Discographies: dance music, culture and the politics of sound

TLDR

Discographies traces the transatlantic dance scene over the past 25 years, covering genres such as disco, hip hop, house, techno, drum 'n' bass, and garage, and highlights the political hostility toward this cultural phenomenon. The book examines contemporary dance culture, tracing its problems to historical opposition to music as pleasure, and explores issues such as technology, club space, drugs, the musical body, gender, sexuality, and the.

Abstract

Experiencing disco, hip hop, house, techno, drum 'n' bass and garage, Discographies plots a course through the transatlantic dance scene of the last last twenty-five years. It discusses the problems posed by contemporary dance culture of both academic and cultural study and finds these origins in the history of opposition to music as a source of sensory pleasure. Discussing such issues as technology, club space. drugs, the musical body, gender, sexuality and pleasure, Discographies explores the ecstatic experiences at the heart of contemporary dance culture. It suggests why politicians and agencies as diverse as the independent music press and public broadcasting should be so hostile to this cultural phenomenon.