B12 in Energy Flash

While I do read a lot (250+ books last year), I rarely read about rave culture or techno music. I rather listen to techno than read about it. But some time ago, Jimmy recommended Energy Flash by Simon Reynolds to me, a personal account of a music journalist’s experiences with Britain’s rave scene back in […]

From Pac-Man to Pop Music

I just bought the kindle version of Karen Collin’s book From Pac-Man to Pop Music: Interactive Audio in Games and New Media (2nd edition). I stumbled over the book years ago when I googled my netlabel 20kbps which gets briefly mentioned in it. It says: The noisier chip music, often released on low bit-rate Internet labels […]