{"product_id":"subcontinental-synthesis-electronic-music-at-the-national-institute-of-design-india-1969-1972-9781913689582","title":"Subcontinental Synthesis: Electronic Music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969-1972","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe history of India's first electronic music studio founded in 1969 at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad by David Tudor.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSubcontinental Synthesis\u003c\/i\u003e explores the history of India's first electronic music studio, founded in 1969 at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad with the support of the composer David Tudor. The essays and writings unravel the narrative and context surrounding the studio as well as the work of the Indian composers who created groundbreaking recordings during its four years of activity. The texts reflect on the role of electronic music within a post-independence India, considering its interconnections with experimental design, radical pedagogies, and the international avant-garde, as well as the encircling conditions of Western ideological soft power within the global expansion of Modernism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeeta Dayal, Alannah Chance, Matt Williams, Shilpa Das, Jinraj Joshipura, You Nakai, Rahila Haque, and Paul Purgas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913689582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Paul Purgas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471244198069,"sku":"9781913689582","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5b00fc94-6242-4188-8e99-11dc4d9fc19f.jpg?v=1704824718","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/subcontinental-synthesis-electronic-music-at-the-national-institute-of-design-india-1969-1972-9781913689582","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}