An anthology of pioneer sound artist Mark Fell's work charting his
defiantly unorthodox thinking on time, structure, technology, and the
relation between academic and popular electronic music.
In this extensive anthology, Mark Fell, a pioneering artist known for
his sound installations and his musical work solo and as part of SND and
Sensate Focus, assembles a collection of diverse materials charting his
defiantly unorthodox thinking on time, structure, technology, and the
relation between academic and popular electronic music.
An amalgam of workbook and manifesto, featuring a collection of
interleaved statements, diagrammatic scores, and instructional texts,
Structure and Synthesis is a direct engagement with Fell's original
thinking and his continual provocations in regard to experimental music.
Alongside reflections on theory and practice, the volume includes
exercises for dismantling musical expertise, habits, and intuitions,
documenting Fell's explorations of the peripheries of rhythm, shape, and
time in perception and performance.
Long-term collaborator designer Joe Gilmore provides a striking graphic
context for Fell's evolving thinking and the methods and structures he
has developed through his solo and collaborative work.
