plunderphonics

English

Etymology

Coined by Canadian composer John Oswald in 1985 as a compound of plunder +‎ phonics in the essay Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnɪks

Noun

plunderphonics (uncountable)

1. A form of musical composition based on the unauthorized use of existing audio recordings.
   • 2007, Allan F. Moore, Critical Essays in Popular Musicology, Routledge:

     Such a practice (which is autosonic, by the way) could be viewed as a “mega-editing” process; but I would like to draw a distinction between plunderphonics and edited versions, because the former clearly aim to denature the hypotext.

Further reading

• plunderphonics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia