The Williamsburg avant-garde : experimental music and sound on the Brooklyn waterfront /

The Williamsburg avant-garde : experimental music and sound on the Brooklyn waterfront /

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Author / Creator:	Bradley, Francis R., author.
Imprint:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Description:	xi, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Avant-garde (Music) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Underground music -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism. Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Avant-garde (Music) Underground music. Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century. Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 21st century. New York (State) -- New York. New York (State) -- New York -- Williamsburg. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13123702

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ISBN:	9781478019374 1478019379 9781478016748 1478016744 9781478024019
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In The Williamsburg Avant-Garde Cisco Bradley chronicles the rise and fall of the underground music and art scene in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn between the late 1980s and early 2010s. Drawing on interviews, archival collections, musical recordings, videos, photos, and other ephemera, Bradley explores the scene's social, cultural, and economic dynamics. Building on the neighborhood's punk DIY approach and aesthetic, free jazz, post punk, and noise musicians and groups ranging from Mary Halvorson, Zs, and Nate Wooley to Matana Roberts, Peter Evans, and Darius Jones produced shows in a variety of unlicensed venues as well as clubs and cafes. At the same time, pirate radio station Free103point9 and music festivals made Williamsburg an epicenter of New York's experimental culture. In 2005, New York's rezoning act devastated the community, as gentrification displaced its participants further afield in Brooklyn and Queens. With this portrait of Williamsburg, Bradley not only documents some of the most vital music of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, he helps readers better understand the formation, vibrancy, and lifespan of experimental music and art scenes everywhere"--
Other form:	Online version: Bradley, Francis R. Williamsburg avant-garde Durham : Duke University Press, 2023 9781478024019

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Summary:	In The Williamsburg Avant-Garde Cisco Bradley chronicles the rise and fall of the underground music and art scene in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn between the late 1980s and the early 2010s. Drawing on interviews, archival collections, musical recordings, videos, photos, and other ephemera, Bradley explores the scene's social, cultural, and economic dynamics. Building on the neighborhood's punk DIY approach and aesthetic, Williamsburg's free jazz, postpunk, and noise musicians and groups---from Mary Halvorson, Zs, and Nate Wooley to Matana Roberts, Peter Evans, and Darius Jones---produced shows in a variety of unlicensed venues as well as in clubs and cafes. At the same time, pirate radio station free103point9 and music festivals made Williamsburg an epicenter of New York's experimental culture. In 2005, New York's rezoning act devastated the community as gentrification displaced its participants farther afield in Brooklyn and in Queens. With this portrait of Williamsburg, Bradley not only documents some of the most vital music of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries; he helps readers better understand the formation, vibrancy, and life span of experimental music and art scenes everywhere.
Physical Description:	xi, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781478019374 1478019379 9781478016748 1478016744 9781478024019