Electronica, Dance and Club Music (ed. Mark J. Butler) by Hillegonda C Rietveld

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Musician earplugs: Appreciation and protection by Annelies Bockstael, Hannah Keppler, Dick Botteldooren

“…During five different test sessions of 30 min each, participants not professionally involved in music wore one particular type of protector. Contemporary club music was played at sound pressure levels (SPLs) representative of concerts and bars. …”
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Challenges to British Nightclubs During and After the Covid-19 Pandemic by Ewa Mazierska, Tony Rigg

“…This article assesses the situation of nightclubs in Britain during the Covid-19 pandemic, considering the prospects for this segment of the British night time economy as the Covid crisis unfolded as well as its long-term prospects, in light of the changing patterns of the consumption of club music. It is based on interviews with leading professionals working in the sector, who have long-term experience of managing clubs, organising events and overseeing the sector as a whole. …”
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La Petite Mort: Techniques of Orgasm in Electronic Dance Music by Toby Young

“…Portrayals of sexualized narratives are rife in ethnographic accounts of Electronic Dance Music (EDM), where the visceral musical and haptic experiences of dancing to club music are intertwined in a tantalizing symbiosis. …”
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One in the Dance: Musical Correlates of Group Synchrony in a Real-World Club Environment. by Melissa Ellamil, Joshua Berson, Jen Wong, Louis Buckley, Daniel S Margulies

“…In an evaluation of different preprocessing and analysis methods, giving more weight to front-back movement provided the most sensitive and reliable measure of group synchrony. During the club music set, group synchrony of torso movement was most strongly associated with pulsations that approximate walking rhythm (100-150 beats per minute). …”
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Assessment of functioning of Health and Wellness Centers in a district of Western Gujarat by Hetal Rathod, Pradeep Pithadia, Disha Patel, Mukeshgiri Goswami, Dipesh Parmar, Ilesh Kotecha

“…Conclusion: Majority of health and wellness centers are functioning as per the guidelines laid down by the Government barring a few services like laughing club, music therapy, meditation etc.…”
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The Deepfakes to Come: A Turing Cop’s Nightmare by Vincent Le

“…Along with electronic club music, illicit drugs, movies like Ex Machina and the coming sex robots, the primarily pornographic deepfakes are how the aliens invade by hijacking human drives in the pursuit of a machinic desire. …”
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