RITMO Seminar: Muddy Rhythms & Broken Beats

Welcome to the seminar Muddy Rhythms & Broken Beats at RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, February 4-5. The focus of the seminar is on experimental grooves, typically perceived of as breaking the “rules.”

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About the seminar

The seminar will focus on experimental grooves, typically perceived of as breaking the “rules.” Such experimental grooves may include seasick rhythms, fragmented or cut-up rhythms, staggering rhythms, pushed and dragged rhythms, syncopated rhythms, or various forms of rhythmic irregularities. It will be a particular focus on music that falls under the umbrella terms of hip-hop music, neo-soul, urban and electronic dance music. 
 
Topics may (but are not limited to) address the following questions:
  • How do producers experiment with rhythm and groove via the use of processing effects, sequencer tools and samples?
  • What is the relationship between interface design and groove aesthetics?
  • How do listeners make sense of muddy rhythms and broken beats?
  • What is the relation between sound and perceived timing in these grooves?
  • How can we explain the producers’ and listeners’ fascination with muddy rhythms and broken beats?

Program

Tuesday 4 February

15.00-15.30 Coffee break in the RITMO kitchen
15.30-15.45: Welcome
15.45-16.15: Gross Beats: Hyperquantization in Trap Music – Mike D'Errico
16.45-17.00 Break
20.00: Dinner at Süd?st

Wednesday 5 February

09.00-09.30: Morning coffee in the RITMO kitchen
10.30-11.00: Playful Rhythms and Mosaic Flow – Ragnhild Br?vig-Hanssen
11.00-12.00: Lunch
13.30-13.45: Round off

(Note that there are different rooms for each of the days).

Registration

To know how much food to order and your dietary preferences, please fill out the form and sign up for the seminar here by Monday 27th of January.

Funding

The seminar is organized by the research projects TIME, MASHED and RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion.

Published Jan. 9, 2020 3:19 PM - Last modified Dec. 29, 2022 11:54 PM