Contents

Abstract  
Copyright                                                                                                 
List of works submitted                                               
Introduction                                                                                             
1 - Consideration of Space in the presentation of EDM                          
            1.1 - Why use large multichannel spatialisation techniques?
            1.2 - Why spatial music?
            1.3 - Temples for sound spatialisation
                     1.3.1 - 4DSOUND System
                     1.3.2 - Dolby Atmos
                     1.3.3 - SARC - The Sonic Laboratory 
                     1.3.4 - Sound Field Synthesis Methods
                     1.3.5 - SPIRAL Studio
            1.4. - Composition and spatialisation tools
                     1.4.1 - How do software and hardware tools affect my workflow
            1.5 - Spatialisation and EDM: My setup
            1.6 - Studio - Binaural Mix
2 - Composition As Performance  
            2.1 - Music Styles - Techno-House-Trance
            2.2 - Composition Overview
            2.3 - Compositional Flow
            2.4 - Structure: process and intuition
            2.5 - Improvisation
            2.6 - Conclusion: outlets and dissemination
3 - Performance As Composition                               
            3.1 - A Case Study: GusGus’ performance setup     
            3.2 - Rethinking Composition as Performance
            3.3 - Why 123-128bpm?
            3.4 - Physical response 
            3.5 - Live performance and Musical Flow
            3.6 - Methodology for the emerging artists
            3.7 - Experimentation with Live Spatialisation 
Conclusion                                                                                            
bibliography                                                                                         
Discography                                                                                         
Appendix I
Websites