plunderphonics

English

Etymology

Coined by Canadian composer John Oswald in 1985 as a compound of plunder +‎ phonics in the essay Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative.[1]

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɒnɪks

Noun

plunderphonics (uncountable)

  1. A form of musical composition based on the unauthorized use of existing audio recordings.
    • 2007, Allan F. Moore, Critical Essays in Popular Musicology, Routledge:
      Such a practice (which is autosonic, by the way) could be viewed as a “mega-editing” process; but I would like to draw a distinction between plunderphonics and edited versions, because the former clearly aim to denature the hypotext.

References
  1. John Oswald (2015 March) “Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative”, in eContact!, volume 16.4, published 1985

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