Dancecult Issue 17(1) now live

22-Dec-2025

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EDM and its Discontents

Guest edited by Anita Jori
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>> Contents

Executive Editor's Introduction
- Graham St John

Guest Editor’s Introduction to “EDM and its Discontents”
- Anita Jori

> Feature Articles

1. EDM, Tech-House or Business Techno?
- Gaute Barlindhaug

2. Negotiating Sonic Spaces
- Devpriya Chakravarty 

3. Beats on Airwaves
- Dennis Mathei 

4. Playing by the Rules?
- Manoli Moriaty, Nina Kehagia 

5. Augmented Creativity
- Kirsten Hermes 

> From the Floor

1. Historical Emergence and Current Uses of the Term italodisco
- Guglielmo Bottin 

2. On The Spectrum
- Dr Dylan Davis, Dr Mike Callander, Dr David Haberfeld 

3. A Laptop and Some Talent
- Rosie Dwyer 

4. Weekend Societies in the Walled Garden
- tobias c. van Veen 

5. A Thrice-experienced Clubnight
- Arsène Werlen, Cyber Shanahoy, Anonymous, David Verbuc 

> Transposition

“It’s not just a Party, ya know?”
- Adriana Amaral, Simone Luci Pereira, Lucas Goulart, Jonara Cordova; João Pedro Wizniewsky Amaral, Moses Iten 

> Reviews

1. Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor (Emma Warren)
- Richard Anderson

2. Black Music in Britain in the 21st Century (Monique Charles, ed., with Mary W. Gani)
- Brethome

3. Platformed! How Streaming, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence are Shaping Music Cultures (Tiziano Bonini and Paolo Magaudda)
- Sean Finnan

4. Dance Music: A Feminist Account of an Ordinary Culture (Tami Gadir) & Welcome to the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ (DJ Paulette)
- Maren Hancock 

5. Live Spielen: Liveness in Performances elektronischer Tanzmusik (Josef Schaubruch)
- Jack McNeill

6. Assembling a Black Counter Culture (DeForrest Brown, Jr)
- Emre Öztürk 

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