogue & Digital Media tape blog I write for – lots of things which are of relevance to your very interesting research project !

    http://www.thegreatbear.net/blog/

    • User Avatar Richard Elliott says:

      Great, thanks for the link, which I’ll add to the list of resources still to post up here.

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