one of the best house publications (on the academic tip) is hillegonda reitveld's "our house," which is available from ashgate publications in the UK. it's a bound dissertation. "discographies: dance music, culture & the politics of sound" by jeremy gilbert & ewan pearson (who's released on soma) is good as well, but covers a broader base than reitveld's book. it's available from routledge in the US & UK.
for general good-time reading there's "last night a DJ saved my life" by brewster & broughton (PGW, US), but it covers everything from disco to northern soul & back again, from the DJ perspective. my favorite, currently, just b/c it's a beautiful book is "modulations: throbbing words on sound," which technically is the companion book to the film by the same name, but it goes so much further & it's much lovelier to look at. it's a corelease from caiphirina & DAP. as far as waiting for a house publication akin to kodwo eshun's "more brilliant than the sun," it'll be a long wait. i'm primarily a house-head (my interest in techno is primarily 1st generation 313 & my schoolgirlish obsession w/ aril brikha), & i feel fairly safe in saying that house, in general, doesn't lend itself to the same flavor of theory that techno does. b/c house is, in general, geared toward a club or party environment while techno easily stands on its own as listening music, theory & anecdotes about house will probably stay largely w/in the sphere of the DJ & dance, while touching on issues of race & sexuality. -s > >can anyone recommend the best house publications of all time??? I read in > >Toop's Ocean of Sound that he did an underground thing for a while in the > >80's??? > > > >Or techno publications???? > > > > > >thanx > >Five > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
