https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Against-the-Grain-of-the-Voice https://booksandideas.net/Against-the-Grain-of-the-Voice 2020-07-06T07:00:00Z text/html en Catherine Rudent Arts gender music race cultural studies popular culture Books and ideas originals electronic music metal music <p>From crooning to auto-tune, the voice is at the heart of popular songs. However, it has proved difficult to study: how can something as personal be analysed? Catherine Rudent provides an overview of current approaches of the voice in popular music studies.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Japanoise-Affect-at-the-Edge-of-Music https://booksandideas.net/Japanoise-Affect-at-the-Edge-of-Music 2018-11-29T07:00:00Z text/html en Edouard Degay Delpeuch International Arts media Japan subculture culture music cultural studies Text Interviews Books and ideas originals circulation experimental music electronic music listening sound studies <p>In the 80's, a peculiar genre of underground music emerged: Japanoise—or Japanese Noise. Based on feedback, without melody nor structure, this genre is often perceived as the end of music. Drawing on the tools of media anthropology, David Novak traces the history of the construction of this genre.</p>