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Dr Rachael Finney

Profession
Course Leader, MA Music Production
College
London College of Communication
Email address
Person Type
Staff
Rachael  Finney

Biography

Dr Rachael Finney is Course Leader for MA Music Production at London College of Communication.

Rachael is a musician, composer, artist, and cultural theorist whose work examines histories and cultures of popular music, recording technologies, and the arrangements of sonic and musical space.

Rachael completed her PhD in the department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths where her thesis focused on the phonic space of the background seeking to both question and realise modes of listening that occupy the edges of attention and the sounds, and specifically voices, that have occupied this aural site.

Rachael has a background in experimental music where her work makes extensive use of reel-to-reel tape. She has worked with various labels to release recordings including WhereToNow and Nightschool records. Her work has been featured in publications and platforms including The Wire, Electronic Sound, The Quietus, the Vinyl Factory, and the Boiler Room.

Previously, Rachael was Senior lecturer in Computational Arts at UAL. She also taught across the School of Communication at the Royal College of Art where she led the Scratch Ensemble elective.

Related area

View the MA Music Production course page

Links

Rachaelfinney.org

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