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Listening to the Music the Machines Make is the revolutionary story of electronic pop from 1978 to 1983, a true golden age of music.
This definitive account explores how krautrock, disco, glam rock and punk inspired a new generation to rip up the rulebook and venture toward a new frontier of electronic music – one that laid the foundations for Hip-Hop, house, techno and beyond.
Including an extensive collection of archive images throughout, Richard Evans’s kaleidoscopic narrative draws on years of research, a plethora of archive press materials and the input of key figures, including Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure), Martyn Ware (The Human League, B.E.F., Heaven 17) and Daniel Miller (The Normal, Mute Records).
From the gritty and experimental to the camp and theatrical, this book charts the careers and impact of electronic pop’s earliest innovators and luminaries, from Devo, The Normal, Telex and Cabaret Voltaire to Soft Cell, Gary Numan, OMD, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Omnibus Press (August 6, 2024)
Language : English
Paperback : 528 pages
ISBN-10 : 1915841453
ISBN-13 : 978-1915841452
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.25 x 1.75 x 8 inches
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Customers find the book easy to read with an enjoyable prose style. They appreciate the well-researched content and timeline that provides insights and context. However, opinions differ on the pacing – some find it well-researchedon and packed with facts, while others feel the sentences are too long and confusing, with the author inserting lengthy asides.
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