Spiral Ouroboros: Metasimulacrum in Rock and Metal Electric Guitar Processing and Modeling Technologies

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2024.7.12.63

Keywords:

Metasimulacrum, Simulacra, Electric Guitar, Processing, Modeling, Metal Music, Baudrillard

Abstract

The article reviews Jean Baudrillard’s concept of simulacrum and puts it in dialogue with the evolution of signal processing technologies for electric guitar, introducing the concept of metasimulacrum—a simulacrum of a simulacrum—to describe the historical trajectory from early electric guitar amplification to recent advances in digital signal processing, taking a critical stance on technological determinism

Author Biography

  • Sergio Miranda-Bonilla, Interinstitutional Art and Culture Doctorate Program, Universidad de Guanajuato, México

    Sergio Miranda-Bonilla’s career revolves arround academia, music and sound in León, México. Communicologist with studies in social sciences and humanities, classical and electronic music, audio, sound studies and theology. Participant in Seminars on Rock Aesthetics, mexican Heavy Metal Studies and the International Society for Heavy Metal Music Studies. Affiliated to the Mexican Interinstitutional Art and Culture PhD Universidad de Guanajuato program, he researches conservatism, belief systems and identity in metal. He has published in books, journals and other media, as well as given classes and presentations in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Spain and Czech Republic. Enthusiastic explorer of effects pedals, music electronics and their contemplative potential.

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Published

23.07.2024

How to Cite

Spiral Ouroboros: Metasimulacrum in Rock and Metal Electric Guitar Processing and Modeling Technologies. (2024). INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology, 12, 63-80. https://doi.org/10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2024.7.12.63