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Laurence Colbert is a sound artist, performer, and researcher whose interdisciplinary practice explores the relationship between sound, space, and architecture through field recording, experimental performance, and visual art. He holds a PhD from Oxford Brookes University, where his research developed a rhythmanalytical approach to urban field recording, drawing on the work of Henri Lefebvre, Jaques Attali, and Italo Calvino.
At The University of Huddersfield Laurence (aka 'Loz') is module leader for Inside The Music Business and also teaches Performance Skills, (solo and ensemble, including improvisation), Applied Performance as well as delivering seminars for Sonic Arts and Electronica.
A founding member of the band RIDE, Colbert also brings decades of experience from the music industry into his academic work. His creative practice includes crowdsourced sound projects, vinyl releases, immersive performances, and audio-visual installations exhibited at festivals and venues such as Audiograft, OVADA, and Independent Venue Week. His innovative use of improvised styli and DJ techniques to ‘perform the city’ has contributed to new understandings of sound, rhythm, and street art.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Experiential Encounters with Architecture and Sound: The Use of Styli in Urban Field Recording and Lefebvre's Rhythmanalysis, Oxford Brookes University
31 Jan 2016 → 20 Jun 2022
Award Date: 14 Nov 2024
Master, Oxford Brookes University
12 Sept 2010 → 20 Jun 2012
Award Date: 11 Dec 2012
Research Expertise and Interests
- Architecture
- Sound
- field recording
- Rhythm perception
- Philosophy
- Contemporary performance
- Sound Studies
- Rhythmanalysis
- Contemporary art practice
- Drumming
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Exhibition of Scrolls
Colbert, L. (Photographer), 28 Jul 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Put The Needle On The Record
Colbert, L. (Artist), 21 Apr 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Artefact
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Without Music Life Would Be A Mistake: The Experience of a Musician in Covid-19 Times
Colbert, L., 13 Jul 2022, Existentialism in Pandemic Times: Implications for Psychotherapists, Coaches and Organisations. Hanaway, M. (ed.). 1 ed. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 1. p. 35-44 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Book review: Kick it: A Social History of the Drum Kit. By Matt Brennan. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2020. 320 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-068387-0
Colbert, L., 1 Dec 2020, In: Popular Music. 39, 3-4, p. 707-709 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Dance Article review
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