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Hey all,

I've been asked to put together a music section at the bookshop I work at and would appreciate some ideas or recommendations..

There's no genre prefrence and obscurity is most welcome

Many thanks in advance!

Joe

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

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

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

Was literally just about to suggest this. I liked it a lot too.

david katz .Solid_Foundation- An Oral History of Reggae
jane bussman.once in a lifetime the crazy days of acid house and beyond

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thats-Joint-Hip ... 249&sr=8-1

this book basically got me my degree. it's awesome.

Love Saves the Day
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Saves-Day-Am ... 0822331985

Energy Flash
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Energy-Flash-Jo ... 0330350560

Hold On To Your Dreams
http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewP ... ctid=16107

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

dq wrote: Energy Flash
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Energy-Flash-Jo ... 0330350560

Required reading for anyone thinking the elitism vs populism debate in electronic music is anything new and anyone thinking drugs wasn't an important part of the scene.

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

+1

Thanks alot, keep em coming!

@dq - Have you checked a new one from duke press: Babylon East, about soundsystem culture in Japan (mighty crown etc..) looks decent!

+ Sonic Warfare is bagged for the store already!

Thanks again!

this one's great:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Audio-Culture-R ... 630&sr=1-1

totally changed the way I think about a lot of things regarding music.

this is supposed to be a good one too, but I haven't had the chance to read it yet: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Undercurrents-H ... pd_sim_b_1

cheers pirate, exactly the kind of thing i'm after!

you seen this? also edited by rob young: http://www.versobooks.com/books/tuvwxyz ... mers.shtml

Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer
http://www.amazon.com/Analog-Days-Inven ... 0674016173

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music (Victor Wooten)
http://www.amazon.com/Music-Lesson-Spir ... 954&sr=1-1

Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy, Lawrence Lessig
http://www.amazon.com/Remix-Making-Comm ... 982&sr=1-1

Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd
http://www.amazon.com/Comfortably-Numb- ... 016&sr=1-1

Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization
http://www.amazon.com/Hip-Hop-Japan-Pat ... 0822338920
Just got done reading this. Very good. Mostly about how globalization spreads music and how this changes our view of what is original depending on context.

Bass Culture - Lloyd Bradley
Best book I've ever read on Jamaican music. Full of detail yet totally readable, takes it right up to digital dancehall, ragga and beyond.

Young, Gifted & Black - Story Of Trojan Records
Massively important label in the evolution of black British music + identity

Some of the 33 1/3 series are quite good - thinking Paul's Boutique, Endtroducing etc

Chuck D's autobiography is a good read.

Anything by David Toop (Ocean Of Sound, Haunted Weather and Rap Attack)

Also Mika's autobiography, McFly - Behind the Music and the stuff I've actually got on my bookshelf when not pretending to read the above.

so it is still possible to read interesting posts on this place !
BIG UP !

Bass Culture - When Reggae Was King

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bass-Culture-Wh ... 843&sr=1-1

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

The Music Instinct and How it Works (bit heavy)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Music-Instinct- ... d_sim_b_15

Sweet Soul Music

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sweet-Soul-Musi ... 999&sr=1-1

All Crews - Journey Through Jungle Drum and Bass Culture

http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Crews-Journ ... 060&sr=1-1

I might think of some more in a minute....

oops, sorry, didn't see someone just posted "Bass Culture" already.

some faves:

Dub: Soundscapes and shattered songs in Jamaican Reggae by Michael Veal:
http://www.amazon.com/Dub-Soundscapes-S ... 951&sr=8-3

Can't Stop, Won't Stop by Jeff Chang:
http://www.amazon.com/Cant-Stop-Wont-Hi ... 994&sr=8-1

Fela: Life and Times of an African (oh crap, it's out of print)
http://www.amazon.com/Fela-Times-Africa ... 020&sr=1-1
also by michael veal. clearly we're onto something here.

Raga Mala, Autobiography of Ravi Shankar:
http://www.amazon.com/Raga-Mala-Autobio ... 107&sr=1-1

People Funny Boy, bio of Lee Perry:
http://www.amazon.com/People-Funny-Boy- ... 162&sr=1-1

Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy: how music captures our imaginations by Robert Jourdain
http://www.amazon.com/Music-Brain-Ecsta ... =1-3-fkmr0