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| noikeee |
I have lost the habit of reading books a long ass time ago when as a teenager... and am wanting to get back into it, just so i can brag about being a pretentious intellectual mother******. So I figure I better start from the easy stuff, which are the subjects I like - electronic music being one of them. Suggestions?
I'm wondering about stuff that looks into the history of the EDM scene, how it all started, the culture behind it, how and why did those early Chicago, Detroit dj's built so much respect from everyone still nowadays, etc. Or maybe something completely different, if a good read and inspiring. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
http://www.amazon.com/Modulations-H...g/dp/189102406X
Some nice history and a good number of interviews with some pioneers and big names across genres, along some with discography. Published in 2000, so it is ten years old now, but it still has good stuff in there, overall. |
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| couch-potato |
lol. |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
http://www.amazon.com/Modulations-H...g/dp/189102406X
Some nice history and a good number of interviews with some pioneers and big names across genres, along some with discography. Published in 2000, so it is ten years old now, but it still has good stuff in there, overall. |
i actually dont think modulations is that great. it's a decent overview for someone who has very limited knowledge, but the writings are so short and i don't like how it's divided up so stringently rather than existing as a continuous story.
in addition i would suggest a few books:
first i have to recommend what is basically a mind-blowing anti-history of electronic music.
http://www.amazon.com/More-Brillian...s/dp/0704380250
second i'd recommend this book to go back a little bit further and see where it all came from
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Saves-Da...9/dp/0822331985
i'd also recommend reading 'the wire' magazine, go back into history and check it out.
http://www.thewire.co.uk/
and subscribe to the 313 mailing list.
Heres the history of detroit techno, fully searchable, straight from the horse's mouth:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
i actually dont think modulations is that great. it's a decent overview for someone who has very limited knowledge, but the writings are so short and i don't like how it's divided up so stringently rather than existing as a continuous story. |
I didn't say it was "great," I said it had mostly good stuff in it. :p |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
I didn't say it was "great," I said it had mostly good stuff in it. :p |
sorry, i didn't mean that as a direct response to your words about the book.
i have a copy of modulations on my shelf, so obviously i think it's worth reading ... |
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| noikeee |
the first one is 80$, the second I might pass up purely on homophobia for the cover :p |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by noikeee
the first one is 80$, the second I might pass up purely on homophobia for the cover :p |
I found more brilliant than the sun for a dollar on a used book rack :p
also, check a library?
also, if you have homophobia, i'd recommend you stop your inquest into the history of electronic music now, or you'll be scared less :p |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
also, if you have homophobia, i'd recommend you stop your inquest into the history of electronic music now, or you'll be scared less |
:haha: |
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| SYSTEM-J |
Try "Energy Flash" (or "Generation Ecstasy" in the US) by Simon Reynolds. Predominantly a history of the explosion of rave culture in the UK, but it contains a lot about the American origins too. It was published in 1998 and contains a lot of insight that has since been forgotten or suffered from Stalinist revisionism at the hands of the dance music tastemakers.
Also "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" by Frank Broughton and Bill Brewster is an obvious one, an extensive introduction to the origins of DJ culture with loads of great interviews and stories. Chapters on Northern soul, dub, disco, Detroit techno and acid house. |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Also "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" by Frank Broughton and Bill Brewster is an obvious one, an extensive introduction to the origins of DJ culture with loads of great interviews and stories. Chapters on Northern soul, dub, disco, Detroit techno and acid house. |
Yeah, i didn't mention this because I knew someone would, but it was one of the first books I read when I started getting more into the history of this stuff, and it's pretty solid.
In that same vein, check out their website book list:
http://www.djhistory.com/books/? |
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