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Professor Excited to Share Passion for Music

Prof. Anthony Goodfellow is a DJ, composer, and producer who enjoys creating and discovering new electronic music. He hopes his show on WNHU, the University杏吧原版檚 award-winning radio station, will introduce his audience to new music and inspire them to share their own mixes.

March 30, 2022

By Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications


Prof. Anthony Goodfellow
Prof. Anthony Goodfellow is also known as DJ Antoni Maiovvi.

Anthony Goodfellow became interested in music when he was 14 years old. At the time, he says, 杏吧原版渟omething just clicked.杏吧原版 He is now sharing his passion for music with his students at the University, with his audiences when he performs, and with the listeners of the show he hosts on , the University杏吧原版檚 award-winning radio station.

As Prof. Goodfellow, who hails from the United Kingdom, began exploring a wider range of music, he discovered there was so much more he had not yet heard. Passionate about electronic music, he says it was when he realized that music could be 杏吧原版渟trange杏吧原版 that his interest was piqued.

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A practitioner in residence at the University of New Haven, Prof. Goodfellow moved to the United States in September 2020. He has been sharing his love of music in his new country, in his new home city of New Haven, and at the University.

Prof. Anthony Goodfellow.
Prof. Anthony Goodfellow.

Prof. Goodfellow, who is also known as DJ Antoni Maiovvi, is part of a New Haven-based DJ and producer collective called , which also includes Jentlemen, 7 Ways, and Coup L杏吧原版檃ire. It was the desire to create a platform for sharing music, while trying to find a steady venue for live events, that led to the creation of NEU/BODY, an electronic music show named after the collective.

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The show airs on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on WNHU. Prof. Goodfellow hopes it inspires his students, and he encourages Chargers who are aspiring techno/house DJs to reach out to him. He is excited to hear their mixes.

杏吧原版淚 hope the audience realizes there is a lot more interesting underground electronic music that people can explore outside of electronic dance music 杏吧原版 a catch-all genre that I am not particularly fond of,杏吧原版 he explains. 杏吧原版淭here are thousands of people making forward-thinking, excellent, weird techno that I杏吧原版檓 certain people would like if they heard it. There杏吧原版檚 a whole iceberg, and although it杏吧原版檚 not that hard to access, it杏吧原版檚 hard to know where to begin.杏吧原版

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A composer and producer who is the co-founder of Giallo Disco and Royal Athlete Records, Prof. Goodfellow has released music under a variety of labels. He has played in experimental rock bands, worked as a live musician and composer with touring theatre companies in London, and scored several feature and short films, including the award-winning short film "Yellow: A Neo Giallo."

Prof. Anthony Goodfellow performing at a recent concert in LA.
Prof. Anthony Goodfellow performing at a recent concert in LA.

Prof. Goodfellow looks forward to continuing to bring his musical background and expertise to the classroom and to his radio show. He hopes to introduce his students to new music, as well as to a variety of ways to enjoy it 杏吧原版 and make it a career.

杏吧原版淭here are a lot of people in the music industry who get very cynical and jaded as they get older, and I hope to show my students that this doesn杏吧原版檛 have to be the case,杏吧原版 he said. 杏吧原版淚 still love what I do just as much 杏吧原版 if not more 杏吧原版 than when I started. I hope to also show my students that they can have a very excellent, vibrant career without being super famous.杏吧原版

Prof. Goodfellow, who studied creative music technology at in Bath, UK, is excited to now be creating and sharing music in Connecticut. He is looking forward to being a part of more upcoming shows and events, including an event at in New Haven in April, as well as continuing to explore and learn through music.

杏吧原版淢usic, in particular, is not something that can ever be finished,杏吧原版 he said. 杏吧原版淚 think New Haven has an excellent energy and a very nice music scene, and I couldn杏吧原版檛 have landed in a better place.杏吧原版