Sonic Signatures

Sonic Signatures is an interdisciplinary collaboration of scholars and music-makers whocome together to explore how music makes cities. More specifically, they argue that themusical encounter, composed of an array of production and consumption practices, takeson particular and essential meaning at night. Thinking about music as an encounter allowsone to appreciate the value and power of migration within the act of music-making. The majority of voices amplified in the book come from so-called "migrants," understood assomeone who was born in one country and currently lives and works in another. Yet, thesewords, migration, migrant and migrancy, are more expansive than that as they indicate arange of movement, politics and place-making. Contributions from Emilie Amrein, André de Quadros, Nick Dunn, Pol Esteve, Jillian Fulton-Melanson, Jacqueline Georgis, MasimbaHwati, Ailbhe Kenny, Seger Kersbergen, Brendan Kibbee, Áine Mangaoang, Derek Pardue, Nick Prior, Austin T. Richie, Willians Santos, Sipho Sithole, Gibran Teixeira Braga, Katie Young. A great, engaging transdisciplinary contribution to nightlife studies, music and the city.