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Book

The song of the machine : from disco to DJs to techno, a graphic novel of electronic music

Author

Dave Blot

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL 781.554 B656 (OSH)

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Edition

First U.S. edition.

Languages

Translated from the French.

Publication Information

New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2019.

Physical Description

239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Summary

"A pulsating graphic novel on the epic history of electronic music, from the heyday of disco in the 1970s to the rave culture of the 1990s and beyond" --

Notes

Originally published in 2000 as: Le chant de la machine.

"Originally published in 2000, and updated in 2016, by Éditions Allia, France" -- title page verso.

Contents

  • Foreword / Daft Punk
  • Prime time : Before the Machine
  • Disco mania : When the machine goes wild
  • Larry Levan and Paradise Garage : The new elixir
  • Chicago and house music : Chi-town Selection
  • Detroit : techno city
  • Manchester : So much to answer for
  • The fourth dimension : the story of mdma
  • Rave on: Everything starts with an e
  • Remembering Stanley Rose : Garage, deep, and house selection
  • Paradise lost : a nineties soundtrack
  • Bonus beats
  • Afterword : Days of future past : 2002-2020.

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