plunderphonics

English edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Rhymes: -ɒnɪks

Noun edit

plunderphonics (uncountable)

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 edit

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