Books
-
£ 34.99
- Ex Tax: £ 34.99
Generation Ecstasy : Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture
Original Techno & Rave Culture - Book - by Simon Reynolds
(1999)
In the early nineties, rave culture exploded with the availability of cheap computers and sampling technology, causing a punk-style do-it-yourself revolution. The resulting upsurge of independent labels and home studio-based artists spawned a legion of subgenres: hardcore, trance, jungle, ambient, gabba, big beat, and many more. Today, DJs and producers such as Fatboy Slim, Prodigy, Goldie and The Chemical Brothers have huge followings, while mainstream artists like Madonna and Bjork have turned to rave's offspring for artistic rejuvenation.
In Generation Ecstasy, Simon Reynolds takes the reader on a guided tour of this end-of-the-millenium phenomenon, telling the story of rave culture and techno music as an insider who has dosed up and blissed out. The first critical history of techno music--and the drug culture that accompanies it--Generation Ecstasy traces rave's origins in Detroit techno and Chicago house, then shows how these black American genres were transformed by British and European youth. Here is everything you ever wanted to know about the artists and the DJs who created dance culture, the fans for whom it is a way of life, and the dance club and outdoor rave scenes that brought it both fame and infamy.
A celebration of rave's quest for the perfect beat and the ultimate rush, Generation Ecstasy is the definitive chronicle of rave culture and electronic dance music.
You May Also Like
Thought I Heard You...
Women at Factory Records - Book - by Audrey Golden
£ 22.99 Ex Tax: £ 22.99
Sweet Dreams : From ...
Story of the New Romantics - Book - Dylan Jones
£ 17.99 Ex Tax: £ 17.99
Snakes and Ladders: ...
Whitesnake - Micky Moody - Book by Micky Moody
£ 9.99 Ex Tax: £ 9.99
Members Only : The I...
Acid House/Rave Generation - Book - by Rob Ford
£ 24.99 Ex Tax: £ 24.99
Embryo : A Pink Floy...
Pink Floyd - Book - by Nick Hodges and Ian Priston
£ 20.49 Ex Tax: £ 20.49
Made in NuYoRico : F...
Salsa / Fania Records - Book - by Marisol Negron
£ 22.99 Ex Tax: £ 22.99
Double Talkin' Jive ...
Matt Sorum - The Cult/Guns N' Roses - Book - by Matt Sorum
£ 17.99 Ex Tax: £ 17.99
Love Saves the Day :...
Disco/Dance 1970-1979 - Book - by Tim Lawrence
£ 24.99 Ex Tax: £ 24.99
Be Stiff : The Stiff...
Stiff Records - Book - by Richard Balls
£ 30.99 Ex Tax: £ 30.99