As with many other industries, live music in Australia has undergone a form of restructuring. Much of this occurred during the 1990s, though it wasn’t so obvious at the time and there were plenty of other interesting things happening, often within stumbling distance of one’s affordable inner-city rental accommodation.
Featuring filmmakers, producers, MCs and community activists, this special event goes beyond the microphone to explore how video is used in Australian hip hop music and culture.
Discover insight into hip hop's broad musical and cultural movement, often championed by the young and outspoken, and hear from rising and more established talent in Melbourne who are using video to document, celebrate and express their own unique style of hip hop.
Kris Swales has written an excellent article called "Strawberry Fields forever: Inside Queensland’s first iconic, anarchic rave" and published it on ITM. he interviews Michael Watt, Peter Brown, Brenton Crooks: AKA DJ Thief, Jenny Juckel: AKA Jen-e, Peewee Ferris and Jeff Polley
Doin' damage in my native language: the use of "resistance vernaculars" in hip hop in France, Italy, and Aotearoa/New Zealand
Popular Music and Society, Fall, 2000 by Tony Mitchell
To: Dancecult-l
Date: Apr 23, 2005 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Dancecult-l] religion, spirituality and hedonism
(see orig email for comments)
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Fritz, J. (1999). Rave Culture: An Insider's Overview. Canada: Smallfry Press.
Gerard, Morgan. (2004). Selecting Ritual: DJs, Dancers and Liminality in Underground Dance Music. In (ed.) G. St John, Rave Culture and Religion, London: Routledge, pp.167-84.
Gauthier, F (2004a). Rapturous Ruptures: the Instituant
This is a series of eye opening articles written by Apollo on the origins and developement of house music. But it goes beyond the music itself. It will cover many aspects of the club and rave scene from a rich and colorful personal perspective. These articles have circled the world and may someday soon be published.
Ferrell, J. Tearing Down the Streets: Adventures in Urban Anarchy. New York: Palgrave, 2001.
Goldman E. Anarchism and Other Essays. Dover Publications, 1969.
Huq, R. "Raving, Not Drowning: Authenticity, Pleasure and Politics in the Electronic Dance Music Scene". Eds. D. Hesmondhalgh and K. Negus. Popular Music Studies. London: Arnold, 2002: 90-102.
Jordan, J. "The Art of Necessity: The Subversive Imagination of Anti-Road Protest and Reclaim the Streets." Ed. G. McKay. DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain. London: Verso, 1998: 129-151.
