Hidden in the belts

The monograph Hidden in the Tapes - Selected Chapters from Czech Electroacoustic Music Production until 1989 is the work of a collective of theoreticians, researchers, curators and creators and presents various socio-political, historical and technical aspects of electroacoustic composition in the Czech region of the former Czechoslovakia. Analyses the theoretical background
electroacoustic music and its specific terminology and reflects the state of research in the field. He pays special attention to the recording studios where electroacoustic music was created, their equipment, technical possibilities and limitations. The historical part of the thesis describes in several chapters the beginnings of electroacoustic music in Czechoslovakia, the establishment of recording studios and important compositions, and the dissemination and promotion of electroacoustic music in the often rather unfriendly environment of the ruling regime. The final part is devoted to non-autonomous electroacoustic music and the use of its means in film, radio and literary works.