Ruth Saxelby on how digital culture has permeated how we listen and create music.

For Warwick Politics of Contemporary Music Forum, 26th April 2013.

Ruth Saxelby is the associate editor of Dummymag, and has written for Pitchfork, the Guardian and Dazed&Confused. She also presents a monthly radio show on NTS.
[ blog: http://ruthsaxelby.wordpress.com/ ] 

RUTH SAXELBY

The Warwick Politics of Contemporary Music Forum took place of Friday 26th April 2013, at the University of Warwick. The second event of its kind, the forum was set up as an opportunity for six esteemed journalists, authors and musicians to present short lectures on the state and position of music in a modern-day, political context. 

Here are the six full speeches:

Adam Harper on lo-fi pop and the underground scenes of the 1980s and now. Adam Harper writes for Wire Magazine, Dummy, and is the author of Infinite Music (Zer0 Books). [ blog: rougesfoam.blogspot.co.uk/ ]

Joe Kennedy on Bastille's "storming" of the British Museum and the ubiquity of the faceless folkster. Joe Kennedy is co-founder and editor of The Mammoth, and has written regularly for the Quietus and others. [ site: themammothjournal.wordpress.com/ ]

Ruth Saxelby on how digital culture has permeated how we listen and create music. Ruth Saxelby is the associate editor of Dummymag, and has written for Pitchfork, the Guardian and Dazed&Confused. She also presents a monthly radio show on NTS. [ blog: http://ruthsaxelby.wordpress.com/ ] 

Cornelia Dahlgren presents a female perspective of the music industry and story-telling. Cornelia is a Swedish musician, producer & labelowner, who has recently worked with the likes of Portico Quartet and Bonobo. [ site: iamcornelia.com/  ----  SOUNDCLOUD: @cornelia ]

Daniel Barrow on Harmony Korine's 'Spring Breakers' and neo-liberalism. Returning as an ex-student, Daniel has since written for Wire Magazine, Plan B and the Quietus.
[ blog: scarlettracery.wordpress.com/ ]

To conclude, we are proud to present our headliner speaker as theorist and critic Mark Fisher, author of Capitalist Realism (Zer0 Books).
[ blog: k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/ ]

RUTH SAXELBY

Warwick PoCM