Subcontinental Synthesis: Electronic Music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969–1972

Subcontinental Synthesis: Electronic Music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969–1972

Paul Purgas • Strange Attractor

ISBN-10: 1913689581 · ISBN-13: 978‑1913689582 · 2022

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Subcontinental Synthesis documents the brief but influential history of India's first electronic music studio, established at the National Institute of Design in 1969. Through archival research and critical essays, the volume examines how the studio functioned as a site for experimental pedagogy and cross-cultural exchange, shaped by the involvement of composer David Tudor. It situates these early sonic explorations within the broader landscape of post-independence Indian Modernism and global avant-garde movements.

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