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Tracing a history that takes in the Stonewall riots of 1969, New York's gay clubs, the advent of disco (much reviled at the time), and the genesis of House in Chicago and Techno in Detroit, through to the British Northern Soul scene, Ibiza, and the vast illegal raves that terrified and appalled little England, Sheryl Garratt's Adventures In Wonderland is a surprisingly full account of the emergence and evolution of contemporary dance culture: surprising in that, given its 330-odd pages, Garratt manages to include interviews with many of the major players and with clubbers themselves, as well as her own personal reminiscences of many of the key events (post-1980) of this history. She also manages deftly to place this monumental transformation of youth culture in a carefully framed social context, whether in America, Ibiza, or Britain-- the result is a book that is both a sober social and historical document and a breathtakingly thrilling story.
Tracing a history that takes in the Stonewall riots of 1969, New York's gay clubs, the advent of disco (much reviled at the time), and the genesis of House in Chicago and Techno in Detroit, through to the British Northern Soul scene, Ibiza, and the vast illegal raves that terrified and appalled little England, Sheryl Garratt's Adventures In Wonderland is a surprisingly full account of the emergence and evolution of contemporary dance culture: surprising in that, given its 330-odd pages, Garratt manages to include interviews with many of the major players and with clubbers themselves, as well as her own personal reminiscences of many of the key events (post-1980) of this history. She also manages deftly to place this monumental transformation of youth culture in a carefully framed social context, whether in America, Ibiza, or Britain-- the result is a book that is both a sober social and historical document and a breathtakingly thrilling story.
The book is also valuable in its exploration of the often ambiguous politics of the club scene--its attraction was felt by socialist utopians and by right- wing libertarians, and its profits attracted viciously unpleasant interventions by the criminal underworld--and the even more ambiguous politics of drugs, especially Ecstasy. After describing the heady communality of early shared experiences, Garratt's final chapter begins with the legacy of the death of Leah Betts in 1995.
Adventures In Wonderland is a compellingly readable inheritor of Sarah Thornton's ground-breaking Club Cultures and Matthew Collin's Altered State: place it alongside Simon Reynolds' Energy Flash (which focuses more on the music itself) and, if you were there, wait for the heady rush of nostalgia; if you weren't, you can finally understand what was going on; and if you never understood, you can learn to love it now. --Burhan Tufail
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This work charts the rise of house music from its roots in the underground, black, gay scene in Chicago. It discusses how the "rave" scene has changed the face of youth culture, and addresses the issues of drugs and commercialization. There are interviews with key players and stars.
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