I've just begun reading the articles and don't know yet if it's going to be mostly academic self-absorption (rampant in the field of ethnomusicology where this journal is roughly situated). So far it's fairly lively and the article about trance is a hoot. And having people like Hilly Rietveld writing is a plus. So far I'm liking it :)
All the articles are online, the index page is: http://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/journal/issue/current/showToc fh ------------------------ http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/page/4/ Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture By Bruce Sterling October 10, 2009 | 4:31 pm *Man, the academy can devour ANYTHING! *Worse yet, this sounds remarkably interesting! Im afraid Im going to have to read this. http://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/journal/index Vol 1, No 1 (2009) Table of Contents Editorials Editors Introduction Graham St John Featured Articles IDM as a Minor Literature: The Treatment of Cultural and Musical Norms by Intelligent Dance Music Ramzy Alwakeel Decline of the Rave Inspired Clubculture in China: State Suppression, Clubber Adaptations and Socio-cultural Transformations Matthew M Chew Neotrance and the Psychedelic Festival Graham St John Too Young to Drink, Too Old to Dance: The Influences of Age and Gender on (Non) Rave Participation Julie Gregory DJ Culture in the Commercial Sydney Dance Music Scene Ed Montano >From the Floor Convergence and Soniculture: 10 Years of MUTEK tobias c. van Veen The Hardcore Continuum? Jeremy Gilbert The Abstract Reality of the Hardcore Continuum Mark Fisher 12 Noon, Black Rock City Graham St John The Inverted Sublimity of the Dark Psytrance Dance Floor Botond Vitos Reviews We Call It Techno! A Documentary About Germanys Early Techno Scene (Sextro and Wick) Hillegonda C Rietveld Lost and Sound: Berlin, Techno, und der Easyjetset (Rapp) Sean Nye Chromatic Variation in Ethnographic Research: A Review of Psychedelic White: Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race (Saldanha) Anthony DAndrea Global Nomads: Techno and New Age as Transnational Countercultures in Ibiza and Goa (DAndrea) Charles De Ledesma Breakcore: Identity and Interaction on Peer-to-Peer (Whelan) Emily Ferrigno The High Life: Club Kids, Harm and Drug Policy (Perrone) Lucy Gibson
