Rave On (eBook)

Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music

Matthew Collin (Autor)

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2018
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-78283-145-7 (ISBN)

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Electronic dance music was once the utopian frontier of pop culture. But three decades after the acid house 'summer of love', it has gone from subculture to the global mainstream. Does it still have the same power to inspire?From the pleasure palaces of Ibiza and Las Vegas to 'new frontiers' like Shanghai and Dubai, raving is now a multi-million-dollar business. But there are still hardcore believers upholding its DIY ethos - the techno idealists of Berlin and Detroit and the queer subcults of New York, the post-apartheid party people of South Africa and the outlaw techno travellers of France.In Rave On, Matthew Collin travels the world to experience these unique scenes first-hand, talk to the key players and hear the story of how dance culture went global - and find out if its maverick spirit can survive its own success.

Rezensionen

Part history lesson, part vibrant dance-floor travelogue, Collin's smart geographical survey shows how club culture mutates and adapts, its meaning changing between Detroit, Durban and the conspicuously consuming Dubai ... Between those repetitive beats, there's still a world of possibility.

The first book to forensically document the acid house explosion ... written with the authority of the first-hander

Ten x-rays of dance culture in ten global hotspots that lovingly trace the history of each locale's sound through its DJs, promoters and proponents ... Both scholarly and intimate ... Collin's quest is never short of illuminating ... fascinating

Matthew Collin has a reporter's eye, a critic's erudition and a fan's passion

A timely deconstruction of the interests and influences shaping international dance music - but with all the fun left in ... both an intoxicating field trip and a well-argued word to the wise on (not) selling out.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.1.2018
• Zusatzinfo: Black and white photos throughout
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Acid House • Berlin • Black Sea • Dance • Dance Music • Detroit • Detroit Techno • Doof • Dubai • EDM • France • Goa • Israel • Kazantip • Las Vegas • New York • Palestine • Rave • rave culture • technival • Ukraine
• ISBN-10: 1-78283-145-2 / 1782831452
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78283-145-7 / 9781782831457