Maxime Cottin obtained a doctorate in musicology from the university of Nice Côte d’Azur. His domain of research concerns the English progressive rock as well as the concept of maximalism in popular music. He occupied a position of assistant teacher in Nice where he gave courses on popular music history and analysis. He is the author of an article on King Crimson published in LaRevuedeMusicologie, and he is a co-author of an article on Björk’s “Crystalline”, published in the collective book Song Interpretation in 21st Century Pop music (Ashgate). He currently occupies a teaching position in Saint-Raphaël music academy.
Contact : maximecottin@hotmail.fr
Séance - Sounds of Popular Music (I) 3.G.3 : Rock Minimalism: Loop and Motivic Transformations in the Music of King Crimson (1981-84)
