oops I know I'm a little late but I sent this earlier it didn't go thru:
my 2c:
when I picked up SUN and read a random passage I thought it was going to be
really pretentious and I also immediately thought of DJ Spooky's
post-structuralist name dropping.
the dif. is that where spooky
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| And his attitude, which might not be great for hangin' out with, is
| perfect for approaching Sun-Ra, and the Martian, or the pre-revealed
| Drexciya. Who else besides Dan S. went
I pretty much agree that the book is a fair amount of wanking, but at it's
root it does a fairly good job expressing some of the (more freaked-out)
aspects of techno, jazz fusion, hip-hop and funk that rarely get properly
addressed by writers coming from either a more academic or pop-journalistic
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Brendan Nelson wrote:
I guess that if Eshun was on this list he'd defend himself by pointing
out that electronic/futuristic music is so new, comparitively, that the
conceptual framework for describing it - in terms of its construction as
well as of its effect on the
But if you're willing to follow along, and excuse the sometimes excessive
dips into self-created jargon, he has some interesting ideas. No digging
for a needle in a haystack -- they're good, fairly big ideas. But they sit
alongside the specialized terms he invents, and you just have to be
Cobert, Gwendal wrote:
Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave
Culture; by Simon Reynolds.
Could it be some other version of Energy Flash
Yes, for the North American market, he gave the book a different title and
(so I hear) edited it somewhat. No free CD came with it,
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: more brilliant than the sun
:
:absolutely crucial is Kodwo Eshun's More Brilliant Than the Sun:
:Adventures
:In Sonic Fiction, a freaked-out exploration of the mutations and forms
of
:Black Atlantic Futurism from Miles to Drexcya. the book reads like
how
:Kool Keith might lecture if he were
Neil Wallace:
Ive always avoided this book as ive seen kodwo on a few music
documentaries and he always seems to be completely up his own a$$
Thank God it's not just me who thinks this! I never watch Newsnight Review!
Having said that, he's written some excellent articles I still refer to
Neil Wallace:
Ive always avoided this book as ive seen kodwo on a few music
documentaries and he always seems to be completely up his own a$$
I attended a guest lecture by Kodwo last year at the Art Institute of
Chicago. The lecture focused specifically on Herbert's Bodily Functions,
the
Thanks for pointing out some books to read on the evolution of Techno. I
found that one of the most amazingly written books on electronic music from
the beginning is:
Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture; by Simon
Reynolds.
The opening chapter which he refers to as
Thanks for pointing out some books to read on the evolution
of Techno. I
found that one of the most amazingly written books on
electronic music from
the beginning is:
Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave
Culture; by Simon
Reynolds.
Could it be some other version
the records lists at the end of each chapter are worth the
book alone IMHO.
Definately agree with that. He has written a lot of works on this subject,
I think this is the best. His opinions should be taken with a grain of
salt, but his commentary is flawless and it is easy to understand what
I'm not about to defend Eshun's -- uh -- excesses in More Brilliant
than the Sun. He has a tendency to throw a lot of stuff about, and
frankly a lot of it is more like an academic version of scat-poetry
than serious analysis. (I've always liked that he included fiction
in the subtitle --
absolutely crucial is Kodwo Eshun's More Brilliant Than the Sun: Adventures
In Sonic Fiction, a freaked-out exploration of the mutations and forms of
Black Atlantic Futurism from Miles to Drexcya. the book reads like how
Kool Keith might lecture if he were a professor in late 20th century
African
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Subject: Re: (313) books on techno: more brilliant than the sun
absolutely crucial is Kodwo Eshun's More Brilliant Than the Sun: Adventures
In Sonic Fiction, a freaked-out exploration of the mutations and forms of
Black Atlantic Futurism
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