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concrete music

American  
concrete music British  

noun

  1. music consisting of an electronically modified montage of tape-recorded sounds

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of concrete music

First recorded in 1950–55

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He uses the soundtrack brilliantly, fusing concrete music with sound effects and score to unsettle and position the uber-mannered, hyper-real performances of his actors.

From New York Times Aug. 19, 2011

B�jart likes to work with concrete music because it approximates "the infinite variety of the body's natural movements," and there is a system in his mad creations.

From Time Magazine Archive

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