Research Focus
- Noise music/culture
- Phenomenology of Noise
- Sound theories
Curriculum Vitae
Adrian B. Brendstrup (1992) is an MA student in Musicology and currently a student researcher at the Sound Studies Lab at the University of Copenhagen. He completed his BA in 2023 with the thesis: "Noizu: A Neonate of Unproductive Expenditures - Consumption, Excessive Identities, and Noise," which argues that the rise of Japanese pure noise music is rooted in the extreme economic growth in Japan at the end of the 20th century and its socio-cultural consequences. He is currently developing a research project investigating Copenhagen's noise/power electronics culture using a novel model of "vertical noise analysis" that understands noise music as a non-temporal art form. In his artistic practice, he uses this model to create and perform sound pieces that challenge listening practices with unwanted sounds.
Selected Publications