Dance in the DJ’s Music. Second Person Interactions in Electronic Dance Music Parties
Electronic music parties are musical performances where a DJ plays music for a dancing crowd. This interaction is considered very relevant for the musical practice in several studies, but their particular features have not yet been studied in depth. In this paper we address the DJ's perspective...
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| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/oidopensante/article/view/9942 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=eloido&d=9942_oai |
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| Sumario: | Electronic music parties are musical performances where a DJ plays music for a dancing crowd. This interaction is considered very relevant for the musical practice in several studies, but their particular features have not yet been studied in depth. In this paper we address the DJ's perspective based on the microanalysis of three interviews conducted by the authors. The results were interpreted from the Second Person’s Perspective, which proposes the direct perception of psychological states in body expression. It was concluded that DJ-audience interactions have features of second person's perspective: DJs attribute being up or down to the audience (as a whole) based on gestalt perception of dance movements’ intensity, which is assumed to be a consequence of music energy level. The musical set that the DJ mixes during the party is defined by these attributions and oriented to keep the audience up. The relevance of the audience's body interaction with music puts the dance in the center of DJ’s musical practice, producing a genuine second person interaction in this particular social context. |
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