Pauline Oliveros shifted the focus from sound creation to radical attention. The practice of 'Deep Listening' turned spatial acoustics into the primary instrument, where the musician does not dictate terms but submits to the environment.
node.music - an interactive map of the history of electronic sound
From the Telharmonium, which streamed sound over telephone wires at the end of the 19th century, to music written by AI.
Scroll down - that is how you move through time in a straight line. The [INFLUENCE] mode in the top menu reveals connections: who begat whom and how concepts shaped each other. To explore the influences deeper, switch to [HORIZON VIEW].
The site makes sound - and you can even play on those sounds. If the sound gets in the way, just turn it off in the top menu.