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Olivier Julien lectures the history and musicology of popular music at Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV). During the 1990s, he worked as a songwriter and music journalist while completing studies in music and musicology. He graduated in 1999 with a PhD dissertation on the Beatles’ sound and subsequently contributed to several publications in France and abroad (L’Education Musicale, Musurgia, Les Cahiers de l’OMF, Analyse Musicale, Canadian University Music Review, British Journal of Music Education, Popular Music, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World). An English-to-French translator for the Cité de la Musique, the Salle Pleyel and the Ensemble Intercontemporain, a representative of the European Francophone Branch of IASPM (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music) on the Editorial Advisory Board of IASPM@Journal and a referee for the ‘Arts’ Division of the French CNL (‘National Books Council’) and the Belgian FnRS (‘Fund for Scientific Research’), he is the editor of Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles : It Was Forty Years Ago Today (2009 ARSC Award for Best Research in Recorded Rock and Popular Music). His research focuses on popular musicians’ relationship with technology and on the determination of popular music, as a tradition, by phonography.

Courses taught
 Anglo-American popular music (stylistic, historical and technological aspects)
 The birth of the recording industry, 1877–1907
 Computer arranging
 English for musicologists
 The history of Anglo-American popular music from rock ’n’ roll through the early 1970s
 Keyboard accompaniment

Administrative responsibilities in the Music and Musicology Department
 Erasmus coordinator
 Coordinator of undergraduate foreign language courses

e-mail : olivier.julien[at]paris-sorbonne.fr

Award

ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
 2009 Best Research in Recorded Rock and Popular Music.

Main publications

Book
 (Ed.). 2008. Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles : It Was Forty Years Ago Today. Aldershot & Burlington (VT) : Ashgate (xviii+190 pp.) [ISBN 978 0 7546 6708 7, 978 0 7546 6249 5].

Chapters in edited volumes
 Forthcoming. ‘Des Lomax aux Beatles : l’évolution de l’enregistrement en une technologie productive’ [‘From the Lomaxes to the Beatles : the evolution of recording into a productive technology’]. In Philippe Gonin & Philippe Lalitte (eds), Le Rock expérimental en France dans les années 70. Dijon : Presses Universitaires de Dijon.
 2008. ‘L’analyse des musiques populaires enregistrées’ [‘Analysing recorded popular music’]. In Danièle Pistone (ed.), Le Commentaire auditif de spécialité – Recherches et propositions, pp. 141–66. Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV) : Observatoire Musical Français.
 2008. ‘“Their production will be second to none” : an introduction to Sgt. Pepper’. In Olivier Julien (ed.), Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles : It Was Forty Years Ago Today, pp. 1–9. Aldershot & Burlington (VT) : Ashgate.
 2008. ‘“A Lucky man who made the grade” : Sgt. Pepper and the rise of a phonographic tradition in twentieth-century popular music’. In Olivier Julien (ed.), Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles : It Was Forty Years Ago Today, pp. 147–69. Aldershot & Burlington (VT) : Ashgate.

Refereed journal articles
 Forthcoming. ‘“Musiques populaires” : de l’exception culturelle à l’anglicisme’ [‘“Musiques populaires” : from “cultural exception” to anglicism’], Musurgia.
 2006. ‘“Purple Haze”, Jimi Hendrix et le Kronos Quartet : du populaire au savant ?’ [‘“Purple Haze”, Jimi Hendrix and the Kronos Quartet : from popular to art music ?’]. Analyse Musicale 53, 67–74.
 2004. ‘Entretien avec François Bayle’ [‘Interview with François Bayle’]. Canadian University Music Review 24(2), 1–7.
 2002. ‘La technologie de la French Touch : Les Paul ou Pierre Schaeffer ?’ [‘The technology of French Touch : Les Paul or Pierre Schaeffer ?’]. Musurgia 9(2), 71–84.
 2002. ‘L’enfance de l’art (3) : entretien avec Patrick Moutal’ [‘The childhood of art (3) : interview with Patrick Moutal’]. L’Education Musicale 488, 22–3.
 2001. ‘L’enfance de l’art (2) : entretien avec Paul Méfano’ [‘The childhood of art (2) : interview with Paul Méfano’]. L’Education Musicale 487, 24–5.
 2001. ‘L’enfance de l’art (1) : entretien avec François Jeanneau’ [‘The childhood of art (1) : interview with François Jeanneau’]. L’Education Musicale 486, 24–5.
 2000. ‘Introducing students to musical technology : the case for reel-to-reel analog tape machines’. British Journal of Music Education 17(2), 197–208.
 2000. ‘Entretien avec Pierre Henry’ [‘Interview with Pierre Henry’]. Les Cahiers de l’OMF 5, 63–8.
 1999. ‘Le son Beatles et la technologie multipiste’ [‘The Beatles’ sound and multitrack technology’]. Les Cahiers de l’OMF 4, 35–52.
 1999. ‘The diverting of musical technology by rock musicians : the example of double-tracking’. Popular Music 18(3), 357–65.
 1998. ‘La prise en compte des technologies musicales dans l’analyse du rock : enjeux, sources, méthode’ [‘Musical technology and the analysis of rock : perspectives, sources, method’]. Musurgia 5(2), 55–64.
 1998. ‘Nouvelles technologies musicales’ [‘New musical technologies’]. L’Education Musicale 447, 22–4.

Entries in encyclopedias
 Forthcoming. ‘French Touch’. In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. XIII. London & New York : Continuum.
 2005. ‘Montmartre’. In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. VII, pp. 186. London & New York : Continuum.
 2005. ‘Paris’. In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. VII, pp. 183–4. London & New York : Continuum.
 2003. ‘Davout Studios’. In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. I, p. 655. London & New York : Continuum.
 2003. ‘Guillaume Tell Studios’. In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. I, p. 662. London & New York : Continuum.
 2003. ‘Music Press’ [with Marion Leonard, Robert Strachan, Gwen Ansell, Steve Jones, Claire Levy, Christian Mörken & Masahiro Yasuda]. In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. I, pp. 38–42. London & New York : Continuum.
 2003. ‘Rosebud’. In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. I, p. 754. London & New York : Continuum.
 2003. ‘Television Shows’ [with David Laing & Catherine Rudent]. In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. I, pp. 474–6. London & New York : Continuum.

Non-refereed journal articles
 1999. ‘La machine à explorer le temps : une brève histoire de l’échantillonnage’ [‘The time machine : a brief history of sampling’]. Musica Falsa 10, 33–5.
 1999. ‘Popular music / “musiques populaires” : une question de point de vue’ [‘“Popular music” / musiques populaires : a matter of perspective’]. Musica Falsa 9, 29–30.
 1999. ‘Le magnétophone à bande analogique ou le premier multieffet’ [‘The reel-to-reel analog tape machine or the first multi-effect device’]. Musica Falsa 7, 27–9.
 1997. ‘Du rock ’n’ roll à la musique rock : la Liverpool Connection’ [‘From rock ’n’ roll to rock music : the Liverpool connection’]. Musica Falsa 1, 34–5.

Translation
 Moore, Allan F. 2007. ‘Le style et le genre comme mode esthétique’ [‘Style and genre as a mode of aesthetics’]. Musurgia 14(3-4), 45–55.

Knowledge transfer

Radio
 Several contributions to France Musique and France Culture radio shows ‘Mesure pour Mesure’, ‘Musique Matin’ and ‘Décibels’.
 Popular music reviewer on France Musique radio show ‘A Côté de la Plaque’ (1999–2001).

Press
 Over a hundred articles, reviews and interviews published in French magazines and newspapers such as La Croix, Le Dauphiné Libéré, Jellyfish, Newcomer, Pop, Ride On and Tribeca 75.

Public lectures
 Three 15-conference series on the history of rock music at Paris’ Cité de la Musique (February–June 2009, February–June 2010, February–June 2011).