%0 Journal Article
%T The labelling process in popular music: Being-called ¡°musiques ¨¦mergentes¡± in Montr¨¦al The labelling process in popular music: Being-called ¡°musiques ¨¦mergentes¡± in Montr¨¦al
%A Martin Lussier
%J MedieKultur : Journal of Media and Communication Research
%D 2011
%I Sammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID)
%X The words used to discuss genres matter. The multiplication of genres and subgenres is accompanied by a growing number of corresponding labels, which are consequently debated and disputed. Using the case of the label ¡°musiques ¨¦mergentes¡± (¡°emerging musics¡±), which has spread rapidly during the last decade in the cultural landscape of Montr¨¦al, Canada, this article examines one debate surrounding this label, focusing on discussions between artists and industry workers and their understanding of the usefulness of such a name/label in today¡¯s popular music milieu. This discussion presents the labelling process as something that constitutes a group rather than capturing the likeness of its members. Drawing on the writings of Giorgio Agamben, the second part of this article examines labelling as a practice that exposes and renders possible the relation of something to something else ¨C a cultural text to a genre ¨C contributing to the production of ¡°musiques ¨¦mergentes¡± as a ¡°being-called.¡±
%K Being-called
%K Label
%K Popular Music
%K Category
%K Genre
%U http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/article/view/4080