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The Role Of Harmony In The Construction Of A Machine Aesthetic In Electronic Dance Music (2024)
Thesis
Harding, R. (2024). The Role Of Harmony In The Construction Of A Machine Aesthetic In Electronic Dance Music. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis represents the first extended study of harmonic practices and their significance in electronic dance music. Focusing on analysis of recordings from the 1970s–1990s, it identifies three distinctive harmonic practices which help to define w... Read More about The Role Of Harmony In The Construction Of A Machine Aesthetic In Electronic Dance Music.

California Dreamin': Popular Music and Place-Myths of California (2024)
Thesis
Aspden, R. (2024). California Dreamin': Popular Music and Place-Myths of California. (Thesis). University of Salford

In this thesis I develop a concept of southern California place-myths based on themes from a selection of popular songs from the earliest phase of California statehood (c. 1849) through the first half of the 1970s, examining the role that music plays... Read More about California Dreamin': Popular Music and Place-Myths of California.