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Summary: Techno?
Review: Is this a joke? Anyone in their right mind who spends enough time listening to electronica, would know that "techno" is its own genre of music in the electronic world. American techno music? Errr no...If you really want to understand what types of music exist in the electronic world, take yourself to a rave, club, or huge european massive event. Look on the net for info on dj's, email music producers such as Satoshi Tomie or Shinichi about what type of music they produce for the crowds, or by magazines like BPM, URB, etc...This book, and many others like it, depict what a pioneers view on the music is that has changed drastically over the years....
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Summary: Techno?
Review: Is this a joke? Anyone in their right mind who spends enough time listening to electronica, would know that "techno" is its own genre of music in the electronic world. American techno music? Errr no...If you really want to understand what types of music exist in the electronic world, take yourself to a rave, club, or huge european massive event. Look on the net for info on dj's, email music producers such as Satoshi Tomie or Shinichi about what type of music they produce for the crowds, or by magazines like BPM, URB, etc...This book, and many others like it, depict what a pioneers view on the music is that has changed drastically over the years....
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Summary: Educate!!!!!
Review: Most will not understand this book, esp the rich little newbie surburbans who only know moby and oakenfold types. Take a time machine back in time to early 80's chicago (south side) , detroit (inner city) , Newyork (Bronxs) and grow up a under privilaged minority and you will understand where techno funk really came from. if you can't get in that state of mind then stay away from this book. because names like Ron hardy, Derrick May ,juan atkins, etc will mean nothing to you, because you were not part of the struggle, so all those who say it is boring because it does not reflect a big Ibiza rave or love parade. you will go to grave never knowing where it all started. Techno is no different then any style that has been badly emulated and shaped by cultures who bring to it there own exeperience and have the capital to make it go pop and ruin what use to be a very funky underground style. the same will eventually happen to Hip Hop. and to the reviewer who said your professor gave you this to read, Her mind is totally on a different level then yours.and also books like this dont explain gear no reason to, you want to know gear go buy some magazines. the soul makes the music not the machines, there just brushes to paint what you are saying from your subconcious.
Black and Gifted making electronic music.
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Summary: I could care less about the Detroit "post-disco" scene.
Review: one of my professors did a review of this book in a magazine that she works for, and after i told her i wanted to do a term paper on techno music, she gave me this book. She said how great and informative it was. So, I excitedly opened up the book when i got home and fell asleep after half an hour. This book was ridiculously boring. There was little or no mention of such highly important (at least in my opinion) aspects of techno like trance and digital hardcore, to name a few. However, if you would like to hear entirely too much information on artists like Was(Not Was) then buy this book. What a joke.
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Summary: Techno?
Review: Sicko's coverage of Early techno and it's developments
is both thorough and entertaining. The subject matter is extremely ambitious, and yet he pulls it off.
A good painting of 80's subculture in terms of its social and musical aspects. Perhaps the best part of the book is the "Discography" at the end in which he lists scores of techno records with the artist, date, label, and availability.
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Summary: Mowtown gets it's Props
Review: Sicko's coverage of Early techno and it's developments
is both thorough and entertaining. The subject matter is extremely ambitious, and yet he pulls it off.
A good painting of 80's subculture in terms of its social and musical aspects. Perhaps the best part of the book is the "Discography" at the end in which he lists scores of techno records with the artist, date, label, and availability.
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Summary: Brilliantly encapsulates Techno's evolution!
Review: Techno Rebels has its facts right, but beyond the content it's incredibly well-written. So the facts come alive -- you come to understand the personalities and philosophies of a youth movement out of Detroit, and it's compelling to see that movement expand throughout the world. This book gives a story and a soul to music so often charactarized as "mechanical" or "artificial." I highly recommend this to fans not only of techno, but anyone interested in any kind of music, movement, or the evolution of a culture.
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Summary: a thorough book about AMERICAN techno.
Review: This book is very decent. It definitely tracks the growth of the techno scene and genre in America very well, especially for the techno enthusiast.
This book is NOT, however necessarily appropriate for the person who thinks "techno" means everything electronic. Techno is a specific genre of electronic music that does NOT include trance, hardcore, jungle/d'n'b, or whichever other genres people have been complaining about the lack of in this book. If you note the author's review, he clearly states that the book is first and foremost a chronicle of American techno music.
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Summary: A Waste Of Money
Review: This is a very dull book. None of it describes any of the synthesizers or technology used to produce techno. The book is little more than a list of techno founders. Don't expect any details about them. Each is given extremely minimal coverage.As a historical record the book does a good job of documenting something that might otherwise be lost in time. But if you want a book that is entertaining, this is certainly not it.
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Summary: Awesome book!
Review: Very good book
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