Ecstasy did for house music what LSD did for psychedelic rock. Now; in Energy Flash; journalist Simon Reynolds offers a revved-up and passionate inside chronicle of how MDMA (“ecstasyrdquo;) and MIDI (the basis for electronica) together spawned the unique rave culture of the 1990s.England; Germany; and Holland began tinkering with imported Detroit techno and Chicago house music in the late 1980s; and when ecstasy was added to the mix in British clubs; a new music subculture was born. A longtime writer on the music beat; Reynolds started watching—and partaking in—the rave scene early on; observing firsthand ecstasyrsquo;s sense-heightening and serotonin-surging effects on the music and the scene. In telling the story; Reynolds goes way beyond straight music history; mixing social history; interviews with participants and scene-makers; and his own analysis of the sounds with the names of key places; tracks; groups; scenes; and artists. He delves deep into the panoply of rave-worthy drugs and proper rave attitude and etiquette; exposing a nuanced musical phenomenon.Read on; and learn why is nitrous oxide is called “hippy crack.rdquo;
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