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Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk
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Author: Dan Sicko
List Price: $16.95
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ISBN: 0823084280
Publisher: Billboard Books (May, 1999)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 103,405
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 2 out of 5
Techno?
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....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Mowtown gets it's Props
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.
Rating: 4 out of 5
a thorough book about AMERICAN techno.
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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