Decent Books on Music and Musical Culture

fitz · Post by **fitz** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:59 am

There's a God on the Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs - Kool Moe Dee

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Theres-God-Mic- ... UIXUR269X2

The Dead Yard - Ian Thompson

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Yard-Tales ... 834&sr=8-6

Reggae Explosion - Chris Salewicz

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reggae-Explosio ... 092&sr=1-1

Rough Guide to Reggae - Steve Barrow (Essential - Barrow's a don!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reggae-Rough-Gu ... 159&sr=1-1

The Rough Guide to Reggae (100 Essential CDs) - Steve Barrow

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rough-Guide-Reg ... 159&sr=1-2

Rude Boy: Once Upon a Time in Jamaica - Chris Salewicz (Highly recommended for reggae heads, and anyone with even the slightest interest in Jamaica)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rude-Boy-Once-U ... 834&sr=8-4

Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica - Norman C. Stolzoff

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wake-Town-Tell- ... 430&sr=1-1

jheri · Post by **jheri** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:46 am

Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Altered-State-S ... 356&sr=8-1

Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-hop Generation
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cant-Stop-Wont- ... 401&sr=1-1

weston · Post by **weston** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:57 am

duck wrote:
Last night a DJ saved my life
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Night-DJ-S ... 900&sr=1-1

So packed with interesting stuff, my mind nearly popped.

The bit about live musicians hating the invention of recording music, because it ment you didnt need to pay to see a live band to here music anymore, and therefore loads of musicans lost there jobs. Had many points that could be drawn with the illegal download industry problems at the moment.

bunzer0 · Post by **bunzer0** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:41 am

weston wrote:
duck wrote:
Last night a DJ saved my life
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Night-DJ-S ... 900&sr=1-1

So packed with interesting stuff, my mind nearly popped.

The bit about live musicians hating the invention of recording music, because it ment you didnt need to pay to see a live band to here music anymore, and therefore loads of musicans lost there jobs. Had many points that could be drawn with the illegal download industry problems at the moment.

true said and first the dj's were hated for that cause they were playin recorded music instead of live musicians playing in the radio studio, even the first dj ever played an Oratorio

noam · Post by **noam** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:34 pm

fitz wrote:There's a God on the Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs - Kool Moe Dee

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Theres-God-Mic- ... UIXUR269X2

The Dead Yard - Ian Thompson

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Yard-Tales ... 834&sr=8-6

Reggae Explosion - Chris Salewicz

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reggae-Explosio ... 092&sr=1-1

Rough Guide to Reggae - Steve Barrow (Essential - Barrow's a don!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reggae-Rough-Gu ... 159&sr=1-1

The Rough Guide to Reggae (100 Essential CDs) - Steve Barrow

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rough-Guide-Reg ... 159&sr=1-2

Rude Boy: Once Upon a Time in Jamaica - Chris Salewicz (Highly recommended for reggae heads, and anyone with even the slightest interest in Jamaica)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rude-Boy-Once-U ... 834&sr=8-4

Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica - Norman C. Stolzoff

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wake-Town-Tell- ... 430&sr=1-1

still need to finish reading that, the same guy did a book on Haiti before he wrote The Dead Yard and that sounds like a proper interesting read aswell, called Bonjour Blanc

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bonjour-Blanc-J ... 0099452154

secondlife · Post by **secondlife** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:47 pm

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Vinyl-Whi ... 937&sr=8-2

This book has some quite interesting insider observations on the UK music scene and how dance music was introduced and listened to ....

test_recordings · Post by **test_recordings** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:07 pm

Soiree wrote:SONIC WARFARE- SOUND, AFFECT, & THE ECOLOGY OF FEAR.
This is an incredible read, totally complex, demented and futuristic.

Written by Kode 9 apparently, who's also used to be a philosophy lecturer. Topic's in the 'Ninja hideout'

test_recordings · Post by **test_recordings** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:11 pm

kingthing wrote:I really enjoyed this one, from a slightly anal and boring point of view:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Your-Brain ... 1843547155

Read this and it's extremely useful for interpretating the topic for people who have no prior knowledge and still useful for those with a better grounding (it's been useful for my psychology degree as well as production I tell thee!)

weston · Post by **weston** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:17 pm

bunzer0 wrote:
weston wrote:
duck wrote:
Last night a DJ saved my life
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Night-DJ-S ... 900&sr=1-1

So packed with interesting stuff, my mind nearly popped.

The bit about live musicians hating the invention of recording music, because it ment you didnt need to pay to see a live band to here music anymore, and therefore loads of musicans lost there jobs. Had many points that could be drawn with the illegal download industry problems at the moment.

true said and first the dj's were hated for that cause they were playin recorded music instead of live musicians playing in the radio studio, even the first dj ever played an Oratorio

Yeah right! really made me think.
Imagine being hated for being a DJ, because the "invention" of the DJ was clearly going to be the death of music

Theres a great quotes from Jimmy Saville around asking a venue if they could get him 2 records players too. They asked why he needed 2, and when he explained it was so there would be no gap in the music, the Venue owner replied. "Why, whats the rush?" #
Made me smile, and then wonder about how much the pace of life must have changed in the last 50 odd years

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:38 pm

Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk

Really good look into the history of techno.

http://www.amazon.com/Techno-Rebels-Ren ... 213&sr=8-1

Unlocking the Groove: Rhythm, Meter, and Musical Design in Electronic Dance Music

This one is an ethnomusicological study, borne from the author's masters thesis, if I remember correctly. I was actually a part of this, which was awesome!

http://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Groove- ... 50&sr=1-10

fractal · Post by **fractal** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:46 pm

kodwo eshun - more brilliant than the sun: adventures in sonic fiction

is a great read

as is energy flash

weston · Post by **weston** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:14 pm

While we are on this topic,

Anyone know where i can get a copy of, Class of 88????

Samādhi · Post by **Samādhi** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:05 pm

Shum · Post by **Shum** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:22 am

big up Samādhi.

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:59 pm

+1 on "All Crews" and Michael Veal's "Dub." Also good is the Scratch Perry bio, "People Funny Boy."

But this is the best book about music I've ever read: it literally rewired my brain to think about sound differently. Srsly. I cannot endorse it enough.

http://www.amazon.com/Silence-Lectures- ... 0819560286

nclpad · Post by **nclpad** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:20 pm

Planning on reading Mike Skinner's 'The Story of the Streets'
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Story-Stree ... 695&sr=1-1

ultraspatial · Post by **ultraspatial** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:24 pm

Joanna Demers - Listening Through The Noise: The Aesthetics Of Experimental Electronic Music

Soiree · Post by **Soiree** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:32 am

this book's about electronic/drone/noise music, very avant read
http://www.creationbooks.com/creation-t ... IONIC.html

this band could be your life
last night a DJ saved my life
no one here gets out alive
please kill me
the "33 and a 1/3" books are ok for quick pocket reads, dicy though.

Samādhi · Post by **Samādhi** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:38 am

ultraspatial wrote:Joanna Demers - Listening Through The Noise: The Aesthetics Of Experimental Electronic Music

absolutely!

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