Sonic Bodies
Reggae Sound Systems, Performance Techniques, and Ways of Knowing
Seiten
2011
Continuum Publishing Corporation (Verlag)
978-1-4411-0151-8 (ISBN)
Continuum Publishing Corporation (Verlag)
978-1-4411-0151-8 (ISBN)
A study of the culture and physicality of dancehall reggae music. It focuses on the skilled performance of the crewmembers responsible for this signature of Jamaican music: the audio engineers designing, building and fine-tuning the "set" of equipment; the selectors choosing the music tracks played; and, MCs (DJs) on the mic hyping up the crowd.
Breaking new ground in the field of Sound Studies, this book provides an in-depth study of the culture and physicality of dancehall reggae music. The reggae sound system has exerted a major influence on music and popular culture. Every night, on the streets of inner city Kingston, Jamaica, Dancehall sessions stage a visceral, immersive and immensely pleasurable experience of sonic dominance for the participating crowd. "Sonic Bodies" concentrates on the skilled performance of the crewmembers responsible for this signature of Jamaican music: the audio engineers designing, building and fine-tuning the hugely powerful "set" of equipment; the selectors choosing the music tracks played; and, MCs (DJs) on the mic hyping up the crowd. Julian Henriques proposes that these dancehall "vibes" are taken literally as the periodic movement of vibrations, and offers an analysis of how a sound system operates - not only at auditory, but also at corporeal and sociocultural frequencies. "Sonic Bodies" formulates a fascinating auditory critique of visual dominance and the dualities inherent in ideas of image, text or discourse.
This innovative book questions the assumptions that reason resides only in the mind, that communication is an exchange of information and that meaning is only ever representation.
Breaking new ground in the field of Sound Studies, this book provides an in-depth study of the culture and physicality of dancehall reggae music. The reggae sound system has exerted a major influence on music and popular culture. Every night, on the streets of inner city Kingston, Jamaica, Dancehall sessions stage a visceral, immersive and immensely pleasurable experience of sonic dominance for the participating crowd. "Sonic Bodies" concentrates on the skilled performance of the crewmembers responsible for this signature of Jamaican music: the audio engineers designing, building and fine-tuning the hugely powerful "set" of equipment; the selectors choosing the music tracks played; and, MCs (DJs) on the mic hyping up the crowd. Julian Henriques proposes that these dancehall "vibes" are taken literally as the periodic movement of vibrations, and offers an analysis of how a sound system operates - not only at auditory, but also at corporeal and sociocultural frequencies. "Sonic Bodies" formulates a fascinating auditory critique of visual dominance and the dualities inherent in ideas of image, text or discourse.
This innovative book questions the assumptions that reason resides only in the mind, that communication is an exchange of information and that meaning is only ever representation.
Julian Henriques is senior lecturer in the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. He previously ran the Film and Television Department at CARIMAC, at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.
Introduction: Thinking Through Sound; Chapter 1: The Dancehall Scene and the Wavebands of Sounding; Chapter 2: Sound Systems, Instruments and Techniques; Chapter 3: The Engineer: Fine-tuning; Chapter 4: Learning to Listen; Chapter 5: The Selector: Juggling; Chapter 6: Cut, Mix n' Rewind; Chapter 7: The MC: Voicing; Chapter 8: Rhetoric and Ways of Knowing; Conclusion: A Sonic Logos; Bibliography; Discography; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.11.2011 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4411-0151-9 / 1441101519 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4411-0151-8 / 9781441101518 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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