Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave CultureIn 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. |
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GENERATION ECSTASY: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture
User Review - KirkusRock journalist Reynolds (The Sex Revolts) chronicles how MDMA (a psychedelic amphetamine, aka "ecstasy") and MIDI (computer sound technology) together spawned the unique dance culture of the ... Read full review
Contents
everything starts with 4 ecstasy and rave music | |
ardkore you know the 6 the second wave of rave 199092 | |
fight for your right to 8 spiral tribe and the crustyraver movement | |
the future sound of 11 underground resistance +8 and carl craig 1990 | |
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