Thomas Brett
Biographic Data
| ID | 1603007 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Brett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Brett |
| SIGNATURE | BRETT T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Prince’s Rhythm Programming
This article explores Prince’s LM-1 rhythm programming techniques and sound ideals by considering song examples, interviews with Prince’s engineers and musicians, and online fan discussion. It is argued that given the constraints of music technologies in the early 1980 s and the production workflows for using them, Prince’s drum programming remains a model of compelling groove-making. By sequencing rhythms, finger drumming drum fills, and incorpo…
Polyrhythms, negative space, circuits of meaning
Dysnomia is a 2013 recording by the jazz trio Dawn of Midi scored for acoustic piano, bass and drums. Eschewing jazz chords, improvisation, swing rhythms and theme and variations, the music is instead organised around repeating rhythmic loops and interlocking melo-harmonic fragments, as one groove assemblage segues into the next like an evolving DJ set. The music sounds equal parts minimal process, electronically sequenced and traditional African…
Remixology
Remixology charts the emergence of dub music from its origins in Jamaica out into the Jamaican diaspora and beyond. Surveying numerous dub-oriented scenes, recordings, and musicians in Jamaica, Eng
DJ Culture in the Mix
DJ Culture in the Mix is the first academic collection devoted to the DJ in electronic dance music (EDM). Its appearance is timely since the sounds and structures of EDM increasingly permeate all p
Tony Allen
Autechre and Electronic Music Fandom
This article approaches the English experimental electronic dance music group Autechre through the talk and music-making of its fans. I argue that Autechre fans are perceptive listeners who perform their curiosity and knowledge online in a variety of ways. Drawing on two sets of case studies derived from music technology user forum discussions and amateur instructional videos on YouTube, I show how the techno-geek discourses and musical products …
Electronic percussion
Beyond the Dance Floor
Beyond the Dance Floor:Female DJs, Technology and Electronic Dance Music Culture is an ethnographic monograph about the experiences of female DJs in the American electronic dance music (EDM) scene
Mp3
Music Video and the Politics of Representation
Diane Railton and Paul Watson, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011, ISBN: 978 0 7486 3323 4 176 pp.,, £65.00 (hb), £19.99 (pb) Music Video and the Politics of Representation surveys how mus
Sonic Bodies
DJ Culture in the Mix
DJ Culture in the Mix is the first academic collection devoted to the DJ in electronic dance music (EDM). Its appearance is timely since the sounds and structures of EDM increasingly permeate all p
Autechre and Electronic Music Fandom
This article approaches the English experimental electronic dance music group Autechre through the talk and music-making of its fans. I argue that Autechre fans are perceptive listeners who perform their curiosity and knowledge online in a variety of ways. Drawing on two sets of case studies derived from music technology user forum discussions and amateur instructional videos on YouTube, I show how the techno-geek discourses and musical products …
Remixology
Remixology charts the emergence of dub music from its origins in Jamaica out into the Jamaican diaspora and beyond. Surveying numerous dub-oriented scenes, recordings, and musicians in Jamaica, Eng
Beyond the Dance Floor
Beyond the Dance Floor:Female DJs, Technology and Electronic Dance Music Culture is an ethnographic monograph about the experiences of female DJs in the American electronic dance music (EDM) scene
Sonic Bodies
Music Video and the Politics of Representation
Diane Railton and Paul Watson, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011, ISBN: 978 0 7486 3323 4 176 pp.,, £65.00 (hb), £19.99 (pb) Music Video and the Politics of Representation surveys how mus
Sonic Bodies
Electronic percussion
Beyond the Dance Floor
Beyond the Dance Floor:Female DJs, Technology and Electronic Dance Music Culture is an ethnographic monograph about the experiences of female DJs in the American electronic dance music (EDM) scene
Mp3
Remixology
Remixology charts the emergence of dub music from its origins in Jamaica out into the Jamaican diaspora and beyond. Surveying numerous dub-oriented scenes, recordings, and musicians in Jamaica, Eng
DJ Culture in the Mix
DJ Culture in the Mix is the first academic collection devoted to the DJ in electronic dance music (EDM). Its appearance is timely since the sounds and structures of EDM increasingly permeate all p
Tony Allen
Autechre and Electronic Music Fandom
This article approaches the English experimental electronic dance music group Autechre through the talk and music-making of its fans. I argue that Autechre fans are perceptive listeners who perform their curiosity and knowledge online in a variety of ways. Drawing on two sets of case studies derived from music technology user forum discussions and amateur instructional videos on YouTube, I show how the techno-geek discourses and musical products …
Polyrhythms, negative space, circuits of meaning
Dysnomia is a 2013 recording by the jazz trio Dawn of Midi scored for acoustic piano, bass and drums. Eschewing jazz chords, improvisation, swing rhythms and theme and variations, the music is instead organised around repeating rhythmic loops and interlocking melo-harmonic fragments, as one groove assemblage segues into the next like an evolving DJ set. The music sounds equal parts minimal process, electronically sequenced and traditional African…
Prince’s Rhythm Programming
This article explores Prince’s LM-1 rhythm programming techniques and sound ideals by considering song examples, interviews with Prince’s engineers and musicians, and online fan discussion. It is argued that given the constraints of music technologies in the early 1980 s and the production workflows for using them, Prince’s drum programming remains a model of compelling groove-making. By sequencing rhythms, finger drumming drum fills, and incorpo…
Art (9 works) · Music History and Culture (9 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Visual arts (6 works) · Music Technology and Sound Studies (5 works) · Acoustics (3 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (3 works) · Electronic dance music (3 works)