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Hello, Thank you Gemma for posting this here and on Facebook. I have only found: Agres, et al. 2017. /Harmonic Structure Predicts the Enjoyment of Uplifting Trance Music. / Peres, et al. 2012. /Neuroimaging during trance state: a contribution to the study of dissociation/. Does anyone have digital copies of the others? Many thanks! k Krisztián Hofstädter | tEdör | http://tedor.info On 23/02/2017 12:38, Gemma Farrell wrote: > Dear all, > > Krisztián has posed a question I thought would be interesting to open up to the group - see his message below and my response underneath that. >> ________________________________________ >> From: Hofstadter, Krisztian [[log in to unmask]] >> Sent: 21 February 2017 15:52 >> To: Gemma Farrell >> Subject: How does trance music change the our mind? >> >> Hello Gemma, >> >> Hope all is well with you in Sussex. How is your PhD going? Have you >> finished? >> >> Are you aware of any research on how trance music affects the mind? >> Perhaps how trance music producers use certain compositional techniques >> i.e. chord progressions to create a desired effect? >> >> Any help appreciated! >> >> Best wishes, >> >> k >> > My response is that I haven't found any research which is that specific. I have been researching this for my PhD by interviewing psytrance producers and otherwise drawing from existing work in related fields, for e.g. > > -Becker, J. O. (2004). Deep listeners: Music, emotion, and trancing (Vol. 1): Indiana University Press. > > -Morelos, R. (2009). Trance Forms: Ronaldo Morelos. > > -Peres, J. F., Moreira-Almeida, A., Caixeta, L., Leao, F., & Newberg, A. (2012). Neuroimaging during trance state: a contribution to the study of dissociation. PloS one, 7(11), e49360. > > -Stelzer, J., Hove, M. J., Nierhaus, T., Thiel, S., Gundlach, C., Margulies, D. S., . . . Merker, B. (2012). Shamanic journeys and rhythmic induced trance: A simultaneous fMRI & EEG study of altered states of consciousness. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. > > Also, I am not sure if you heard Kat Agres from Queen Mary, University of London speak at Musedelica '16? A recording of her talk is available at www.musedelica.co.uk (click on 'audio' on the top right of the page). An extract from her talk abstract: > > "Currently, my collaborators and I have been working to understand the interplay between repetition/complexity and enjoyment/altered states during trance music listening. While our interests extend to different types of trance music heard around the globe, we have taken specific interest in uplifting trance (UT), a sub-genre of Electronic Dance Music (EDM). Because research has already examined the impact of repetitive rhythmic and percussive elements on trance states, we decided to investigate a hitherto unexplored aspect of this genre – harmonic repetition. Altered states, such as audience flow state and the feeling of being "lost" in the music, are sought after by listeners, and have been identified as one of the highest forms of enjoyment of this genre by trance enthusiasts. Whereas variation plays a prominent role in the majority of Western tonal music, we argue that the enjoyment of UT is rooted in balance between variety and musical repetition, with the later aspect tied to altered states of consciousness. A robust account of the particular repeated elements that influence affective response in listeners remains to be seen. Therefore, to elucidate the connection between harmonic structure and subjective enjoyment, we conducted a behavioural experiment in which listeners provided enjoyment ratings for UT excerpts varying in harmonic repetitiveness (i.e., repetitions of the underlying chords)." > > >