Crosstown Traffic Conference 2018

Crosstown Traffic Conference 2018 - Popular Music Theory and Practice

Queensgate, Huddersfield, UK, HD1 3DH
3 – 5 September 2018
This is a joint conference arranged by four organisations:

International Association for the Study of Popular Music UK & Ireland Branch (IASPM UK&I)
Association for the Study of the Art of Record Production (ASARP)
Dancecult: Electronic Dance Music Culture Research Network
International Society for Metal Music Studies (ISMMS)

Keynote Speakers include:

Andrew Scheps - Producer
Andrew has worked with the likes of Metallica, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Jay Z and Adele.

Anne Danielsen, University of Oslo
Anne is known for example for editing Musical Rhythm in the Age of Digital Reproduction, and on groove and production.

Franco Fabbri - musicologist, musician and broadcaster
Based at the the University of Milan and Parma Conservatory, Franco is Visiting Professor at the University of Huddersfield. He is the current Chair of IASPM.

Hosted by the University of Huddersfield, this event combines the IASPM UK&I Biennial Conference, with the 13th Art of Record Production Conference (ARP), a conference of ISMMS, and feature the additional participation of Dancecult. The theme of the conference is Crosstown Traffic: Popular Music Theory and Practice.

A recurrent theme within popular music studies has been discussion of how the field can integrate different disciplines and professions, for example exploring both music and its context; involving both practitioners and researchers; and encouraging interdisciplinary and collaborative work. Many different issues make such approaches challenging, and various different popular music focused subject organisations have developed somewhat independently of one another. This conference brings four such groups together, to exchange knowledge, collaborate, and to encourage crosstalk.

Organising committee:

IASPM UK&I: Rupert Till

ARP: Katia Isakoff, Shara Rambarran

ISMMS: Karl Spracklen

Dancecult: Graham St. John

University of Huddersfield: Jan Herbst, Austin Moore, Lisa Colton, Toby Martin, Catherine Haworth, Mark Mynett, Leon Clowes

For more information visit https://www.store.hud.ac.uk/product-catalogue/conferences/music-conference/crosstown-traffic-conference-registration