Alexei Monroe
Biographic Data
| ID | 1379082 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexei Monroe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexei |
| FAMILY NAME | Monroe |
| SIGNATURE | MONROE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Burren College of Art |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gabber
Gabber is a hardcore electronic dance music genre, typified by extreme speed and overdrive, which developed in the Netherlands, with Rotterdam as its epicentre, during the early 1990s, when house music-inspired dance events dominated. The use of distorted noise and references to popular body horror, such as Hellraiser , dominated its scene, and soon gabber was commented on as ‘the metal of house music’, a statement that this article aims to inves…
The Wild Hunt
‘Brexit’ is a shocking new political-cultural-psychological archetype, so rich in metaphorical potential that it is difficult to know how to ‘hunt’ its deeper meaning. Therefore, it seems fitting to look backwards and seek folkloric parallels to illuminate the gathering cultural darkness. The ‘Wild Hunt’ is a pan-European myth that is also present in English culture. Applied to Brexit, it symbolises the vengeful, bloodthirsty unleashing of euphor…
NSK
The NSK State was created in 1992 in the wake of Slovenian independence and the breakup of socialist Yugoslavia. Founded as a utopian social sculpture by the Slovenian arts collective Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK), the NSK State has no national or physical boundaries and exists as a virtual state or a state in time. As a collective cultural work, the NSK State has opened temporary embassies in numerous locations and issued passports, some of which…
Ice on the Circuits/Coldness as Crisis
This paper examines issues surrounding the cultural reception of “laptop music”, as well as its wider socio-political implications. By tracing the reactions to industrial and techno music, laptop music is placed in a historical and political context. Reactions to these electronic forms manifest oscillations between technophilia and technophobia. A range of social and cultural pressures lead to the attempted normalisation of electronic music as si…
Ice on the Circuits/Coldness as Crisis
This paper examines issues surrounding the cultural reception of “laptop music”, as well as its wider socio-political implications. By tracing the reactions to industrial and techno music, laptop music is placed in a historical and political context. Reactions to these electronic forms manifest oscillations between technophilia and technophobia. A range of social and cultural pressures lead to the attempted normalisation of electronic music as si…
Ice on the Circuits/Coldness as Crisis
This paper examines issues surrounding the cultural reception of “laptop music”, as well as its wider socio-political implications. By tracing the reactions to industrial and techno music, laptop music is placed in a historical and political context. Reactions to these electronic forms manifest oscillations between technophilia and technophobia. A range of social and cultural pressures lead to the attempted normalisation of electronic music as si…
NSK
The NSK State was created in 1992 in the wake of Slovenian independence and the breakup of socialist Yugoslavia. Founded as a utopian social sculpture by the Slovenian arts collective Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK), the NSK State has no national or physical boundaries and exists as a virtual state or a state in time. As a collective cultural work, the NSK State has opened temporary embassies in numerous locations and issued passports, some of which…
The Wild Hunt
‘Brexit’ is a shocking new political-cultural-psychological archetype, so rich in metaphorical potential that it is difficult to know how to ‘hunt’ its deeper meaning. Therefore, it seems fitting to look backwards and seek folkloric parallels to illuminate the gathering cultural darkness. The ‘Wild Hunt’ is a pan-European myth that is also present in English culture. Applied to Brexit, it symbolises the vengeful, bloodthirsty unleashing of euphor…
Gabber
Gabber is a hardcore electronic dance music genre, typified by extreme speed and overdrive, which developed in the Netherlands, with Rotterdam as its epicentre, during the early 1990s, when house music-inspired dance events dominated. The use of distorted noise and references to popular body horror, such as Hellraiser , dominated its scene, and soon gabber was commented on as ‘the metal of house music’, a statement that this article aims to inves…
Art (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Music History and Culture (2 works)