Musical Rhythm in the Age of Digital Reproduction (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

Musical Rhythm In The Age Of Digital Reproduction Presents New Insights Into The Study Of Musical Rhythm Through Investigations Of The Micro-rhythmic Design Of Groove-based Music. The Main Purpose Of The Book Is To Investigate How Technological Mediation - In The Age Of Digital Music Production Tools - Has Influenced The Design Of Rhythm At The Micro Level. Through Close Readings Of Technology-driven Popular Music Genres, Such As Contemporary R & B, Hip-hop, Trip-hop, Electro-pop, Electronica, House And Techno, As Well As Played Folk Music Styles, The Book Sheds Light On How Investigations Of The Musical-temporal Relationships Of Groove-based Musics Might Be Fruitfully Pursued, In Particular With Regard To Their Micro-rhythmic Features. This Book Is Based On Contributions To The Project Rhythm In The Age Of Digital Reproduction (radr), A Five-year Research Project Running From 2004 To 2009 That Was Funded By The Norwegian Research Council. Anne Danielsen, Department Of Musicology, University Of Oslo, Norway. --book Jacket. Here, There And Everywhere : Three Accounts Of Pulse In D'angelo's 'left And Right' / Anne Danielsen -- Microtiming And Rhythmic Structure In Clave-based Music : A Quantitative Study / Ives Chor -- Simultaneous Rhythmic Events With Different Schematic Affiliations : Microtiming And Dynamic Attending In Two Contemporary R&b Grooves / Kristoffer Carlsen And Maria A.g. Witek -- The Concept Of Rhythmic Tolerance : Examining Flexible Grooves In Scandinavian Folk Fiddling / Mats Johansson -- Timbral Relationships And Microrhythmic Tension : Shaping The Groove Experience Through Sound / Kristoffer Yddal Bjerke -- Rhythm/body/motion : Tricky's Contradictory Dance Music / Eric F. Clarke -- Moved By The Groove : Bass Drum Sounds And Body Movements In Electronic Dance Music / Hans T. Zeiner-henriksen -- Slave To The Supradiegetic Rhythm : A Microrhythmic Analysis Of Creaky Voice In Sia's 'breathe Me' / Serge Lacasse -- Opaque Mediation : The Cut-and-paste Groove In Dj Food's 'break' / Ragnhild Brøvig-hanssen -- Microsampling : From Akufen's Microhouse To Todd Edwards And The Sound Of Uk Garage / Paul Harkins -- Real And Unreal Performances : The Interaction Of Recording Technology And Rock Drum Kit Performance / Simon Zagorski-thomas -- Composing A Performance : The Analogue Experience In The Age Of Digital (re)production / Tellef Kvifte. Edited By Anne Danielsen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 6 List of Figures 8 List of Music Examples 10 Notes on Contributors 12 Acknowledgments 16 1 Introduction: Rhythm in the Age of Digital Reproduction 18 Part I Microrhythm and Rhythmic Structure 34 2 Here, There and Everywhere: Three Accounts of Pulse in D’Angelo’s ‘Left and Right’ 36 3 Microtiming and Rhythmic Structure in Clave-Based Music: A Quantitative Study 54 4 Simultaneous Rhythmic Events with Different Schematic Affiliations: Microtiming and Dynamic 68 5 The Concept of Rhythmic Tolerance: Examining Flexible Grooves in Scandinavian Folk Fiddling 86 6 Timbral Relationships and Microrhythmic Tension: Shaping the Groove Experience 102 Part II Groove and Embodiment 120 7 Rhythm/Body/Motion: Tricky’s Contradictory Dance Music 122 8 Moved by the Groove: Bass Drum Sounds and Body Movements in Electronic Dance Music 138 9 Slave to the Supradiegetic Rhythm: A Microrhythmic Analysis of Creaky Voice in Sia’s ‘Breathe Me’ 158 Part III Mediation and Music Production 174 10 Opaque Mediation: The Cut-and-Paste Groove in DJ Food’s ‘Break’ 176 11 Microsampling: From Akufen’s Microhouse to Todd Edwards and the Sound of UK Garage 194 12 Real and Unreal Performances: The Interaction of Recording Technology and Rock Drum Kit 212 13 Composing a Performance: The Analogue Experience in the Age of Digital (Re)Production 230 Bibliography 248 Index 264 Offers insights into the study of musical rhythm through investigations of the micro-rhythmic design of groove-based music. This book intends to investigate how technological mediation - in the age of digital music production tools - has influenced the design of rhythm at the micro level.