I loved "Energy Flash" by Simon Reynolds (a guy from The Wire) - his thesis on the link between drug consumption and techno is debatable, but he really covers the whole spectrum of electronic music, which puts Detroit in perspective ; the discog is extensive and interesting, though much messier than the one in Techno Rebels.
And also, on the topic of techno-related books - two French guys have made an excellent comic book "Le chant de la machine" (the machine's song) about the history of house and techno, only the first volume has been released so far - has it made it to the US ? it is a series of short stories, like "a DJ invents the remix" or "three black kids from Belleville discover with Kraftwerk", loosely based upon what actually happened... I may scan some pages if anybody on the list is interested in that. Gwendal > Second: does anyone know of any good books about techno in > particular, or > electronic music in general? I've read "Techno Rebels" by Dan
