{"product_id":"assembling-a-black-counter-culture-paperback","title":"Assembling a Black Counter Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeforrest Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this critical history, DeForrest Brown, Jr \"makes techno Black again\" by tracing the music's origins in Detroit and beyond\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAssembling a Black Counter Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, writer and musician DeForrest Brown, Jr, provides a history and critical analysis of techno and adjacent electronic music such as house and electro, showing how the genre has been shaped over time by a Black American musical sensibility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrown revisits Detroit's 1980s techno scene to highlight pioneering groups like the Belleville Three before jumping into the origins of today's international club floor to draw important connections between industrialized labor systems and cultural production. Among the other musicians discussed are Underground Resistance (Mad Mike Banks, Cornelius Harris), Drexciya, Juan Atkins (Cybotron, Model 500), Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Robert Hood, Detroit Escalator Co. (Neil Ollivierra), DJ Stingray\/Urban Tribe, Eddie Fowlkies, Terrence Dixon (Population One) and Carl Craig. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith references to Theodore Roszak's \u003ci\u003eMaking of a Counter Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, writings by African American autoworker and political activist James Boggs, and the \"techno rebels\" of Alvin Toffler's Third Wave, Brown approaches techno's unique history from a Black theoretical perspective in an effort to evade and subvert the racist and classist status quo in the mainstream musical-historical record. The result is a compelling case to \"make techno Black again.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeForrest Brown, Jr\u003c\/b\u003e is a New York-based theorist, journalist and curator. He produces digital audio and extended media as Speaker Music and is a representative of the Make Techno Black Again campaign.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175049511161,"sku":"9781734489736","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZnVSYWdWTU9iaXluYng0enNTVUZYZz09.webp?v=1767658200","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/assembling-a-black-counter-culture-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}