Louise Meintjes

Sound of Africa!

Making Music Zulu in a South African Studio

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Produktbeschreibung

"Well researched and unbiased, "Sound of Africa!" is an authentic account of three decades of South African music--live and in the studio. It stands as a testimony to the changing struggles and constant inventiveness of South Africa's producers, musicians, and engineers who worked in the music industry during apartheid."--Koloi Lebona, record producer and Zomba label manager, South Africa

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 159mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780822330141
• ISBN-10: 0822330148
• Artikelnr.: 21874436

Autorenporträt

Louise Meintjes is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at Duke University.

Inhaltsangabe

Index 319
Illustrations ix
Notes to the Reader xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Demo Tape: About Sound of Africa! 1
Cut 1. Mbaqanga 19
Cut 2. The Recording Studio as Fetish 71
Cut 3. Producing Liveness 109
Cut 4. Sounding Figures 146
Cut 5. Performing Zuluness 174
Cut 6. Imagining Overseas 217
A Final Mix: Mediating Difference 250
Print-Through 263
Notes 267
Glossary 291
Bibliography 297
Discography 313