Full name: Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture

Author: Simon Reynolds Year: 1998 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780415923736 9781593764074 0415923735 1593764073

In 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. Similar books: Bootleg by Clinton Heylin Rip it Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds Retromania by Simon Reynolds Last Night a DJ Saved My Life by Bill Brewster Yeah Yeah Yeah by Bob Stanley A Change Is Gonna Come by Craig Werner How Music Works by David Byrne This is Uncool by Garry Mulholland Where Did Our Love Go? by Nelson George The Joy of Music by Leonard Bernstein Perfecting Sound Forever by Greg Milner Big Bangs by Howard Goodall Sweet Soul Music by Peter Guralnick Black Metal by Dayal Patterson Lost Highway by Peter Guralnick Respect Yourself by Robert Gordon Britpop! by John Harris Deep Blues by Robert Palmer Bass Culture by Lloyd Bradley Language of the Spirit by Jan Swafford