Extra Resources

Just in case there was anything that caught your eye, I've put together a list of books, articles, music and films that have influenced me and helped me to put these blog posts together. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or want to discuss things with me further!

BOOKS

Caspar Melville, It's a London Thing: How Rare Groove, Acid House and Jungle Remapped the City, (Manchester University Press: Manchester, 2020).

Joe Muggs, Brian D. Stevens, Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History of Sound System Culture, (Strange Attractor Press: London, 2019).

Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic, (London: Verso, 1993).

Theresa Beyer, Thomas Burkhalter and Hannes Liechti (eds.), Seismographic Sounds: Visions of a New World, (Germany: Norient, 2015). (Check out Norient's website here)

Tim Lawrence, Love Saves The Day: a history of American dance music culture, 1970-1979, (Duke University Press: United States of America, 2003).

ARTICLES

Associated Press in Washington, 'Associated Press change influential style guide to capitalize 'Black'', The Guardian, June 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/20/associated-press-style-guide-capitalize-black, (16th May 2021).

Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, 'Interview: David Mancuso', Red Bull Music Academy, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4cRFU6kmsI(16th May 2021)

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David Mancuso, 'New York Stories: David Mancuso', Red Bull Music Academy, May 2013, https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2013/05/new-york-stories-david-mancuso, (16th May 2021).

Hershini Young, '"Sound of Kuduro knocking at my door": Kuduro Dance and the Poetics of Debility', African American Review, 45/3, (2012), 391-401, (319).

Jayna Brown, 'Buzz and Rumble: Global Pop Music and Utopian Pulse', Social Text, 28/1, (2010), 125 - 146.

Madison Bloom, 'A Guide to Portugal's Priíncipe Discos, One of the Most Exciting Dance Labels on Earth, Pitchfork, 30th June 2020, https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/principe-discos-portugal-dance-label-guide-dj-marfox-nidia/(16th May 2021).

Piotr Orlov, 'The Loft, The Most Influential Dance Party in History Turns 50', NPR, 2020, https://www.npr.org/2020/02/19/807333757/still-saving-the-day-the-most-influential-dance-party-in-history-turns-50(16th May 2021).

Ryan Keeling, 'The Ghetto Sound of Lisbon', Resident Advisor, 10th March 2014, https://ra.co/features/2021(16th May 2021).

Six Million Steps, 'Mark Roman's Crackers Story - Part One', Six Million Steps, March 2010, http://sixmillionsteps.com/drupal/node/1102, (16th May 2021).

Stephen Titmus, 'Nightclubbing: Crackers', Redbull Music Academy, (2013), https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2013/03/nightclubbing-crackers, (12th May 2021).

Terry Farley, Roual Galloway, 'The Dancers: In Their Own Words', Redbull Music Academy, 17 September 2015, https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/09/the-dancers-in-their-own-words, (12th May 2021).

DISCOGRAPHY

Six Million Steps, Mark Roman, 'Mark Roman's Cracker's Story - Part One', online audio, Six Million Steps,http://www.sixmillionsteps.com/ams/6MS-MarkRoman-CrackersStory-1.mp3, March 2020, (16th May 2021), unpublished sound file.

Fabietto Cataneo, 'David Mancuso (1970 - 1978), Spotify, https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3UCcxsF64ucpxdbFKNNeUL?si=6e8d891607854ea0, (16th May 2021).

Mattheus Meggiato, 'Funk Ostentaçaão 2012/2014, Spotify, https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3NBRuJiFRGpt3kZwPQsuKZ?si=0d52664f421c41c4, (16th May 2021).

Príncipe, Bandcamp, https://principediscos.bandcamp.com, (16th May 2021).

Buraka Som Sistema, Znobia, M.I.A., Saborosa, Pluto Prata, 'Sound of Kuduro', Black Diamond, (Fabric/Sony BMG, 2009).

FILMOGRAPHY

Steve McQueen, Small Axe Television Series, 2020, https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p08vxt33/small-axe.

Walker Arts Center, 'Utopia Is No Place: The Art and Politics of Impossible Futures', online video clip , YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8BhXKGOeeY&t=65s, (0:08 - 1:05), 10th August 2010, (12th May 2021).