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Biography
Alex teaches a number of units concerning interactive media arts, digital design, the creative applications of code, and the use of computer as creative tool, including: MMCC8097: Interactive Media Arts; MMCC2039: Principles of Web Design, MMCC2041: Interactive Web Design, and MMCC3023: Interactive and Digital Arts.
Research interests
Alex's interests lie at the intersections of code and art, including computer music composition, synthesis, computational arts, creative coding, generative music and visuals, gestural motion tracking, interactivity, user interface design, and human computer interaction.
He completed a Masters (Research) in 2007 on compositional strategies for abstract electronic music, and a PhD in 2017 on the sound and music of Hanna-Barbera cartoons in the 1960s–1970s.
He has published on topics ranging from gestural music/media control with game devices, multi-performer computer-music synchronisation strategies with OpenSoundControl, screen soundtrack studies, popular culture and brand identity, the rise of automated technologies in contemporary music production, and on the use of sound and music in 1960s sci-fi cartoons.
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Slave to the 'rithm: the AI turn in the music industries
Keith, S., Collins, S., Renzo, A. & Mesker, A., 2023, AI and the future of creative work: algorithms and society. Filimowicz, M. (ed.). London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 36-54 19 p. (Algorithms and Society; vol. 9).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Industry standard? Technocapitalist depictions of music production
Keith, S., Collins, S., Renzo, A. & Mesker, A., 2022, In: Creative Industries Journal. 15, 3, p. 317-331 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mastering 2.0: the real or perceived threat of DIY mastering and automated mastering systems
Collins, S., Renzo, A., Keith, S. & Mesker, A., 2021, In: Popular Music and Society. 44, 3, p. 258-273 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transformations and continuities in the mastering sector
Collins, S., Renzo, A., Keith, S. & Mesker, A., 2021, Mastering in music. Braddock, J. P., Hepworth-Sawyer, R., Hodgson, J., Shelvock, M. & Toulson, R. (eds.). London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 249-263 15 p. (Perspectives on Music Production).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Ghost singers: the singing voice in Korean pop cinema
Keith, S. & Mesker, A., 2020, The singing voice in contemporary cinema. Hughes, D. & Evans, M. (eds.). South Yorkshire: Equinox Publishing, p. 73-88 16 p. (Genre, Music and Sound).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Prizes
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Inaugural International Award for Outstanding Services to Island Studies
Mesker, A. (Recipient), 5 Jun 2025
Prize: Honorary award