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The Hub

Pioneers of Network Music

Die kompletten Kompositionsschriften der Band The Hub, den Pionieren der elektronischen Netzwerkmusik

Das US-amerikanische Ensemble The Hub zählt zu den Pionieren der Netzwerkmusik und des Live-Codings. Die aus Tim Perkis, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Chris Brown, John Bischoff, Phil Stone und Mark Trayle bestehende Formation ging 1986 aus der League of Automatic Music Composers hervor. Sie revolutionierte die elektronische Musik mit demokratisch organisierten und in Netzwerken agierenden Kompositions- und Performanceprozessen. 2018 wurde the Hub mit dem Giga-Hertz-Preis des ZKM | Hertz-Labors und des SWR Experimentalstudios ausgezeichnet.
Der vorliegende Band legt erstmals die kompletten Kompositionsschriften der Band vor und zeichnet die Bandgeschichte aus verschiedenen Perspektiven nach. 
- Das Vermächtnis der Giga-Hertz-Preisträger 2018
- Die kompletten Kompositionsschriften der Band
- Multiperspektivisch: Die Band, aber auch internationale Wegbegleiter:innen, Wissenschaftler:innen und zeitgenössische Positionen kommen zu Wort
- Mit zahlreichen Zeitdokumenten und Fotos

“With the now predominance of pre-chewed software creating deep musical ruts, listening to the Hub is exhilarating, the music demented and punk. (…) Playful, ironic, subversive, irreverent, unbridled, raunchy, home grown and unapologetic…”
(Laetitia Sonami)

“What we have here is a great vehicle to navigate the landscape of being under, in, and out of control (…) more than just enjoyable.”
(Julian Rohrhuber)



Musical history of technology and current perspectives on and from The Hub

The US ensemble ‘The Hub’ is one of the pioneers of network music and live coding. The formation consisting of Tim Perkis, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Chris Brown, John Bischoff, Phil Stone and Mark Trayle emerged from the League of Automatic Music Composers in 1986. They revolutionized electronic music with democratically organized composition and performance processes operating in networks, and received the Giga-Hertz Prize from the ZKM | Hertz-Lab and the SWR Experimental Studio in 2018.
This volume presents the band's complete compositional writings for the first time, tracing the band's history from a variety of perspectives.

- The legacy of the 2018 Giga-Hertz Prize winners.
- For the first time, the scores of the band are collected and published.
- Multi-perspective: the band, but also international companions, scholars and contemporary positions have their say.
- With numerous historical documents and photos.

“With the now predominance of pre-chewed software creating deep musical ruts, listening to the Hub is exhilarating, the music demented and punk. (…) Playful, ironic, subversive, irreverent, unbridled, raunchy, home grown and unapologetic…”
(Laetitia Sonami)

“What we have here is a great vehicle to navigate the landscape of being under, in, and out of control (…) more than just enjoyable.”
(Julian Rohrhuber)