Novak, David E.

(B.A., East Asian Studies, 1992. Oberlin College; M.A., Ethnomusicology, 1999. Wesleyan University; Thesis: "The National and the Transnational in the Japanese Underground.") David's dissertation, defended in April 2006 (Japanoise: Transnational Media Circulation and Experimental Music), is a multi-sited ethnography (based on research funded by Fulbright, The Social Science Research Council, and The Mellon Foundation) on the circulation of experimental music between North America and Japan. The project deals with the translocal distribution of media, debates about genre, histories of international avant-garde movements, and local modes of listening and technological mediation in urban networks, showing how marginal practices can articulate critical discourses of globalization. David's other interests include Javanese gamelan, history of sound recording, Karnatic music, and film music. His performing ensembles include Habit Trail and Maestros (a country rock band and a live electroacoustic duo, respectively); the Anthony Braxton Ensemble; cut-up pop group Dymaxion, and Balinese angklung ensemble Chandra Bawana. Publications include: 1996. "Morikeba Kouyate." Liner notes to "Morikeba Kouyate: Music of Senegal" CD;Traditional Crossroads. 2000. Review of "Indonesian Guitars" CD (Smithsonian Folkways). Yearbook for Traditional Music, vol. 32. 2003. "The Global Circuits of Experimental Music." 6-part article, serialized in bi-monthly "C/P" magazine of Osaka City Arts Council, Osaka, Japan.
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