Alternative Histories of Electronic Music Conference Proceedings, 2016

Proceedings from the first international conference on 'Alternative Histories of Electronic Music' held in London in April 2016. The conference was part of an AHRC-funded project exploring the work of musician Hugh Davies, who documented 560 studios in 39 countries in his 1968 catalog. The project was led by Dr James Mooney at the University of Leeds.

Use Cases

• Analyze discourse on alternative histories of electronic music based on conference paper texts.
• Study the global distribution of early electronic music studios based on references to Hugh Davies's 1968 catalog.
• Research the influence of specific musicological projects on academic conferences based on the described AHRC-funded context.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, documented historical catalog covering 560 studios in 39 countries.
• Associated with a defined academic project led by a university researcher.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Leeds

Collection Method

Papers presented at an academic conference.

Time Range

Conference held 14-16 April 2016.

Geography

Conference held in London, UK; topics have a global scope.