Nikita Kudakov
Research Areas
- Rap-Performance
- Music Production
Vita
Academic Education
| 2019 | Semester abroad, University of Vienna |
| 2017–2021 | Master of Arts in Musicology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Master Thesis: "Comparing Music Production in Rap" |
| 2014–2017 | Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts, Music and Modern Media: Organization and Presentation, University of Marburg Bachelor Thesis: „Classic - Hip Hop - Rock: Concept albums in compare |
Career
| Since 2023 | PhD candidate, Department of Music, Max-Planck-Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main |
| 2019–2022 | Student Research Assistant, Department of Music, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main |
| Since 2017 | Freelancer: Music- and video production |
Publications
Publications
Ziemer, T., Kudakov, N., & Reuter, C. (2025). Producer vs. Rapper: Who Dominates the Hip Hop Sound? Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 73(1/2), 54–62. doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0183
Kudakov, N., Reuter, C., Cui, A.-X., Czedik-Eysenberg, I., Emmer, A. (2023). Dr. Dre vs. Everybody - Akustische Fingerabdrücke von Produzenten und Rappern. Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2023, 49. Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik (pp. 983-986).
Kudakov, N., Reuter, C., Roos, M., Czedik-Eysenberg, I., & Emmer, A. (2022). Who is gonna make you dance? Einfluss von Musiker und Musikproduzent auf die Klanggestaltung im Rap. Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2022, 48. Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik (pp. 814-817).
Conference Papers & Poster Presentations
Gernandt, E., Eggert, J., Fiehn, H., Kudakov, N., & Wald-Fuhrmann, M. (2022, September). Covid-19-Version-Songs: Emergence, characteristics, and receptions of a new kind of musical contrafactum [Poster Presentation]. International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (Sysmus), Ghent, Belgium.
Kudakov, N., Reuter, C., Roos, M., Czedik-Eysenberg, I., & Emmer, A. (2022, September).
"My bass is so loud, it could rip your clothes" - Timbre features of Rap [Poster Presentation]. 38th Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM), Würzburg, Germany.
Kudakov, N., Reuter, C., Roos, M., Czedik-Eysenberg, & I., & Emmer, A. (2022, March). Who is gonna make you dance? Influence of musician and music producer on the sound design in rap [Poster Presentation]. 48th Annual Conference on Acoustics (DAGA), Stuttgart, Germany.
Awards & Grants
Awards & Grants
| 2022 | Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V., Neustart Kultur, Residency Funding, Project: Rap-Performances in compare |
| 2019 | Erasmus+ Programm, University of Vienna |
Projects
- Rappin' and rocking the house: Typical body movements and verbal phrases in rap performance
Rap is a music genre that originated within the hiphop youth culture in the late 1970s. Rappers, also called MCs (master of ceremonies), began as supporters of DJs at parties but eventually took on a main role as performers on the stage. During ...