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1. Discographies : dance music, culture and the politics of sound

   Gilbert, Jeremy, 1971-

   London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

   Experiencing disco, hip hop, house, techno, drum 'n' bass and garage, Discographies plots a course through the transatlantic dance scene of the last last twenty-five years. It discusses the problems posed by contemporary dance culture of both academic and cultural study and finds these origins in the history of opposition to music as a source of sensory pleasure. Discussing such issues as technology, club space. drugs, the musical body, gender, sexuality and pleasure, Discographies explores the ecstatic experiences at the heart of contemporary dance culture. It suggests why politicians and agencies as diverse as the independent music press and public broadcasting should be so hostile to this cultural phenomenon.

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2. Discographies : dance music, culture, and the politics of sound

   Gilbert, Jeremy, 1971-

   London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

   Experiencing Disco, HipHop, House, Techno, Drum 'n' Bass and Garage, Discographies plots a course thorough the transatlantic dance scene of the last twenty-five years. Tracing the history of ideas about music and dance in Western culture and the ways in which dance music is produced and received, the authors assess the importance and relevance of dance culture in the 1990s and beyond. Discographies considers the formal, aesthetic and political characteristics of dance music. It discusses the problems posed by contemporary dance culture of both academic and cultural study and finds these origins in the history of opposition to music as a source of sensory pleasure. Discussing such issues as technology, club space, drugs, the musical body, gender, sexuality and pleasure, Discographies explores the ecstatic experiences at the heart of contemporary dance culture. It suggests why agencies as diverse as the House of Commons, the independent music press and public broadcasting should be so hostile to this cultural phenomenon.

3. Discographies; a bibliography of catalogues of recordings, mainly relating to specific musical subjects, composers, and performers

   Foreman, Lewis

   London, Triad Press, 1973.

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