Electronic Inspirations: Technologies of the Cold War Musical Avant-GardeFor a decimated post war West Germany, the electronic music studio at the WDR radio in Cologne was a beacon of hope. Jennifer Iverson's Electronic Inspirations: Technologies of the Cold War Musical Avant Garde traces the reclamation and repurposing of wartime machines, spaces, and discourses into the new sounds of the mid century studio. In the 1950s, when technologies were plentiful and the need for reconstruction was great, West Germany began to