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Bjooks PUSH TURN MOVE: Interface Design in Electronic Music

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Bjooks PUSH TURN MOVE: Interface Design in Electronic Music
Key Features
  • Author: Kim Bjørn
  • Hardcover, 352 Pages
  • Publisher: Bjooks
  • Published: 2021
Newly updated with stunning new ecofriendly print and paper quality as well as 30 new or updated instruments, PUSH TURN MOVE from Bjooks is a unique and in-depth hardcover book that utilizes beautiful color pictures, insightful essays, and over 45 captivating interviews with designers and artists to reveal the most sought-after secrets of hundreds of electronic instruments going back over 100 years. Thanks to clear writing and hundreds of stunning photos and diagrams, PUSH TURN MOVE bridges the abstract with the emotional to reveal the heart of the human relationship with music technology and the ever evolving world of electronic instruments.
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Newly updated with stunning new ecofriendly print and paper quality as well as 30 new or updated instruments, PUSH TURN MOVE from Bjooks is a unique and in-depth hardcover book that utilizes beautiful color pictures, insightful essays, and over 45 captivating interviews with designers and artists to reveal the most sought-after secrets of hundreds of electronic instruments going back over 100 years. Thanks to clear writing and hundreds of stunning photos and diagrams, PUSH TURN MOVE bridges the abstract with the emotional to reveal the heart of the human relationship with music technology and the ever evolving world of electronic instruments.

PUSH TURN MOVE features 352 colorful pages that cover everything from science, engineering, and technology to passion, inspiration, and the human element of sound synthesis. Written by Kim Bjørn and featuring a fascinating forward by renowned synthesist Jean-Michel Jarre, this book not only provides you with valuable insight into the world of electronic instruments but also unearths philosophical truths surrounding the ever elusive yet vital link between human beings and musical machines. And with new additions to this revised version such as the Polyend Tracker, Haken Continuum, ASM Hydrasynth, Sensel Morph, Novation Launchpad X, and many others, PUSH TURN MOVE has never been more relevant to today's electronic pioneers.

Inspiring Stories by Groundbreaking Artists
Modern instrument designs are a strange and beautiful landscape, and the pioneers who explore it combine a spirit of adventure with a sharp eye on the turning tides of technology. Be inspired by insightful interviews with Dorit Chrysler, Suzanne Ciani, Richard Devine, DiVINCi, Laura Escudé, Imogen Heap, Larry Heard, Moldover, Jordan Rudess, Skinnerbox, and others.
Meet the Minds Behind the Magic
Musical instrument designers bring these fascinating concepts to life, and never before have so many of their insights been collected into one book. Take a journey through the history and mystery of human and music machine with the creative geniuses of:

  • Ableton
  • Artiphon
  • Arturia
  • Axel Hartmann Design
  • Cycling '74
  • DJ TechTools
  • Elektron
  • Haken Audio
  • Joué
  • Keith McMillen Instruments
  • Korg
  • Make Noise
  • mi.mu
  • monome
  • Moog
  • Mutable Instruments
  • Native Instruments
  • Nonlinear Labs
  • Novation
  • Papernoise
  • Percussa
  • Propellerhead
  • Roger Linn Design
  • Roland
  • Sequential
  • Snyderphonics
  • Symbolic Sound
  • Synthstrom Audible
  • Teenage Engineering
  • u-he
  • Wizdom Music
Learn the Secrets of Legendary Synth Production
Have you ever wondered why one synthesizer is fabulously inspiring while another leaves you flat? How the simplest of design choices can make radical differences in how a musical instrument is used?

What divides the truly historic from the quickly forgotten? And why your bandmates love one synthesizer while you love another? PUSH TURN MOVE lays out the answers with beauty and stunning clarity.

A Fascinating Framework for a Book Like No Other
PUSH TURN MOVE is built around an extraordinary architecture. It moves smoothly from the inner mind of the user to the sounds of electronic music to the ways in which music machines are laid out and designed. It's an intricate tapestry of ideas, weaving together everything from simple lines and planes and curves to revolutions in touch and color and texture.

You'll read about everything from synthesizers, drum machines, and beatmakers to alternative controllers, mixers, and software in a whole new way, they become sensual objects, endlessly intriguing and alluring. For the first time, you can see and truly understand the essence of the fascination they hold for so many artists.

The First Outing of an Unstoppable Creative Team
PUSH TURN MOVE is the book that launched Bjooks as a publisher and made visionary author and musician Kim Bjørn a household name in studios around the world. Kim was aided by respected author, educator, and electronic musician Dr. Mike Metlay, who served as Editor and wrote the book's Time section, a retrospective of human-machine interaction going back over 400 years. The book was edited by Mike with his Atomic Words colleague Diana Smethurst, and expert synthesist and author Paul Nagle acted as Editor and technical advisor.
Beauty and Fascination Unite
From the Foreword by world-famous synthesist Jean-Michel Jarre to a comprehensive list of references and resources, PUSH TURN MOVE takes the mysterious interaction between us and our synthesizers and opens it up for everyone to admire. If you love electronic music, this book is a must-have title that you'll return to again and again.

Bjooks 001 Specs

Publisher
Bjooks
Publication Date
2021
Author
Kim Bjørn
Includes Images
Yes
ISBN Number
9.7888E+12
Cover Type
Hard
Number of Pages
352
Dimensions
9.8 x 9.8 x 1.0" / 24.9 x 24.9 x 2.5 cm
Packaging Info
Package Weight
3.565 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
10.1 x 9.7 x 1"

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