Generation Ecstasy

Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-92373-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 689 g

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. A celebration of rave's quest for the perfect beat definitive chronicle of rave culture and electronic dance music.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reynolds, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Elektronische Musik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1: A Tale of Three Cities Chicago House, and New York Garage, 1980-90; 2: Digital Psychedelia Sampling and the Soundscape; 3: Living a Dream Acid House and Uk Rave, 1987-89; 4: Everything Starts with an e Ecstasy and Rave Music; 5: Twenty-Four-Hour Party People “Madchester,” Positivity, and the Rave 'n' Roll Crossover, 1988-91; 6: 'Ardkore, you know the Score the Second Wave of Rave, 1990-92; 7: America the Rave us Rave Culture, 1990-92; 8: Fight for your Right to Party Spiral Tribe and the Crusty-Raver Movement, 1991-97; 9: Feed your Head Intelligent Techno, Ambient, and Trance, 1990-94; 10: Slipping into Darkness the UK Rave Dream Turns to Nightmare, 1992-93; 11: The Future Sound of Detroit Underground Resistance, + 8, and Carl Craig, 1990-96; 12: In our Angelhood Rave as Counterculture and Spiritual Revolution; 13: Roots 'n' Future Jungle Takes over London, 1993-94; 14: In the Mix DJ Culture and Remixology, 1993-97; 15: Marching into Madness Gabba and Happy Hardcore, 1992-97; 16: Crashing the Party American Rave's Descent into the Darkside, 1993-97; 17: Sounds of Paranoia Trip-Hop, Tricky, and Pre-Millennium Tension, 1990-97; 18: War in the Jungle Intelligent Drum and Bass Versus Techstep, 1994-97; 19: Fuck Dance, Let's Art the Post-Rave Experimental Fringe, 1994-97

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Reynolds is a Consulting Editor at Spin magazine. He is the author of Blissed Out: The Raptures of Rock (1990) and, with Joy Press, of The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock 'n' Roll (1995).