Dream Machines : Electronic Music in Britain from Doctor Who to Acid House / Matthew Collin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collin, Matthew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic music--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Electronic music.

Great Britain--Civilization--20th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Omnibus Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Dream Machines tracks the music's evolution from early avant-garde experiments after World War Two through psychedelia, art-rock and synth-pop to electronic dance music, sampling and the techno era. As well as profiling the sonic futurists who pioneered new styles, it documents the scenes and underground movements that built Britain's thrillingly diverse electronic music culture in its formative decades. Based on interviews with key players and a wealth of in-depth research, Dream Machines explores genres as diverse as space rock, electro-pop, ambient, dub, industrial music, prog, electro, hip-hop, hi-NRG and house, highlighting how developments in British electronic music were shaped by changes in society as well as technological advances." -- $c Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Journey into space : musique concrète and radiophonic sound

Daphne Oram, Tristram Cary : sonic explorers

The opening of the BBC radiophonic workshop

The music in Janet Beat's head

F. C. Judd and the reel-to-reel club scene

Uncommon characters : Desmond Leslie, Delia Derbyshire

2. An electric storm : space-age pop and psychedelia

The radiophonic workshop's greatest hit

Joe Meek cranks it up

The Beatles take a trip

Pink Floyd, 'London's farthest-out group'

John Baker's radiophonic swing

Peter Zinovieff, EMS, The Rolling Stones, and White Noise

Ernest Berk, Basil Kirchin, Ron Geesin : musical misfits

3. Other side of the sky : space rock, prog and ambient

Hawkwind : psychedelic warlords

Prog rock : Rick Wakeman, Curved Air, Arthur Brown, Pink Floyd

Live from Planet Gong

Stonehenge, Ozric Tentacles and the strange tale of Zorch

Roxy music, Brian Eno and David Bowie

The afterlife of Delia Derbyshire

4. This is entertainment : industrial music and post-punk futurism

Cabaret Voltaire, electronic Dadaists

Throbbing gristle and the art of brutal noise

Thomas Leer, Robert Rental and Daniel Miller

The human league, clock DVA and vice versa

John Foxx and Ultravox

The coming of Gary Numan

Thomas Dolby and landscape get scientific

Blitz and some bizarre, new romantics and futurists

5. Just can't get enough : synth-pop and art-rock

Soft cell and the new electronic pop

The human league and Heaven 17

Depeche mode, perpetual futurists

Joy division, new order and the electronic side of factory

Trevor, Malcolm, Frankie and the fairlight

Bronski beat, imagination : countering conformity

Pet shop boys' love letters to pop

Japan, simple minds and other art-rock adventurers

Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush and ORCH5

The last days of the radiophonic workshop

6. Coughing up fire : dub reggae and sound systems

The roots and culture of sound systems

Dennis Bovell, Jah Shaka and Saxon sound international

Mad professor goes boom

Adrian Sherwood, On-U sound, Mark Stewart and Tackhead

Digital dub and UK steppers

7. Tearin' down the avenue : electro and hip-hop

B-boys, buffalo gals and the rise of electro

Electronic dancers : TW funk masters, Freeez

Hybrid beats : cabaret Voltaire, big audio dynamite

UK hip-hop finds its voice

Mastermind, soul II soul, the wild bunch, Smith & mighty

8. Unnatural history : experimentalists, industrialists and noise-musicians

Chris and Cosey, psychic TV and coil

Whitehouse and power electronics

The incredibly strange world of Nurse with Wound

DIY noisemakers and the cassette underground

Muslimgauze, Bourbonese Qualk, Nocturnal Emissions

Portion control, 400 blows, Nitzer Ebb and 'funky alternatives'

9. Pump up the volume : samplemania, Hi-NRG and dance-pop

M/A/R/R/S and bomb the bass

S'express, the beatmasters and plunderphonic pop

Coldcut, the JAMs : and Brian Eno (again)

Hi-NRG : gay disco strikes back

Stock Aitken Waterman seek pop perfection

10. Emotions electric : house, techno, acid

The foundations of UK house

Acid house and rave culture

A guy called Gerald and 808 state

The KLF, the orb and 'ambient house'

Bleep techno and breakbeat hardcore.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Collin, Matthew Dream Machines

ISBN:

9781787592643

OCLC:

1424929612