All sources on Electronic Music have heavy doses of opinion, partially
because the "official" history of EDM/IDM is still up for grabs.
Shapiro's "Modulations" has a lot of subjective statements, but I'd say
that Generation Ecstasy (and Energy Flash, which was a slightly
different UK edition) has a deep bias that slants the entire book.
Also, some of the essentialisms that Reynolds makes about race and
House (and Techno) are a bit simplistic. The lesson here is that no
book on EDM/IDM is completely unbiased and "factual": they're all
writing history in a very literal way.
Luis
On Feb 13, 2005, at 3:28 PM, ed c wrote:
quoted 109 lines DO NOT BUY THIS, this book is all opinion and no substance. Generation
>
>
> DO NOT BUY THIS, this book is all opinion and no substance. Generation
> Extasy is so much better and it follows basically the same idea.
> Though the interviews are pretty cool------>
> Shapiro, Peter, ed. 2000. Modulations : Throbbing Words on Sound : A
> History of Electronic Music. New York: Caipirinha Productions. [one of
> the best written sources at this moment]
>
>
> also electronic music pioneers is very informative on the beggining of
> the history.
>
>
> Ishkur. 2004. Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music 2004.
> http://www.di.fm/edmguide/edmguide.html (accessed Apr 1 2004).
> [surprisingly useful!]
>
> Feige, Marcel. 2000. Deep in Techno: die ganze Geschichte des
> Movements. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. [If you can read German,
> an interesting recounting of electronic music (all genres) from a
> European perspective]
>
> Reynolds, Simon. 1998. Generation ecstasy: into the world of techno and
> rave culture. Boston: Little, Brown. [I have so many problems with this
> book, but it's still an important source, if only for its collection of
> quotes and anecdotes from important figures]
>
> _____. 2003. Intelligent Dance Music, January 22 2003.
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_dance_music (accessed April 7
> 2003). [Part of the Wikipedia project, interesting because it's
> team-edited.]
>
> I've got *tons* more, but I think this should keep ya busy.
>
> Luis
>
> On Feb 13, 2005, at 1:35 AM, rickreaction wrote:
>
>> I'm also very interested in this - I'd just like to add that, for
>> myself, the best books or articles or online resources or student
>> papers or other would deal with the history of electronic music.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:24:55 +0100, Info Intervall-audio
>> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> maybe this is a bit off-topic, but could anyone recommend stuff to
>>> read
>>> (print and web) on electronic music? Just anything that sheds light
>>> on the
>>> phenomenon of so-called "electronic music," whatever that may be,
>>> beyond the
>>> terms of likings and dislikings.
>>>
>>> Personally, don't make much of a distiction between popular and
>>> 'educated'
>>> electronic music. But of interest would be anything ranging from
>>> online
>>> articles, web site galleries and e-books for download, to newspaper
>>> features, interviews, recommendations on must-read books and even
>>> academic
>>> papers, all adressing the nature, history, aesthetics and
>>> understanding of
>>> electronic music, be it in terms of sociology, philosophy,
>>> psychology,
>>> audiology or in terms of club culture, youth culture, fashion and
>>> trends in
>>> music journalism and academic research.
>>>
>>> Wow, this sounds heavy. But basically it is about questions such as:
>>>
>>> How does music actually work and what does music do to us? How do we
>>> understand and "read" music? Why do we listen to music and, maybe
>>> even more
>>> challenging, why do we actually make it? How is music perceived and
>>> processed by the brain? Does music instigate any direct measurable
>>> reactions
>>> in the body? Does electronic music play a role in gender studies? And
>>> does
>>> electronic music change our culture? etc.etc.
>>>
>>> In short, simply anything of inquisitive nature into the phenomenon
>>> of
>>> so-called "electronic music."
>>>
>>> Anyways, many questions and a lot to discover.
>>>
>>> (Stan)
>>>
>>> www.intervall-audio.com
>>>
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