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Author Reynolds, Simon, 1963-

Title Generation ecstasy : into the world of techno and rave culture / Simon Reynolds
Published New York : Routledge, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (454 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; introduction; 1 a tale of three cities detroit techno, 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, 1990-9410 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, 1990-9718 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; outro: nineties house, speed garage, and big beat; bibliography; discography; acknowledgments; index
Summary Traces the continuum of hardcore that runs from the most machinized forms of house music through British and European rave styles like bleep-and-bass, breakbeat house, Belgian hardcore, jungle, gabba, speed garage, and big beat
Notes Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, ©1998
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-395), discography (p. 397-438) , and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Techno music -- History and criticism
Rave culture.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Pop Vocal.
Rave culture
Techno music
Ecstasy.
Uitgaansleven.
Leefwijze.
Techno.
Rave.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136783173
1136783172
1299699960
9781299699960
9780203824962
0203824962