![]() ![]() ![]() Splicing social history and critical theory with a personal conversion narrative, Reynolds tracks the mercurial development of house and techno back and forth across the Atlantic-through countless archipelagos of subgenres-with firm precision. With robust back matter including deep bibliographies and listening recommendations, it’s a comprehensive trial-by-fire for techno novices. Documentary evidence in the form of names, places, and dates accumulates with dizzying force. But it’s still 390 pages of close analysis, lively interviews, and epic descriptions of the reflexive textures of music and drugs. Generation Ecstasy is the abridged American version of Energy Flash, British critic Simon Reynolds’ definitive postmortem of ’90s rave culture. Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture by Simon Reynolds ![]()
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