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The compass of Nordic tone: jazz from Scandinavia. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medbøe, H. (2015, February). The compass of Nordic tone: jazz from Scandinavia. Paper presented at Nordic Research Network 2015

Jazz from Scandinavia has, over the past fifty years, come to represent a distinct reimagining of the erstwhile American music form. Following the global spread of jazz through the dissemination technologies of the modern age, Scandinavian jazz music... Read More about The compass of Nordic tone: jazz from Scandinavia..

Performing the Scratch Orchestra's Nature Study Notes: creating and exploring a third sphere through improvised communal action. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hails, J. (2014, October). Performing the Scratch Orchestra's Nature Study Notes: creating and exploring a third sphere through improvised communal action. Presented at Music and shared imaginaries: nationalisms, communities, and choral singing, Aveiro, Portugal

In June 2014, a disparate group of trained and untrained performers gathered together at the Chisenhale Dance Space to perform items from the Scratch Orchestra’s 1969 Nature Study Notes. The performance was not a nostalgic recreation of past practice... Read More about Performing the Scratch Orchestra's Nature Study Notes: creating and exploring a third sphere through improvised communal action..

Improvisation in the digital age: New narratives in jazz promotion and dissemination. (2014)
Journal Article
Medbøe, H., & Dias, J. (2014). Improvisation in the digital age: New narratives in jazz promotion and dissemination. First Monday, 19, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v19i10.5553

Those that create, promote and disseminate jazz are experiencing a period of radical change. The dwindling interest from the major labels in releasing jazz has led to a mushrooming of both traditionally imagined and virtual independent jazz labels, o... Read More about Improvisation in the digital age: New narratives in jazz promotion and dissemination..

Music, text, gender and notions/influences of an Italian cultural perspective as the source for original music compositions (2011)
Thesis
Allori, S. Music, text, gender and notions/influences of an Italian cultural perspective as the source for original music compositions. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6691

The folio of musical works supported by this document, explores the relationship between text and music. Using a variety of textual sources, from a single line of text to an epic poem to political speeches, has produced six pieces in which the relati... Read More about Music, text, gender and notions/influences of an Italian cultural perspective as the source for original music compositions.

In search of cultural politics in a Fall fanzine. (2010)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2010). In search of cultural politics in a Fall fanzine. In M. Goddard, & B. Halligan (Eds.), Mark E. Smith and the Fall: Art, Music and Politics (169-180). Ashgate Publishing

Appropriation, Additive Approaches and Accidents: The Sampler as Compositional Tool and Recording Dislocation (2010)
Journal Article
Harkins, P. (2010). Appropriation, Additive Approaches and Accidents: The Sampler as Compositional Tool and Recording Dislocation. Journal of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, 1(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.5429/2079-3871%282010%29v1i2.3en

Brian Eno describes the recording studio as a compositional tool that has enabled composers to enjoy a more direct relationship with sound. This article will explore the use of the digital sampler as one of the studio tools that forms part of this cr... Read More about Appropriation, Additive Approaches and Accidents: The Sampler as Compositional Tool and Recording Dislocation.

Transmission Loss and Found: The Sampler as Compositional Tool (2009)
Journal Article
Harkins, P. (2009). Transmission Loss and Found: The Sampler as Compositional Tool. Journal on the Art of Record Production, 4,

This article explores the use of the digital sampler as one of the studio tools that forms part of this creative process and focuses on interviews with a group of Edinburgh musicians called Found who successfully combine the writing of pop songs with... Read More about Transmission Loss and Found: The Sampler as Compositional Tool.

Writing about listening: alternative discourses in rock journalism (2009)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2009). Writing about listening: alternative discourses in rock journalism. Popular Music, 28(01), 53-67. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026114300800158X

‘Alternative’ publications challenge the conventional discourses of rock journalism. In particular, the dominant discourses of authenticity, masculinity and mythology might be countered by publications that emphasise historical and (sub)cultural fra... Read More about Writing about listening: alternative discourses in rock journalism.