Dr Rowan Oliver's Outputs (10)

The Ambisonic Canvas: A Portfolio of Spatial Music Compositions in the Ambisonic Domain (2025)
Thesis
Bagshaw, J. (2025). The Ambisonic Canvas: A Portfolio of Spatial Music Compositions in the Ambisonic Domain [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5432990

The portfolio presented is a series of compositions created within, and specifically for, the technical spatial format of Higher-Order Ambisonics (HOA). The format provides a suitable framework within which to compose and produce spatial music; that... Read More about The Ambisonic Canvas: A Portfolio of Spatial Music Compositions in the Ambisonic Domain.

Peace Go With You EP (2025)
Digital Artefact
Oliver, R. (2025, February 7). Peace Go With You EP [Digital Audio]. Soundweight Records. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3FJk99SA0lXRxOL64UY9WI?si=xxI6QUl8QKa11XusFsIHDg

'Peace Go With You' is the second EP from Rowan Oliver's 'Quickbeam' album. Tracklisting for the 4-track EP is as follows:

1 – Peace Go With You
2 – Road Of Dreams
3 – People (Not Statues)
4 – Peace Go With You (Bonus Beats)

Having built yea... Read More about Peace Go With You EP.

Quickbeam (2024)
Digital Artefact
Oliver, R. (2024, November 15). Quickbeam [Digital Audio]. Soundweight Records. https://rowanoliver.bandcamp.com/album/quickbeam

A 45-minute studio album exploring the concept of groove in various musical genres.

Liner notes:
Having built years of music industry experience collaborating with a wide range of artists, Rowan Oliver’s ‘Quickbeam’ LP represents the first solo r... Read More about Quickbeam.

Burning Boat (2024)
Digital Artefact
Oliver, R. (2024, November 1). Burning Boat [Digital Audio]. Soundweight Records. https://rowanoliver.bandcamp.com/track/burning-boat

'Burning Boat' is the lead single from Rowan Oliver's 'Quickbeam' album.

Having built years of music industry experience collaborating with a wide range of artists, Rowan’s forthcoming album represents the first solo release by this versatile musi... Read More about Burning Boat.

Making music in the real world : a professional practice portfolio and reflective commentary (2019)
Thesis
McCallum, S. (2019). Making music in the real world : a professional practice portfolio and reflective commentary [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222595

This practice-as-research aims to explore the roles and working practice of a contemporary music practitioner. There are two elements included in the research: a musical portfolio and a written commentary. The creation of the musical portfolio is the... Read More about Making music in the real world : a professional practice portfolio and reflective commentary.

In dub conference : empathy, groove and technology in Jamaican popular music (2017)
Book Chapter
Oliver, R. (2017). In dub conference : empathy, groove and technology in Jamaican popular music. Music and empathy. Routledge. Full details of the book are available at https://www.routledge.com/Music-and-Empathy/King-Waddington/p/book/9781472445803.

This chapter will discuss empathic aspects of the way that groove occurs in Jamaican popular music (hereafter ‘JPM’), focusing initially on the stylistically specific relationship between the drums and the bass (as well as other instruments in the en... Read More about In dub conference : empathy, groove and technology in Jamaican popular music.

Bring that Beat Back: Sampling as Virtual Collaboration (2016)
Book Chapter
Oliver, R. (2016). Bring that Beat Back: Sampling as Virtual Collaboration. In S. Whiteley, & S. Rambarran (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality (pp. 65-80). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199321285.013.11

This chapter focuses on music technology and production techniques that predate the Internet but have contemporary relevance. The role of digital sampling in the development of hip hop, and other subsequent genres based around use of “breakbeats,” is... Read More about Bring that Beat Back: Sampling as Virtual Collaboration.

Breakbeat syncretism: The drum sample in African American popular music (2015)
Book Chapter
Oliver, R. (2015). Breakbeat syncretism: The drum sample in African American popular music. In J. Metcalf, & C. Spaulding (Eds.), African American Culture and Society After Rodney King: Provocations and Protests, Progression and 'Post-Racialism' (pp. 177-192). Ashgate.

Rebecoming analogue : groove, breakbeats and sampling (2015)
Thesis
Oliver, R. A. (2015). Rebecoming analogue : groove, breakbeats and sampling [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218015

In this thesis I address two related questions: how does groove work in breakbeats, and how might it enable musical participation across time and space?

In order to do this, I analyse breakbeats as they are heard in their original funk context and... Read More about Rebecoming analogue : groove, breakbeats and sampling.

Groove as Familiarity with Time (2013)
Book Chapter
Oliver, R. (2013). Groove as Familiarity with Time. In E. King, & H. M. Prior (Eds.), Music and Familiarity : Listening, Musicology and Performance (pp. 239 - 252). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315596600

The chapter explores the instrumentalist’s relationship with musical time, arguing that the capacity for groove in solo performance depends upon the musician’s familiarity with stylistically nuanced conceptions of pulse. Much research dealing with gr... Read More about Groove as Familiarity with Time.