Discos, clubs and raves have been focal points for the development of new and distinctive musical and cultural practices over the years. This title presents an array of scholarship that has sprung up in response. It features advanced perspectives from a range of academic disciplines that reveal the questions provoked by this musical tradition. '...a substantial book...a handy point of reference for those that teach in the area of electronic dance music and culture, and it can also work well as a primer for an early literature review in research dissertation work.' Danecult