Techno Rebels (Painted Turtle)

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Techno Rebels (Painted Turtle)

When it was originally published in 1999, Techno Rebels became the definitive text on a hard-to-define but vital genre of music. Author Dan Sicko demystified technoâ€™s characteristics, influences, and origins and argued that although techno enjoyed its most widespread popularity in Europe, its birthplace and most important incubator was Detroit. In this revised and updated edition, Sicko expands on Detroitâ€™s role in the birth of techno and takes readers on an insiderâ€™s tour of technoâ€™s past, present, and future in an enjoyable account filled with firsthand anecdotes, interviews, and artist profiles.

Techno Rebels begins by examining the underground 1980s party scene in Detroit, where DJs and producers like the Electrifying Mojo, Ken Collier, The Wizard, and Richard Davis were experimenting with music that was a world apart from anything happening in New York or Los Angeles. He details the early days of the â€œBelleville Threeâ€â€”Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saundersonâ€”who created the Detroit techno sound and became famous abroad as the sound spread to the UK and Europe. In this revised edition, Sicko delves deeper into the Detroit story, detailing the evolution of the artists and scene into the mid-1990s, and looks to nearby Ann Arbor to consider topics like the Electrifying Mojoâ€™s beginnings, the role of radio station WCBN, and the emergence of record label Ghostly International. Sicko concludes by investigating how Detroit techno functions today after the contrived electronica boom of the late 1990s, through the original artists, new sounds, and Detroitâ€™s annual electronic music festival.

Ultimately, Sicko argues that techno is rooted in the â€œcollective dreamingâ€ of the city of Detroitâ€”as if its originators wanted to preserve what was great about the cityâ€”its machines and its deep soul roots. Techno Rebels gives a thorough picture of the music itself and the trailblazing musicians behind it and is a must-read for all fans of techno, popular music, and contemporary culture.

Country	USA
Author	Dan Sicko
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	2
EISBN	9780814337127
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Wayne State University Press
Manufacturer	Wayne State University Press
NumberOfPages	176
PublicationDate	2010-04-15
Publisher	Wayne State University Press
ReleaseDate	2010-04-15
Studio	Wayne State University Press

Techno Rebels (Painted Turtle)

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