Unlocking the Groove is a groundbreaking, award-winning, music-driven analysis of electronic dance music (EDM). Author Mark Butler interweaves traditional and non-traditional musical analysis with consideration of the genre's history and social significance, deconstructing several typical examples of electronic dance music and focusing on the interaction of beat and rhythmic structure in creating an overall musical design. Interviews with DJs, listeners, and producers flesh out the book, providing insight into the perceptions and performance world of EDM, and making a vivid case for the musical artistry of EDM disc jockeys. The CD included with the book illustrates the analysis with multiple musical examples, both in excerpts and full songs. Butler's work propels the study of popular music in exciting new directions, and will impact the range from popular music studies, music theory, ethnomusicology, and musicology.
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"This richly textured study provides brilliant insights into the rhythmic, metrical, and social dimensions of electronic dance music...."" —Ellie M. Hisama, Columbia University
(Ellie M. Hisama, Columbia University )"Unlocking the Groove is a remarkable achievement and an important contribution to the study of popular music and culture. Combining keen analysis, clear prose, and an unabashed love for electronic dance music, Mark Butler unlocks for us a rich musical world, one that has not until now received the attention it deserves. This book belongs in the hands of... anyone who wants to know how music sweeps us on to our feet."" —Mark Katz, author of Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music
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Winner, Certificate of Merit
Best Research in Recorded Popular Music 2007
Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Best Research in Recorded Popular Music 2007
Association for Recorded Sound Collections
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Required reading for any electronic music enthusiast!,
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If you want to come to a deeper understanding of techno and the world of electronic music, this is the book. Butler is a pioneer in an area of music that the academic world is just beginning to explore and understand.
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