information on Energy Flash 2008, the updated/expanded edition of Simon Reynolds rave history (a.k.a. Generation Ecstasy)
20 years since acid house and Ecstasy revolutionized pop culture, here’s the expanded and updated version of Simon Reynolds’ landmark history of rave. Containing substantial new material covering dance music developments in the ten years since its original publication, Energy Flash is now even more definitive. Blending vivid reporting, probing research and passionate opinion in the style of his acclaimed postpunk history Rip It Up and Start Again, Reynolds guides the reader on a thrilling journey from the druggy daze of Ibiza and Madchester via London’s gritty pirate radio culture of jungle and garage to the elegantly wasted clubland of contemporary Berlin. From trance to 2step, microhouse to grime, electro to dubstep, Reynolds tracks the scenes and sounds that have kept electronic music at the vanguard of pop culture. Now more essential and authoritative than ever, Energy Flash is the classic chronicle of rave’s quest for the perfect beat and the ultimate rush.
OUT LATE FEBRUARY 2008
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3 comments:
Dude, wheres your public email. Anyways, the first edition of Generation Ecstasy is what inspired me to check out my first rave, and even though American rave culture isnt what it used to be I'm still glad I did. So thanks man. I'm looking forward to the new book.
Astounding news.
GenerationEcstasy is still a great reference book with a comprehensive early history.
I will be eagerly awaiting the newy.
As far as I'm concerned there is always something new & crazy in the land of electronica/cyberdelica(?!?)
Big Ups to you Simon from Kiwiland.
i leant my original copy of energy flash out so many times that eventually it didn't come back.
this i think is kind of ok in itself but i'm looking forward to having an excuse to buy the updated version...
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