Presentations

Every so often, I am invited to give presentations about work I have been doing, and on May 5th, I am participating in the national museum’s event ​​Playful Systems: Sigurd Berge, Arne Nordheim og sporene fra elektroakustikkens pionertid.

I will be describing the CD Playful Systems and Sigurd Berge’s work with technology in the installation Blikk that is part of the permanent exhibition in the museum, Lars Mørch Finborud will bring new information on pioneers Gunnar and Maj Sønstevold, Ola Nordal will present Arne Nordheim’s musical use of technology, and Hilde Holsen will show us how technology and acoustic instruments blend in her music today.

This is going to be good!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2004457150140685

https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/utstillinger-og-arrangementer/nasjonalmuseet/arrangementer/2026/15/playfulsystems-sigurd-berge-arne-nordheim-og-sporene-fra-elektroakustikkens

The Routledge Handbook to Rethinking the History of Technology-Based Music

After a long and involved process, The Routledge Handbook to Rethinking the History of Technology-Based Music is finally here:

https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-to-Rethinking-the-History-of-Technology-Based-Music/Rudi-Adkins/p/book/9781032554204

As all edited books, this production has been a team effort, and the book is also an outcome of my Leverhulme-funded professorship at University of Huddersfield. Monty Adkins and I have co-edited the volume, and believe that it will be a solid contribution to the growing scholarship on the new technology-based practices.

Here is a press release from University of Huddersfield.

Playful Systems – Double CD with electronic music by Sigurd Berge

I am very pleased by finally being able to publish a double CD with electronic works by Sigurd Berge, one of the four most important pioneers in electronic music in Norway. With this CD the early history has been properly documented, and similar to the CDs I have produced for Arne Nordheim (Solitaire, Bolt BRES11) and Kåre Kolberg (Attitudes, Bolt BRES14), this CD is also accompanied by a proper essay. (The fourth pioneer Bjørn Fongaard’s electronic works have been released by Prisma Records.)

Here is the essay.

Changes in musical practices

The book from Arts Council Norway about creative practices in music has been published following an extensive production process, and Ulf Holbrook and I have a chapter. The book is freely available as a pdf here, and our chapter spans pages 345-376, and you can find it here. NB: In Norwegian only.

The Chosen Ones


Niklas Adam and I have provided technical support for the performance of “The Chosen Ones” with Trond Reinholdtsen and The Norwegian Opra. The performance was premiered by “The Followers of Ø,” in Sweden on 15. August, and then during the Ultima festival in Oslo on 13 September.