Rave On
Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music
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Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction Let the Music Use You
1 Techno Cities #1 Detroit
2 Techno Cities #2 Berlin
3 Fantasy Island Ibiza
4 Electric Dream Machine Las Vegas
5 House Nation South Africa
Interlude Pirates of the Black Sea
6 Temporary Autonomous Zone France
7 The Party at the End of the Road Israel
8 The Outer Limits Shanghai
9 Aliens in the Desert Dubai
10 The Promised Land New York
Acknowledgements
Photography credits
Selected bibliography
Notes
Index
1 Techno Cities #1 Detroit
2 Techno Cities #2 Berlin
3 Fantasy Island Ibiza
4 Electric Dream Machine Las Vegas
5 House Nation South Africa
Interlude Pirates of the Black Sea
6 Temporary Autonomous Zone France
7 The Party at the End of the Road Israel
8 The Outer Limits Shanghai
9 Aliens in the Desert Dubai
10 The Promised Land New York
Acknowledgements
Photography credits
Selected bibliography
Notes
Index
Review Quotes
Observer
“Here are ten x-rays of dance culture in ten global hotspots that lovingly trace the history of each locale’s sound through its DJs, promoters and proponents . . . . Both scholarly and intimate . . . . Collin’s quest is never short of illuminating.”
Sunday Times
“A surprisingly rich and resonant analysis of global dance culture. . . . With a DJ’s skill for the emotive build and drop, [Collin] deftly organizes these essays to illuminate club culture’s role in saving cities from bland gentrification; the health of the underground speaking volumes about the health of the society above.”
Michaelangelo Matos, author of The Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America
“Fabulous. . . . One of the sharpest books on the topic I’ve read.”
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