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Generation Ecstasy:

Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture
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Routledge Chapman & Hall, 1999 - Music - 454 pages
Generation Ecstasy is the story of rave culture and techno music. Challenging traditional ideas about music and spawning a global network of underground scenes based on the frenzied euphoria of the all-night dance party, rave is the most innovative, influential, and controversial pop phenomenon since punk rock. A celebration of rave's quest for the perfect beat and the ultimate rush, Generation Ecstasy is the definitive chronicle of rave culture and electronic dance music.

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User Review  - Eric - Goodreads

This book is a very detailed, autobiographical history of electronic dance music. Reynolds bathes the book in fountains of extraneous adjectives. (I can easily visualize him doing lines of blow off a ... Read full review

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User Review  - Stefanie - Goodreads

Although a bit dated now, an excellent history of the origins of the rave scene in both the UK and America. This book stands out from others in the field due to 1) Reynolds skilled writing style, 2 ... Read full review

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introduction. I'm lucky enough to have gotten into music at the precise moment—punk's immediate aftermath—when it was generally believed that "the way ...
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Salon Entertainment | The ennui and the ecstasy
Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture By Simon Reynolds Little, Brown 464 pages. Modulations: Cinema for the Ear ...
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Thursday, August 9, 2007. the hype about Energy Flash / Generation Ecstasy by Simon Reynolds "An exceptional book. Reynolds has tracked the unfolding sounds ...
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For my book report I read Generation Ecstasy. There was so much information in the book about the rave scene and \"ecstasy\", I didn\'t know where to ..
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The us edition is called GENERATION ECSTASY: INTO THE WORLD OF TECHNO AND RAVE CULTURE, published by Little, Brown in September, with 438 pages (it's about ...
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Filter27 | Simon Reynolds re-issues Energy Flash aka Generation ...
... Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture (the book goes by the title Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture ...
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About the author (1999)

Simon Reynolds is a Consulting Editor at Spin magazine. He is the author of Blissed Out: The Raptures of Rock (1990) and, with Joy Press, of The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock 'n' Roll (1995).

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