Description
Book SynopsisModeselektor, the Berlin electronic duo consisting of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, released
Happy Birthday! in 2007, an album that mixed emotion, humor, and party excess. Through this album, this book presents a unique window into the histories of Berlin techno, European rave culture, and electronic music. By emphasizing
Happy Birthday! as a network of collabs, genres, and insider winks, it highlights key features in Modeselektor''s career: above all, the beginnings of Moderat, the famous project between Modeselektor and Apparat, as well as the connections to groups and artists as diverse as Thom Yorke, Ellen Allien, Paul St. Hilaire, Otto von Schirach, Scooter, and Jones & Stephenson.
33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from
33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-based books and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also in
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Track Listing Prelude: Transatlantic Vertigo Part I: Different Voices 1. The Former East 2. Title Track: Birthday Noise 3. The 200000 Decade: Russian Crunk, Or Genre Fun 4. Moderat Beginnings 5. Radiohead Stardust
Part II: Rave Chronicles 6. Arena Techno Heritage 7. Cover I: Scooter Studies 8. Interlude: What about Breakcore? 9. Cover II: Rave Rebirth 10. Arena-Techno to Anti-EDM
Postlude: Wall Ghosts Bibliography Index
