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Haftor Medbøe Group - New:Happy (2008)
Digital Artefact
Medbøe, H. (2008). Haftor Medbøe Group - New:Happy. Edinburgh, UK

An album of eight original compositions featuring Konrad Wiszniewski (tenor saxophone), Chris Greive (trombone), Signy Jacobsdottir (percussion) and Eva Malling (bass). Recorded in Edinburgh and Copenhagen in 2007. Engineered by Dave Hook. Mix... Read More about Haftor Medbøe Group - New:Happy.

Islay Jazz Festival (2020)
Journal Article
Medboe, H., & Maclean, D. (2020). Islay Jazz Festival. Jazz Research Journal, 12(2), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1558/jazz.40304

This article considers the ecologies and stakeholder interests that overlap in the staging of an annual jazz festival on a small Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides. Through interviews with festival promoters, performers and audience members, along... Read More about Islay Jazz Festival.

University of Edinburgh Reid Hall Concert Series (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Ashton, N. University of Edinburgh Reid Hall Concert Series. Performed at Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh. 21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017. (Unpublished)

Piano Recital, Nicholas Ashton, Programme: Mendelssohn Gondolierlied op 19 no 6 Liszt Nuages gris Debussy Snow is dancing Debussy Des pas sur la neige Ligeti arc-en-ciel Berio Wasserklavier Liszt Ondine (Gaspard de la Nuit) Debussy Ondine... Read More about University of Edinburgh Reid Hall Concert Series.

Digital Sampling: The Design and Use of Music Technologies (2019)
Book
Harkins, P. (2019). Digital Sampling: The Design and Use of Music Technologies. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351209960

Digital Sampling is the first book about the design and use of sampling technologies that have shaped the sounds of popular music since the 1980s. Written in two parts, Digital Sampling begins with an exploration of the Fairlight CMI and how artis... Read More about Digital Sampling: The Design and Use of Music Technologies.

The Absent Presence of Progressive Rock in the British Music Press, 1968-1974 (2019)
Journal Article
Anderton, C., & Atton, C. (2020). The Absent Presence of Progressive Rock in the British Music Press, 1968-1974. Rock Music Studies, 7(1), 8-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/19401159.2019.1651521

The upsurge of academic interest in the genre known as progressive rock has taken much for granted. In particular, little account has been taken of how discourses surrounding progressive rock were deployed in popular culture in the past, especially... Read More about The Absent Presence of Progressive Rock in the British Music Press, 1968-1974.

How do I get the grades creativity and conflicts of motivation risk and reward. (2019)
Book Chapter
Stefanie, R. (2019). How do I get the grades creativity and conflicts of motivation risk and reward. In Z. Moir, B. Powell, & G. D. Smith (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices (395-413). Bloomsbury Publishing

This chapter discusses the thought processes behind learning, teaching, and assessment (LTA) of creativity as a set of skills and processes. I utilize the work I have done in designing and delivering a module (course) that specifically tackles creati... Read More about How do I get the grades creativity and conflicts of motivation risk and reward..

'The Rest is History': Writing a History of Music Technologies and their Users (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2017, March). 'The Rest is History': Writing a History of Music Technologies and their Users. Presented at Burgundy School of Business Research Seminar, University of Burgundy, Dijon

The socio-musical practice of sampling is closely associated with the re-use of pre-existing sound recordings and the technological processes of looping. These practices, based on appropriation and repetition, have been particularly common within the... Read More about 'The Rest is History': Writing a History of Music Technologies and their Users.

Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medboe, H., Bares, W., Webster, E., Frost Fadnes, P., Inglis, C., Kahr, M., Stefanie, R., & Heyman, M. (2016, July). Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe. Presented at Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe, Edinburgh, UK

Following popular exposure in France to the proto-jazz of James Reese Europe and his 369th “Harlem Hellfighters” Infantry Regiment during the latter years of WW1, the jazz bug took hold and, in the period that followed, spread throughout Europe. This... Read More about Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe.

Transmission Loss and Found: The Sampler as Compositional Tool (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2008, November). Transmission Loss and Found: The Sampler as Compositional Tool. Paper presented at Art of Record Production (ARP), University of Massachusetts

Item subsequently published as journal article - see item http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5031

Replies to the Critics: The Grounded Theories of Simon Frith (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2014, April). Replies to the Critics: The Grounded Theories of Simon Frith. Paper presented at Studying Music: An International Conference in Honour of Simon Frith, The University of Edinburgh

No abstract available.

The Art of the Loop: JJ Jeczalik and the Fairlight CMI Series II/III (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2015, June). The Art of the Loop: JJ Jeczalik and the Fairlight CMI Series II/III. Paper presented at Over and Over: Exploring Repetition in Popular Music, University of Liege, Belgium

The socio-musical practice of sampling is closely associated with the quotation of sound recordings, the technological processes of looping, and an aesthetic based on appropriation and repetition, primarily within the genres of hip-hop and Electronic... Read More about The Art of the Loop: JJ Jeczalik and the Fairlight CMI Series II/III.