dance culture

The following links are to sites representing various aspects of "Dance Culture" aka "Rave Culture."


A Guy Called Gerald: British acid house and drum and bass innovator
dmoz.org's collection of links: A long list of sites that also include some jungle

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Carl Craig: perhaps the most universally respected producer in the techno universe. "One of the black musicians who developed this soulful, heavily percussive electronic dance music more than a decade ago." (Mike Rubin, senior writer at Spin magazine, in "Techno dances with jazz," New York Times (September 30, 2001): Arts & Leisure, Section 2, pp. 31, 32), a review of Herbie Hancock's album Future 2 Future in which Mr. Craig participates.
Thigpen's Techno Music page

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The following sites include music in more than one of the above categories.

The Hyperreal DJ Set Archive: A great retrospective of the House, Techno, D&B and trance styles - back to 1989.
intuitivemusic.com: You need the Shockwave plugin to view this site for "the whole world of electornic music and techno culture."
Ravedata.com: Update promised - dated 2004.

Canadian Electronica/Dance Music: Contains a directory, discussion forum & links to non-Canadian aritsts
History of electronica: From Audiofile staff
HEADZ AIN'T READY: What to tell your parents about the history of electronica - by Chris Tweney
Orbital: One of electronica's more experimental duos; Interviews Brothers Gonna Work It Out - Amazon.uk; Orbital biography
Squarepusher: "Not the official website"; Squarepusher resource
Warp Records