Destination Dancefloor: A Global Atlas of Dance Music and Club Culture From London to Tokyo, Chicago to Berlin and Beyond
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Travel the world exploring the cities that have influenced dance music and DJ culture and discovering the cutting-edge scenes taking club culture in new directions.
Featuring incredible photography, insider recommendations, and some of the biggest names in dance music, Destination Dancefloor reveals how DJ culture swept the globe and 40 cities where you can immerse yourself in the best electronic music culture has to offer.
Whether you want to know more about the start of house music in Chicago, the club that started Berlin on the road to becoming the global epicentre of club culture, the French Touch scene in Paris that influenced the early years of Daft Punk, why Ibiza became the world’s summer party destination of choice, or are looking for new destinations to add to your own clubbing bucket list, this unique book leans on Mixmag’s position and expertise as one of the foremost names in club culture to present an overview of global dance music, making it a must-read for all clubbers, past, present, and future. See you on the dancefloor.
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Additional information
| Publisher | DK (6 Oct. 2022) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 240 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0241582709 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0241582701 |
| Dimensions | 20.4 x 2.5 x 24.3 cm |
by Craig
This book gives a good overview of dance music from around the world, which has been well researched.
Anyone who was clubbing in any of the cities described, in the 80s and 90s are like to be able to resonate with the information described. Each city not only has a brief history of the club culture, but includes additional information such as DJs/Labels, clubs/events and relevant record stores. The book is richly illustrated with both colour and black and white pictures. It is of interest to anyone who was either part of the dance / clubbing culture in the 80s and 90s, but anyone who has an interest in the history of clubbing and dance music.
by J B
Possibly the most comprehensive account of the club scene from it’s underground birth to the heights of the super club. It charts the meteoric rise of electronic dance music in NYC, Chicago, Detroit etc and its subsequent explosion in Ibiza, London, and my home city Manchester. Duncan Dick understands the scene and hasn’t skimped on the details. He transports the reader back to a moment in time that many including myself yearn for even today. The book is both informative and well-written as it drags you along and takes you on a journey you’ll wish would never end!
The perfect gift for anyone interested in counter-culture, urban art, creativity or simply looking for a joyous trip down memory lane. If you were lucky enough to have lived it, you’ll love the vibe and the nostalgia. If you are too young to have lived it, you are the future and there’s a lot to be learned from a past where anything felt possible. I highly recommend it!
Thanks for taking the time to read my review, I hope you found it helpful.
All the best
by Bobby Smith
Wow, what a stunning looking book, full of vibrant colours and bold photos from around the world. If you are into clubbing and suchlike, and I must admit that I am not, then this is the book for you, as it contains information about the club and dance scene from countries you can barely name on a world map. This, to my mind, is one of the best things about it, as the temptation exists for books of this nature to stick with more European venues and countries, thus missing out on some of the more interesting clubs in places other than New York or London. My son, 24-years-old, really enjoyed this book and he does go out clubbing – much to the disappointment of his punk rock loving dad! It really does contain all the info you would need and should be an essential reference work for fans of the genre. Excellent.
by Lukasz
Though many of us enjoy the aura of being in a nightclub, the truth is that we rarely set out of our comfort zone. To think of those of who would regularly travel around the world is almost of a bygone era before the bubble burst during millennium, now relegated to a small-but dedicated contingent.
This book encapsulates many of those experiences, describing nights that set the stage for the respective countries. A collection of photographs set the mood for each, and whilst neither a photography portfolio nor a set of diary accounts, the book manages to capture the general vibe of each setting. It was well written and very well presented.
Highly recommended.
by JP
With the festive season just around the corner, the coffee table books are out in force for that person in your live with a niche interest you’re not quite sure what to get them. This book combines travel with the clubbing expertise of mixmag to deliver what should be an interesting guide.
The book is divided up into a series of sections for different countries and cities within them, then for each gives you both club recommendations and more information on the style of music or history of club music in the area. This is done in more for browsing than information with lots of dense prose and a few stylised pictures.
Overall then if you’re looking for something to sit on the coffee table of a friend who’s into raving then look no further – this is a good option. It’s part guide, part history book but attractively laid out to browse minus the dense text.
by Picard
I can remember reading Mixmag in my youth and this is a great book for learning about the Dance scene.
Whilst I can reminisce about the past, my kids can relate to the current Dance scene.
A nice mix of photos along with some great profiles makes this a really great read.
by Craig
So boring. Can’t find nothing intresting. Wasting money and time.
by writeallthereviews
Excellent book for fans of dance – I love my trance, complextro, dubstep etc and wanted a coffee table book about dance music as a whole. This really did tick those boxes. Great quality editing and production. Vibrant illustrations. Made me wish I was back there!