At its most cutting edge, dance music is a laboratory of sonic experimentation. Field recordings, foley and samples from the real world have long been...
Velocity Press
In this excerpt from Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music, author and DJ Mag contributing editor Ben Murphy explores the use of found sounds in dance music as a means of examining and expressing cultural heritage in our surroundings
Velocity Press will publish Ben Murphy's examination of the way field recordings fold the natural world into electronic music this May
The store will feature a curated selection of books and posters, as well as a small gallery
The best-selling examination of UK club culture and urban landscapes by journalist Jim Ottewill gets an update and expansion on Velocity Press
The zine series explores 46 of the most influential drum machines, synths and samplers
The book features De La Soul, Cypress Hill, MF DOOM, and more in illustrated form
Velocity Press has announced Dubstep Vol. 1 as part of The Icon Catalogue series
"Since the scene has survived the rise of streaming, mass venue closures and pandemics, we decided the book deserved an update," author Brian Belle-Fortune said
Featuring more than 100 tape and synth composers from the 1950s and 60s
A book on pioneering British electronic musicians is set to go into reprint, 'Tape Leaders: A Compendium of Early British Electronic Music’.
First published in...
The book’s original soundtrack by A Guy Called Gerald will also be released on vinyl for the first time
A 1989 novel set in the London underground acid house scene, Trip City, is set to be republished this year by Velocity Press.
The cult...