Modeselektor’s Happy Birthday!

ISBN-13: 9781501346255 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 160 str.

Sean Nye; Fabian Holt

Opis

Examines Berlin duo Modeselektor's second studio album Happy Birthday! (2007), looking at its unique blend of techno, pop, hip-hop, and rave remixes in the context of Berlin and (East) German techno history.

Spis treści

AcknowledgmentsTrack ListingPrelude: Transatlantic VertigoPart I: Different Voices 1. The Former East 2. Title Track: Birthday Noise 3. The 200000 Decade: Russian Crunk, Or Genre Fun 4. Moderat Beginnings 5. Radiohead StardustPart II: Rave Chronicles 6. Arena Techno Heritage 7. Cover I: Scooter Studies 8. Interlude: What about Breakcore? 9. Cover II: Rave Rebirth 10. Arena-Techno to Anti-EDMPostlude: Wall GhostsBibliographyIndex

O autorze

Sean Nye is Associate Professor of Practice in Musicology at the University of Southern California, USA. His teaching and research explore multiple topics, including electronic music, hip-hop, German studies, and science fiction. Nye received his PhD in Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society from the University of Minnesota, USA. He was a DAAD-Fellow at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, and a fellow in the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.