Samantha Bennett
@samanthabennett.bsky.social
Professor of Music, Associate Dean HDR at ANU. Chair of IASPM. 33 1/3 Series Editor. Londoner. Canberran. Working class.
Brand new book out now! And better still, it’s free 🤩
In "Gear," leading music technology scholars @samanthabennett.bsky.social and Eliot Bates (@makam.bsky.social) trace the "life of gear" through an examination of the 21st-century fetishization of professional audio technologies and formation of gear cultures: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255185...
May 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Brand new book out now! And better still, it’s free 🤩
Reposted by Samantha Bennett
On May 27, 4:30pm (EDT), we're celebrating our newest book Gear: Cultures of Audio and Music Technologies in an event organized by RILM. If you're in NYC come on down; out-of-town, it'll be livestreamed, register here: brookcenter.gc.cuny.edu/event/sites-... @samanthabennett.bsky.social
Sites + Sounds + Scenes
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May 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
On May 27, 4:30pm (EDT), we're celebrating our newest book Gear: Cultures of Audio and Music Technologies in an event organized by RILM. If you're in NYC come on down; out-of-town, it'll be livestreamed, register here: brookcenter.gc.cuny.edu/event/sites-... @samanthabennett.bsky.social
Back in January I had a ball recording this episode of @bbcradio4.bsky.social ‘Infinite Monkey Cage’ with Brian Eno, @briancoxtalks.bsky.social @robinince.bsky.social and Trevor Cox 🤩 ‘The Sound of Music’ is a journey through music technology. Enjoy! www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
BBC Audio | The Infinite Monkey Cage | Series 32 | The Sound of Music - Brian Eno, Sam Bennett and Trevor Cox
Brian Cox and Robin Ince play through the history of music recording and composition.
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March 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Back in January I had a ball recording this episode of @bbcradio4.bsky.social ‘Infinite Monkey Cage’ with Brian Eno, @briancoxtalks.bsky.social @robinince.bsky.social and Trevor Cox 🤩 ‘The Sound of Music’ is a journey through music technology. Enjoy! www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
Had a great time working on this video on the origins of the #FairlightCMI featuring preliminary research from a wider project I’m undertaking… plenty more where this came from… …watch this space! #Fairlight #musictechnology #computermusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=puER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=puER...
The birth of electronic music | How the Qasar & Fairlight CMI pioneered computer music technology
YouTube video by Mustard Flats
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February 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Had a great time working on this video on the origins of the #FairlightCMI featuring preliminary research from a wider project I’m undertaking… plenty more where this came from… …watch this space! #Fairlight #musictechnology #computermusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=puER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=puER...