Topics and Themes

My topic will relate most heavily to Low-End Theory: Bass Cultures/ Subcultures/ Youth Cultures. I feel that this topic can dissect how a specific culture around sound, music, and specific sonic phenomena relates to creating genres and communities. Deconstructed club and contemporary club music is somewhat of an abstract space, which doesn’t have as strict of founding in a specific place or city. Instead, it results from clashing influences and inspirations supported by the availability of information in the digital space. It is incredibly hard to pin down, and I feel that this part of the curriculum could potentially bring insight into the community that I am participating in as an artist and writing about as an academic by examining one that has formed and seems to have already reached its peak. Sessions on science fiction seem like they would support my research as well due to it tackling themes of dystopia and anxiety around the future being expressed in music. Potentially examining how sound has functioned within speculation of the future and represented fears surrounding that will provide a new perspective on the music I am discussing in this paper.

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