ABSTRACT
Computer music began in the 1950s and has been evolving ever since, allowing for new types of post-instrumental sound to be developed and new methods for both freeing and controlling the processes of composition and improvisation (Dean 2009). Computer music is part of the larger category of electroacoustic music: while much electroacoustic music uses computers, the term electroacoustic embraces any form of music that uses electronics. This chapter focuses on uses and transformations of the voice in computer music, and particularly the way the voice in computer music has often been used to explore concepts of place, identity and community.
