Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture

28/04/2025

📣 We're currently extending our Dancecult team and seeking a new Operations Associate (OA). The OA will join the Dancecult production team to support the Operations Director and the Executive Editor.

// What does being a OA entail?
Throughout the year, you will carry out occasional domain and hosting administration tasks, such as email account management. You may also need to troubleshoot hosting issues or request additional support from our provider (Namecheap).

You will be appointed for the management of the Dancecult Research Network (DRN) website and reference list. Your responsibilities will include: maintenance and update of the WordPress site (https://dancecult-research.net); posting WordPress news and announcements; and depositing the website submissions of Bibliography and People references.

You will be responsible of scheduling and hosting (on Zoom) our quarterly Dancecult Editorial Board (DEB) meetings, as well as sending out DEB email updates.

Once a year, on our publication day in November, you will assist with the publication of our new issue in OJS (Open Journal Systems).

This is a great hands-on opportunity to get involved in the editorial production of a peer-reviewed journal. Also, this is a volunteer position that provides invaluable experience for those interested in scholarly and/or publishing careers.

// Interested?
Please send any inquiries or send your application with CV by May 30 to Botond Vitos via email: [email protected]

31/03/2025

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS & PERFORMANCES: The Ambient Music Conference, Copenhagen 🎶

Why is everybody listening to ambient music these days? — This is the first international academic conference in this decade to focus on contemporary and future ambient music. We expect this research field to be investigated in sound studies and musicology, in cultural studies and media studies, in musical anthropology and sociology, in performance studies and popular music studies, and in artistic research and practices, but we welcome all relevant fields, including research areas and methods we as organizers may not yet be aware of.

TOPICS:
Possible topics for consideration could be (but are not limited to):
‣ Local variants and approaches to ambient music all around the planet
‣ Ambient music scenes and social music practices in diverse regions and societies
‣ Ambient music, digital streaming platforms, and the environment
‣ Listening technologies and production networks for ambient music – including immersive sound formats
‣ Historical, current, and future approaches in the distribution of ambient music
‣ Ambient music, mood regulation, and affective control
‣ Ambient music subgenres and hybrids such as Dark Ambient, Lowercase Ambient, Witch House, Isolationist Ambient or Goblincore
‣ Ambient uses of music and ambient listening strategies in architecture, art, design and film
‣ Ambient music in social media and audiovisual media genres.

PROPOSALS:
You can submit proposals for three different formats:
1. Research Papers
2. Audio Papers
3. Performances

DEADLINE:
∙Friday 1 June 2025, 12pm CEST (Copenhagen-time)
∙More info here: https://rmc.dk/en/news/ambient-music-conference-2026-call-papers-performances
∙ Download PDF here:
https://artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/sound-studies-lab/calendar/2025/the-ambient-music-conference/CfP_-_THE_AMBIENT_MUSIC_CONFERENCE_-_Copenhagen_September_15-17_-_2026.pdf

RMC - Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium

13/03/2025

A reminder about the 'Open Call for Speakers – Chambok House 2025' via Ozorian Prophet.

"Chambok House has become the festival’s hub for mind-expanding talks and deep discussions. Equipped with top-tier tech and comfort, it’s the perfect space to explore everything from the practical to the psychedelic, the scientific to the spiritual.

For 2025, we invite lecturers, visionaries, and unique speakers to share their insights—especially those that connect to this year’s theme: Spiral Dynamics. If you have a thought-provoking topic that challenges perspectives and inspires transformation, we want to hear from you!"

Deadline: APRIL 1, 2025.
More INFO: https://2025.ozorafestival.eu/open-calls-and-participations/

+ More details in the post below ⬇️

03/03/2025

We're seeking a Volunteer ASSOCIATE EDITOR for Dancecult Journal's 'From the Floor' Section.

Do you want to work closely with a team of international writers, academics and electronic music and dance culture (EMDC) enthusiasts? Do you have your finger on the pulse of current trends in EMDC?

Dancecult publishes one issue each November. Our From the Floor section publishes articles with blog-like style and multimedia content to complement the journal’s feature articles section. This is an opportunity to contribute in an imaginative way to this continually evolving scene and diverse network.

What you’ll do:

Under the direction of the FTF Editor and the Executive Editor, and with respect to our annual publishing schedule, you will solicit new articles, make suggestions for articles and identify subjects of interest, respond to author enquiries, provide feedback on articles and work with authors and the editorial team to coordinate copyediting and production activities.

What we’re looking for:
- Experience publishing/editing academic writing and journalism.
- Awareness of current trends in dance culture
- Passion for EMDC and its global community.
- Ability to work remotely, using Microsoft Word and have strong communication, literacy and organisational skills.
- Familiarity with the Dancecult Style Guide.

Why join us?
- Flexible, remote work opportunity.
- Be part of a vibrant team and research network at the intersection of culture and academia.
- Showcase your skills while contributing to a unique community.
- Learn from an experienced editorial team and enhance your academic profile.

Time commitment: Approx. 1-1.5 hrs per week.

Please send an email with an introductory letter and your CV to our FTF Editor, Dave Payling, at [email protected] by March 31st.

26/02/2025

📣 Call for PRESENTERS at Ozora Festival 2025 📣

This open call for lecturers in Chambok House speaker's programme at Ozora Festival closes on 15 MARCH 2025.

As with previous years, there will be a Dancecult day in the week-long program, featuring experts across the broad field of electronic music and dance culture studies.

Submit your submission here → https://2025.ozorafestival.eu/open-calls-and-participations/open-call-for-lecturers/

We welcome you to be involved!

🎉 Ozora Festival, Hungary
📍 25 July - 05 August 2025

22/01/2025

Coming soon... Dancecult Conference 2025 to CTM Festival 🎶

This week, we welcome you to join us at the Technische Universität Berlin for two jam-packed days of engaging talks on preserving and archiving electronic music and dance cultures.

Look forward to seeing you there!

• Dates: 24-25 January 2025
• Entry: Free
• Limited capacity, first-come first-served.
• All presentations will furthermore be live streamed on Zoom.
• More info & full program via CTM Festival's & our website ↓↓

15/11/2024

Dancecult Issue 16(1) now live

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Spaces of Dancing

Guest edited by Ben Assiter
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>> Contents

Executive Editor's Introduction
- Graham St John

Guest Editor’s Introduction to “Spaces of Dancing”
- Ben Assiter

> Feature Articles

1. The Steady Decline of Club Culture in Dublin: Neoliberal Policy, Touristification and the Pandemic.
- Caroline Ann O’Sullivan

2. “Being a DJ is My Form of Resistance”: The Dance Floor As a Safer Space for Queer-Feminist Communities in Vienna
- Magdalena Fuernkranz

3. London Dubstep Culture in an Online Discord Community: The Mediation of Bass, Space and Place
- Ivan Mouraviev

4. Noise as a Spectre in Dub Techno
- Bahadırhan Koçer

5. Squelches, Wobbles and Risers: Continuous Processes and Subgenres in Electronic Dance Music
- Jeremy W. Smith

> From the Floor
1. Reflections from the Frontlines of Grassroots Venue Design
- Ella Adu

2. Finding Shelter: Recollections of Shanghai’s Underground Music Scene in the 2010s
- Tianyu Jiang

3. Foraging Places and Spaces through Dance: The Mycelium-like Spaces of Post-1989 Berlin Affording its Ongoing Club Culture
- Phoebe Janssen

4. Passinho Chronicles: Unveiling Urban Narratives Through Dance
- Natalia Figueredo

5. An Old School Stomper: Reflections on Place, Identity, and Drugs and the Fluctuating Roles of the Participating Ethnographer
- Sarah Raine

6. Platformization and Its Ongoing Impact on Dance Music Spaces
- Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo

7. Reparative Raving
- Emily Murphy

8. Windows on the Dancefloor
- Ruth Hughes

> Transposition

Berghain, Techno and the Body Factory: Ethnography of a Club’s Regulars
- Guillaume Robin

> Reviews

1. Larisa Kingston Mann. Rude Citizenship: Jamaican Popular Music, Copyright, and the Reverberations of Colonial Power
- Aadita Chaudhury

2. Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta. Together, Somehow: Music, Affect, and Intimacy on the Dancefloor
- Rory Fewer

3. Jim Ottewill. Out of Space: How UK Cities Shaped Rave Culture (Revised and expanded edition)
- Alistair Fraser

4. Fraser Mann, Robert Edgar and Helen Pleasance. eds., Venue Stories: Narratives, Memories, and Histories from Britain’s Independent Music Spaces
- Max Gibson

5. Anita Jóri and Guillaume Robin. ed, Living at Night in Times of Pandemic: Night Studies and Club Culture in France and Germany
- Jack McNeill

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Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture
http://dj.dancecult.net
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06/08/2024

Next Dancecult conference, Berlin, Jan 2025.

DC25 | Dancecult Conference
24–25 January 2025

Call for Proposals. DC25: Preserving and Archiving Electronic Music and Dance Cultures

We are delighted to announce the call for proposals for DC25, a Dancecult Research Network conference to be held at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, 24–25 January 2025, in cooperation with the Audio Communication Group, Dancecult journal and CTM Festival. DC25 will host participants from the broad interdisciplinary community of research around electronic (dance) music and cultures who will converge, share and celebrate their ongoing research efforts. The conference is also an opportunity for graduate students and senior researchers alike to share insights on the questions of preserving and archiving electronic music and dance cultures. DC25 is a two-day in-person conference, where all presentations will be live streamed.

https://dancecult-research.net/dc25-cfp/

05/08/2024

DC25 | Dancecult Conference
24–25 January 2025

Call for Proposals. DC25: Preserving and Archiving Electronic Music and Dance Cultures

We are delighted to announce the call for proposals for DC25, a Dancecult Research Network conference to be held at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, 24–25 January 2025, in cooperation with the Audio Communication Group, Dancecult journal and CTM Festival. DC25 will host participants from the broad interdisciplinary community of research around electronic (dance) music and cultures who will converge, share and celebrate their ongoing research efforts. The conference is also an opportunity for graduate students and senior researchers alike to share insights on the questions of preserving and archiving electronic music and dance cultures. DC25 is a two-day in-person conference, where all presentations will be live streamed.

https://dancecult-research.net/dc25-cfp/

15/03/2024

Rave-The-Planet-Initiative erfolgreich! Die „Technokultur in Berlin“ ist seit dem 13.03.2024 offiziell Immaterielles Kulturerbe der UNESCO.