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Jamming in the 3rd Room. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., Ferguson, P., & Smith, G. D. (2016, December). Jamming in the 3rd Room. Paper presented at Art of Record Production

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Real Sounds, Real Instruments: Discourses of Fidelity and Authenticity in the Design and Use of Digital Sampling Technologies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2016, December). Real Sounds, Real Instruments: Discourses of Fidelity and Authenticity in the Design and Use of Digital Sampling Technologies. Paper presented at Art of Record Production (ARP) conference

This paper explores how an ideology of realism was central to the designers of early digital synthesizer/sampling technologies and how discourses of authenticity remain important to the contemporary users of digital technologies in the production of... Read More about Real Sounds, Real Instruments: Discourses of Fidelity and Authenticity in the Design and Use of Digital Sampling Technologies.

Sandy Brechin & Friends - Barnstorf, Germany (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Currie, J., & Brechin, S. Sandy Brechin & Friends - Barnstorf, Germany. Performed at Bahnhofshalle, Barnstorf, Germany. 19 November 2016 - 19 November 2016

Am Samstagabend verwandelten sich der Kiosk von Stefan Vormschlag, Barnstorf, und die Bahnhofshalle und Ballroom. Die Züge hielten gefühlte Sekunden länger am Bahnsteig, damit die Reisenden den Anblick der etwa 150 Gäste beim Konzert von „Sandy Brech... Read More about Sandy Brechin & Friends - Barnstorf, Germany.

Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North (2016)
Book Chapter
Medboe, H. (2016). Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North. In Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North (149-166). Norvik Press

Since the 1970s, jazz from Scandinavia has represented a distinct reimagining of the erstwhile American music form with the term “Nordic tone” being liberally applied in the marketing and critical discussion of jazz from the region. While undoubtedly... Read More about Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North.

At the End of a Perfect Day - Dougie MacDougall of Alturlie and Special Friends (2016)
Digital Artefact
MacDougall, D., & Currie, J. (2016). At the End of a Perfect Day - Dougie MacDougall of Alturlie and Special Friends. [CD]

Dougie MacDougall has been a well-know and well-respected figure on the Scottish traditional music scene around Inverness. He has waited until his 88th year to make this recording.

Blake Schwarzenbach and the anxieties of American punk rock: 1991–present (2016)
Journal Article
Keeble, A. (2016). Blake Schwarzenbach and the anxieties of American punk rock: 1991–present. Punk and Post Punk, 5(3), 295-310. https://doi.org/10.1386/punk.5.3.295_1

This article argues that Blake Schwarzenbach was a pivotal figure in the evolution of American punk from the early 1990s. Schwarzenbach’s journey as a punk figure has exemplified some of the interconnected ‘anxieties’ of this period relating to punk... Read More about Blake Schwarzenbach and the anxieties of American punk rock: 1991–present.

The Edinburgh Festival FRINGE - Sandy Brechin Band (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Currie, J., Brechin, S., Mill, A., Oke, W., Anderson, R., & Brady, P. The Edinburgh Festival FRINGE - Sandy Brechin Band. Performed at Acoustic Music Centre@St Brides. 23 August 2016 - 23 August 2016

Wild man of the accordion and frontman of Burach and the Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Sandy Brechin plays fast and funky favourites from his albums, Out of his Box and Out of his Tree, along with some fantastic new material. Accompanied by W... Read More about The Edinburgh Festival FRINGE - Sandy Brechin Band.

‘A very mistaken identification’: the ‘sultana’ or ‘cither viol’ and its links to the bowed psaltery, viola d’amore and guittar (2016)
Journal Article
Poulopoulos, P., & Durkin, R. (2016). ‘A very mistaken identification’: the ‘sultana’ or ‘cither viol’ and its links to the bowed psaltery, viola d’amore and guittar. Early Music, 44(2), 307-331. https://doi.org/10.1093/em/caw047

The origins and development of the ‘sultana’ or ‘cither viol’ constitute an organological enigma.1 So far the research concerning this instrument has been rather limited, and apart from a few dictionary entries and minor references in books, journal... Read More about ‘A very mistaken identification’: the ‘sultana’ or ‘cither viol’ and its links to the bowed psaltery, viola d’amore and guittar.

The complete organ sonatas of August Ritter. (2016)
Digital Artefact
Harris, M. (2016). The complete organ sonatas of August Ritter. [Audio CD]

CD recording - Priory CD PRCD1162 - of the complete organ sonatas of August Gottfried Ritter (1811-1885) recorded on the Ladegast organ of the Kirche Altleisnig, Polditz, Germany

Nine for ones in nine: a schizophrenic cyborg love story. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hails, J. (2016, April). Nine for ones in nine: a schizophrenic cyborg love story. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier Staff Conference

By appropriating the images of the schizophrenic and the cyborg from Deleuze and Guattari, and from Donna Haraway respectively, this paper seeks to discuss the relationship between human and computer, composer and performer in a way that undermines a... Read More about Nine for ones in nine: a schizophrenic cyborg love story..

Distant Voices (2016)
Other
Dempster, K. (2016). Distant Voices. [Musical Score]. Edinburgh, UK

Distant Voices - A unique multi-disciplinary performance, in which live musicians in Edinburgh connect, via video-link technology, with dancers on stage in Liverpool and Florida. This telematic creative research project explored the efficacy of VisiM... Read More about Distant Voices.

for one (2016)
Other
Hails, J. (2016). for one. [Musical score]. Print manuscript in the possession of the composer

Musical work (duration 19') for oneunspecified melodic sustaining instrument. Work employs specific tuning related to just intervals.