This analysis explores altered perception in avant-garde electronic music, indicating its ties to religious consciousness.
One important element of twentieth-century avant-garde composition is the intersection between advances in technology and transformations in religious consciousness and experience. This piece argues that the lineage from John Cage through Pierre Schaeffer, Pauline Oliveros, Alvin Lucier, Eliane Radigue, and William Basinski make for a compelling addition to the study of religion and sound/music.
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Jason Bivins (2026) studied this question.
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