Abstracts
Résumé
Cet article montre la valeur d’une approche centrée sur le son et la technologie pour l’étude de la musique live. En prenant pour point de départ le festival de Woodstock qui s’est tenu en 1969, jusqu’à la radiodiffusion en ligne de la totalité des archives audio du festival 50 ans après, il retrace la technologie sonore à travers le temps et l’espace ; depuis une infrastructure analogique et des supports d’enregistrement jusqu’aux médias numériques et une infrastructure issue de la distribution de masse. De cette manière, nous donnons des exemples précis pour placer les médiations sonores au cœur des pratiques musicales live en général. Enfin, nous nous basons sur la radiodiffusion susmentionnée pour décrire des éléments nouveaux qui participent de la mise en scène du live sur Internet.
Mots-clés :
- Woodstock,
- mise en scène,
- musique live,
- médiation sonore,
- technologie sonore
Abstract
This article shows the value of a sound-centered and technology-focused approach for the study of live music. Starting from the actual Woodstock festival site in 1969 to the online broadcast of the entire archival recordings of that festival 50 years later, it traces sound technology across time and space from analogue audio infrastructure and recording media to digital audio media and mass distribution infrastructure. In doing so, we provide clear examples that place sound mediation at the heart of all live music practices. Finally, we closely consider the aforementioned broadcast to describe some of the new possibilities of the staging of liveness that is afforded by the Internet.
Keywords:
- Woodstock,
- staging,
- liveness,
- sound mediation,
- sound technology
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