Body Of Work - Keith Jopling
Keith Jopling
An alternative history of the album, focusing on the formatās turbulent life through the digital music era since 1999 through to today,Ā Body of Work explores why we should still bother to listen to music in 40 minute chunks.
Since 1999, the album has been declared dead more times than we can countāyet it refuses to disappear. Body of Work traces its turbulent journey through the digital era and asks why listening in forty-minute chunks still matters.
Weaving insider accounts with cultural history and personal reflection Jopling tells the story of the albumās unlikely survival. From bloated CD culture to Napsterās atomization, from Appleās unbundling to Spotifyās shuffle wars (and Adeleās famous intervention), the album has not only endured, it has re-emerged stronger than ever.
Body of Work makes the case that the album remains the perfect vessel for the art of songāthe format every artist aspires to, even after decades of digital disruption. As producer and artist Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) put it: āthe album is God.ā It is the defining artform of popular music, and it always will be.
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Keith Jopling
An alternative history of the album, focusing on the formatās turbulent life through the digital music era since 1999 through to today,Ā Body of Work explores why we should still bother to listen to music in 40 minute chunks.
Since 1999, the album has been declared dead more times than we can countāyet it refuses to disappear. Body of Work traces its turbulent journey through the digital era and asks why listening in forty-minute chunks still matters.
Weaving insider accounts with cultural history and personal reflection Jopling tells the story of the albumās unlikely survival. From bloated CD culture to Napsterās atomization, from Appleās unbundling to Spotifyās shuffle wars (and Adeleās famous intervention), the album has not only endured, it has re-emerged stronger than ever.
Body of Work makes the case that the album remains the perfect vessel for the art of songāthe format every artist aspires to, even after decades of digital disruption. As producer and artist Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) put it: āthe album is God.ā It is the defining artform of popular music, and it always will be.
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Keith Jopling
An alternative history of the album, focusing on the formatās turbulent life through the digital music era since 1999 through to today,Ā Body of Work explores why we should still bother to listen to music in 40 minute chunks.
Since 1999, the album has been declared dead more times than we can countāyet it refuses to disappear. Body of Work traces its turbulent journey through the digital era and asks why listening in forty-minute chunks still matters.
Weaving insider accounts with cultural history and personal reflection Jopling tells the story of the albumās unlikely survival. From bloated CD culture to Napsterās atomization, from Appleās unbundling to Spotifyās shuffle wars (and Adeleās famous intervention), the album has not only endured, it has re-emerged stronger than ever.
Body of Work makes the case that the album remains the perfect vessel for the art of songāthe format every artist aspires to, even after decades of digital disruption. As producer and artist Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) put it: āthe album is God.ā It is the defining artform of popular music, and it always will be.
