This thesis focuses on four electronic music works composed during my graduate studies, elucidating the relevant literature and history of the works, the musical ideas and backgrounds, the history of electronic technology music compositions, and the analysis of the works.

These four electronic music works include different techniques and technological media. Mutant is a 2-channel electronic music work that samples sound materials from acoustic guitar and utilizes digital audio techniques for sound modulation and arrangement, exploring the sonic possibilities of the guitar beyond plucked playing. Mobiusband utilizes metronomes as the performance objects, combining preset sounds and Max/MSP for real-time sound modulation. The work explores creative techniques such as rhythm variations, sound reverse, and looping to interpret concepts of relative time, parallel dimensions, and time travel. Civilization is a soundscape composition work that samples audio materials from various districts in Taipei City. Through digital audio techniques, the materials are arranged and transformed into music, and then spatially processed using the multichannel audio software “Spat5” developed by IRCAM, creating an immersive sonic environment that combines fictitiousness and reality. Time-Lapse is a live coding music work with programming language Haskell, using the Tidal Cycles library. The work explores the correspondence between rhythm, pitch, and harmony, and incorporates elements of minimalism music style.

This thesis is composed of five chapters. The first chapter, Introduction, provides an overview of the history and utilization of technology in electronic music. The second chapter, Musical Ideas and Perspectives of the Works, presents my creative ideas, concepts, and backgrounds. The third chapter, The Utilization of Audio Technology, discusses the digital audio workstation, computer music and programming languages, spatial hearing technology, and other technologies used in my compositions. The fourth chapter, Analysis and Discussion of the Works, analyzes my compositions while explaining the utilizes of the technologies and techniques mentioned in the previous chapters. The fifth chapter, Conclusion and Reflection, summarizes the works and the thesis, reflecting on future possibilities for exploration in music technology.