Call for Papers! IASPM Benelux International Conference - University of Antwerp, 14 - 16 May 2020: RE-peat, please!

Inleiding: This conference hopes to bring together music specialists from within the Benelux as well as outside, in all stages of their career, including BA/MA students, to inspire debate and discussion on current ideas about all aspects of popular music in every form and guise. RE-peat, please! According to the online Cambridge Dictionary, the prefix 're-' stands for "do again" or "returning something to its original state". These two letters can be used in various combinations, many of which relate to core issues of pop, rock, jazz, hip-hop, dance, and many other genres. Consider the centrality of the record, a technological tool that allows reproduction, recreation, and ultimately re-evaluation. Without records no retro. Indeed, cover and tribute bands thrive on the very idea of revivalism, allowing us to question notions of authenticity, of the global circulation of music, of the commercialisation of nostalgia. A different result of recording is the remix.