Readings Flashcards
What is turntablism?
= the creation of music using record turntables and a mixer. It is the basis of electronica, house music and its derivatives and – most importantly – hip hop
What are 4 major abilities of turntablism?
- beat matching
- beat mixing
- scratching (running needle backward over vinyl’s groove)
- beat juggling (two identical records/samples used ot repeat the same sound for the breakbeat)
Who main inventor of scratvhinh? who popularized it?
inventor = grand wizard thoerode
popularized = grandmaster flash
What are cultural quarters? What is the context of this definition?
incorporate not only pubs and clubs, but also restaurants, galleries, museums, cinemas and inner city loft apartments
context: only pubs and clubs are the ones that are watched and restricted for crime/delinquency reasons
What are nightclubs accoridn ot brabazon?
- spaces of transformation, to create and imagine many possible identities.
- offer the promise of eroticism rather than the certainty of gratification
- Nightclubs are not only places to question and test the limits of sexuality and gender, they are also a source to understand the function of both work and leisure in the configuration of identity
What is sexual identity much more than?
much more than sexual practices. It involves a
collection of fleeting and often arbitrary choices about clothing, hairstyle and music
What is another way to descrube house music and its aligned genres? What does this phrase enclose?
= as electronic dance music
This phrase encloses a range of musics, including house, techno, jungle, drum ‘n’ bass, gabba, ambient and trance
What did post-disco dance msuic do to popular music? How?
it stripped it!
= took out the lyrics and biography of artist making it transcultural and diasporic (of a group that been dispersed outside traditional homeland)
Where is dance music originating?
cities! and even specific clubs
BUT no specific one place, they proliferate and connect
What is the function of music videos?
They are short promotional films that borrow many of the techniques of cinema, gaming and live performance
= new visual languages created
What makes music video different than full length film?
narrative and visual possibilities are very different.
- scale
- length
- technique with editing and cuts very difeferent for music video
What is an example of repurposing of music for a new digital lifestyle? Does it work for music videos?
iTunes and other commercial portals!
music videos: can be viewed with clarity on ipod itouch etc, internet also makes it easy access
