[ebooks] Love Objects: Emotion; Design and Material Culture by From Bloomsbury Academic in Arts-Photography

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Joining the ranks of Please Kill Me and Canrsquo;t Stop Wonrsquo;t Stop comes this definitive chronicle of one of the hottest trends in popular culturemdash;electronic dance musicmdash;from the noted authority covering the scene.It is the sound of the millennial generation; the music ldquo;defining youth culture of the 2010srdquo; (Rolling Stone). Rooted in American techno/house and rsquo;90s rave culture; electronic dance music has evolved into the biggest moneymaker on the concert circuit. Music journalist Michaelangelo Matos has been covering this beat since its genesis; and in The Underground Is Massive; charts for the first time the birth and rise of this last great outlaw musical subculture.Drawing on a vast array of resources; including hundreds of interviews and a library of rare artifacts; from rave fanzines to online mailing-list archives; Matos reveals how EDM blossomed in tandem with the nascent Internetmdash;message boards and chat lines connected partiers from town to town. In turn; these ravers; many early technology adopters; helped spearhead the information revolution. As tech was the tool; Ecstasymdash;(Molly; as itrsquo;s know today) an empathic drug that heightens sensory pleasuremdash;was the narcotic fueling this alternative movement.Full of unique insights; lively details; entertaining stories; dozens of photos; and unforgettable misfits and starsmdash;from early break-in parties to Skrillex and Daft Punkmdash;The Underground Is Massive captures this fascinating trend in American pop culture history; a grassroots movement that would help define the future of music and the modern tech world we live in.