[Dancecult-l] sonic war machines

[Nibelungentreue at aol.com]

Has anyone out there read Kode9's contribution to the Cultural Hacking book 
called "Speed Tribes"? I've pasted below the author's little spiel about it. 
What  I find fascinating is how it might tap into the little discussion on 
dancecult recently about deconstruction, violence, and EDMC. If anyone's  familiar 
with the piece, or has any more thoughts on the subject, please share them.

Best Wishes,

Neil Huthnance

Speed Tribes - sonic war machines 

I've got an article in a new edited collection Cultural Hacking called Speed 
Tribes: netwar, affective hacking and the audio-social - its about spinoza, 
grime and the hardcore continuum. . .most of the book is in german 

here is the intro 
"The virtual architecture of dread defines the affective climate of early 
21st century urbanism. It is underpinned by the sense, as a character from 
William Gibson’s latest novel Pattern Recognition proclaims, that “we have no 
future because our present is too volatile. . .” Exorcising this dread has been a 
central objective of cultural hackers. In the late 20th century, through 
breakbeat and vocal science, it was urban machine musics, and their pre-occupation 
with generating soundtracks to sonically enact the demise of Babylon, that took 
up this project. Since the turn of the 20th century, audio futurism has 
explored the themes of war, speed and sensation. A century later, and under the 
shadow of ‘shock and awe’, what are the current dynamics of this strain of 
affective hacking?" 






   
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