DJ culture in the mix : power, technology, and social change in electronic dance music

The DJ stands at a juncture of technology, performance and culture in the increasingly uncertain climate of the popular music industry, functioning both as pioneer of musical taste and gatekeeper of the music industry. Together with promoters, producers, video jockeys (VJs) and other professionals in dance music scenes, DJs have pushed forward music techniques and technological developments in last few decades, from mashups and remixes to digital systems for emulating vinyl performance modes. This book is the outcome of international collaboration among academics in the study of electronic dance music. Mixing established and upcoming researchers from the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Australia and Brazil, the collection offers critical insights into DJ activities in a range of global dance music contexts. In particular, chapters address digitization and performativity, as well as issues surrounding the gender dynamics and political economies of DJ cultures and practices. Introduction - Subjectivity In The Groove: Phonography, Digitality And Fidelity - Dj Technologies, Social Networks And Gendered Trajectories In European Dj Cultures - Journey To The Light?: Immersion, Spectacle And Mediation - The Dj As Electronic Derritorializer - 'it's Not The Mix, It's The Selection': Music Programming In Contemporary Dj Culture - Electronic Dance Music And Technological Change: Lessons From Actor-network Theory - Dj Culture And The Commercial Club Scene In Sydney - Djs And The Aesthetic Of Acceleration In Drum 'n' Bass - The Forging Of A White Guy Aesthetic At The Saint, 1980 - Djs As Cultural Mediators: The Mixing Work Of Sao Paulo's Military Power Games - Dj-driven Literature: A Linguistic Remix. Introduction / Hillegonda C. Rietveld -- Subjectivity In The Groove: Phonography, Digitality And Fidelity / Bernardo Alexander Attias -- Dj Technologies, Social Networks And Gendered Trajectories In European Dj Cultures / Anna Gavanas And Rosa Reitsamer -- Journey To The Light? Immersion, Spectacle And Mediation / Hillegonda C. Rietveld -- The Dj As Electronic Deterritorializer / Mirko M. Hall And Naida Zukic -- 'it's Not The Mix, It's The Selection': Music Programming In Contemporary Dj Culture / Kai Fikentscher -- Electronic Dance Music And Technological Change: Lessons From Actor-network Theory / Jonathan Yu -- Dj Culture And The Commercial Club Scene In Sydney / Ed Montano -- Djs And The Aesthetic Of Acceleration In Drum 'n' Bass / Chris Christodoulou -- The Forging Of A White Gay Aesthetic At The Saint, 1980-4 / Tim Lawrence -- Djs As Cultural Mediators: The Mixing Work Of São Paulo's Peripheral Djs / Ivan Paolo De Paris Fontanari -- War On The Dancefloor: Synthscenen's Military Power Games / Johanna Paulsson -- Dj-driven Literature: A Linguistic Remix / Simon A. Morrison. Edited By Bernardo Attias, Anna Gavanas, And Hillegonda C. Rietveld. Includes Bibliographical References, Discographies, And Index.