Media Materiality and Memory Grounding the Groove

Download or read book Media Materiality and Memory Grounding the Groove written by Elodie A. Roy and published by Lund Humphries Publishers. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media, Materiality and Memory examines the entwinement of material music objects, technology and memory in relation to a range of independent record labels. Moving from Edison's phonograph to digital music files, from record collections to online archives, Roy argues that materiality plays a crucial role in constructing and understanding the territory of recorded sound. A substantial contribution to the field of music and material culture studies, this book provides a nuanced and timely reflection on nostalgia and forgetting in the digital age.