Academic interests
My project is titled FUNCTUMUS: the functional turn in music and examines the appropriation of music for functional purposes (i.e., mood regulation or activity management) by music streaming platforms and its effects on musical practices. I use lo-fi hip?hop and its rebranding as “beats to relax/study to” as a case study.
Background
2023. University of Liverpool. PhD in Music.
2016. University of South Wales. MSc Music Engineering and Production.
2009. University of Glamorgan. BSc (Hons) Music Technology.
Publications
Kraugerud, E. & Coughlan-Allen, J. Framing Intimacy: Noise as a Signifier of Silence and Intimacy. Sound Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/20551940.2024.2395729
Coughlan-Allen, J. 2024. Unknown Pleasure : The Mystery Hiss in Feist's 2017 Album. Popular Music. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143023000521
Coughlan-Allen, J. 2023. The Lo-fi Lens: Interpretations of Memphis Rap Tape Rips in the Online Mediascape. Popular Music and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2023.2282883
Coughlan-Allen, J. (2022) Buzz, Hiss, Crackle, Clunk: Consequential Sounds of Music Technology in Music Recordings, Their Meanings, and Roles . PhD diss., University of Liverpool.