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Further Thoughts
One of the most interesting elements of my research is how the values in black metal and EDM (the two genres synthesized by the band in my ethnographical analysis) directly contrast and oppose each other. In Takahashi and Olaveson’s study of the Canadian rave scenes, they identify the central themes of the EDM experience to…
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Norient
The website Norient highlights one of the most exciting prospects relating to contemporary culture around sonic practices: the reclaiming and bridging of cultural dialogue around sound and music and its accessibility on a global scale. Outside the gentrification of music within the popular industry and culture, Norient’s form, presentation, and system of information organization allows…
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Sonic Ethnography
My ethnography: The sonic landscape that comprises walking from outside the LCC building to the Sound Arts Department signifies various cultures, modes, and roles involving engagement and relationship with the environment, and social forms of communication. The outer plaza features a heavy presence of student activity as an area of leisure, where the sound of…
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Potential Quotes
From: Ecology, Estrangement and Enchantment in Black Metal’s Dark Haven “Paganism, mysticism, occultism and other forms of marginal religiosity are combined with idealised depictions of natural or fantastic landscapes. Yet this music bewitched with ancient nature and tradition relies on electrical instruments, amplification and distortion, as well as electronic recording and playback devices, and it…
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Potential Research Sources
Possible Sources: Black Metal: Within the Sounds of Nature A Sonic Intervention into Authenticity and Black Metal Flow Liminality and Eudaimonia: Pagan Ritual Practice as a Gateway to a Life With Meaning Electronic Dance Music as Modern-Day Ritual
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Potential Research
My potential research questions are: How does electronic music relate to spiritual, ritualistic, or pagan practices? I plan to do a sensory ethnography of VMO, a band that blends black metal, visual art, and EDM and contextualizes it culturally in pagan ritual practices. I can potentially look into studies around electronic music’s relationship to ritual…