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Noun: musique concrete
  1. Tape-recorded musical and natural sounds, often electronically distorted, arranged in planned combinations, sequences, and rhythmic patterns to create an artistic work.
    "title Composition Concrete refers in part to the musique concrete of the French-American composer Edgar Varese, who taped sounds and then edited and reorganized them, and in part to Davis's own style."

Type of: music

Encyclopedia: Musique concrete