Samples 14 (2016)
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Satan fordert die totale Zerstörung des Betriebes! : Die Heavy Metal-Subkultur in der DDR
(2016)East German heavy metal fans constituted one of the GDR s largest subcultures in the mid and late 1980s. Using sources from the Stasi record agency BStU, as well as documents from the German radio archive Deutsches ... -
Von Menschen, Maschinen und dem Minimalen : musikanalytische Überlegungen zum Techno-Projekt The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble
(2016)Although Electronic Dance Music (EDM) ranks among one of the most popular styles in the 21st century, the academic debate about the distinct musical qualities of EDM is sparse. The article transfers the theoretical framework ... -
Jitterbugs with attitudes : an essay on the problematic relationship of popular music and politics
(2016)This essay discusses the communication system of popular music, i.e. communication between musicians and listeners, to find out why music is such an imperfect means to convey unambiguous political messages. Music as a ... -
Genese, Folgen und Gefahren digitaler Musikplanungssysteme im Rundfunk : zur "Philosophie" des Formatradios
(2016)Formatted radio programs targeted at a defined audience were established in Germany in 1985. For these, computers generate playlists which then can be controlled and modified by editors. On the one hand, programs such as ... -
Backwoods: rural distance and authenticity in twentieth-Century American independent folk and rock discourse
(2016)The value placed on rural musicians is a consistent characteristic of independent popular music culture, particularly with respect to »lo-fi« aesthetics. Antipathetic to what they saw as excessively industrialised and ... -
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