| Variant title |
Global adventures in electronic dance music |
| Contents |
Introduction: Let the music use you -- Techno cities #1: Detroit -- Techno cities #2: Berlin -- Fantasy island: Ibiza -- Electric dream machine: Las Vegas -- House nation: South Africa -- Interlude: Pirates of the Black Sea -- Temporary autonomous zone: France -- The party at the end of the road: Israel -- The outer limits: Shanghai -- Aliens in the desert: Dubai -- The promised land: New York. |
| Abstract |
Electronic dance has been a vital force for more than three decades now and has undergone transformation upon transformation as it has taken over the world. In this searching, lyrical account of dance music culture worldwide, the author takes stock of its highest highs and lowest lows across its global trajectory. Full of admiration for the possibilities the music has opened up, the author also unflinchingly probes where this utopianism has fallen short, whether the culture maintains its liberating possiblities today, and where it might go in the future. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 361) and index. |
| LCCN | 2018010424 |
| ISBN | 9780226595481 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 022659548X paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
