Audible states

Nicholas Tochka's 'Audible States' explores the relationship between popular music and socialist state politics in Albania, analyzing how sound and performance were mobilized within ideological frameworks.

The book traces cultural policy, censorship, and musicians' strategies under a repressive regime, showing music's contested role in everyday life and political expression.

Tochka employs ethnomusicological methods to situate musical practices within broader historical and social transformations.

The work highlights the transnational dimensions of music and the varied meanings attached to popular culture under differing political systems.

It is cited to contextualize Tochka's academic background during the interview.