Dancecult 14(1) 2022: Editor's Introduction, Masthead and Table of Contents v14.1 2022 Dancecult Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture Issue 14(1) 2022 ISSN 1947-5403 ©2022 Dancecult Published yearly at International Advisory Board Sean Albiez (Southampton Solent University, UK), Anthony D’Andrea (University of Limerick, IE), Mark J Butler (Northwestern University, US), Rebekah Farrugia (Oakland University, US), Kai Fikentscher (DE), Alistair Fraser (Maynooth University, IE), Luis-Manuel Garcia (University of Birmingham, UK), Anna Gavanas (Institute for Futures Studies, SE), Ross Harley (University of New South Wales, AU), Tim Lawrence (University of East London, UK), Geert Lovink (University of Amsterdam, NL), Alejandro L. Madrid (University of Illinois, Chicago, US), Paolo Magaudda (University of Padova, IT), Charity Marsh (University of Regina, CA), Andrew Murphie (University of New South Wales, AU), Alice O’Grady (University of Leeds, United Kingdom), Christopher Partridge (Lancaster University, UK), Dave Payling (Staffordshire University, UK), Anne Petiau (ITSRS / Université Paris 5, FR), Hillegonda C Rietveld (London South Bank University, UK), Geoff Stahl (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ), Sonjah Nadine Stanley-Niaah (University of West Indies, JM), Graham St John (University of Huddersfield, UK), Jonathan Sterne (McGill University, CA), Will Straw (McGill University, CA), Rupert Till (University of Huddersfield, UK), Botond Vitos (Leuphana University, DE), Toby Young (University of Oxford, UK) Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture is a peer-reviewed, open-access e-journal for the study of electronic dance music culture (EDMC). Launched in 2009, as a platform for interdisciplinary scholarship on the shifting terrain of EDMCs worldwide, Dancecult houses research exploring the sites, technologies, sounds and cultures of electronic music in historical and contemporary perspectives. Playing host to studies of emergent forms of electronic music production, performance, distribution, and reception, as a portal for cutting-edge research on the relation between bodies, technologies, and cyberspace, as a medium through which the cultural politics of dance is critically investigated, and as a venue for innovative multimedia projects, Dancecult is the leading venue for research on EDMC. Cover: Smokescreen Campout Birthday Celebration, Nottinghamshire, 2022 Photo by Nick Clague Executive Editor Graham St John (University of Huddersfield, UK) Production Editor Botond Vitos (Leuphana University, DE) From the floor Editor Dave Payling (Staffordshire University, UK) Reviews Editor Toby Young (University of Oxford, UK) Operations director Botond Vitos (Leuphana University, DE) Foreign Languages Editor Moses Iten (RMIT, AU) Managing Editor Tommy Colton Symmes (Rice University, US) Community Manager Katrina Loughrey (DE) Art Director Botond Vitos (Leuphana University, DE) Operations Associate Dave Payling (Staffordshire University, UK) Associate Editors Ben Assiter (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK) Alistair Fraser (Maynooth University, IE) Moses Iten (RMIT, AU) Rupert Till (University of Huddersfield, UK) Production Assistant Patricio López-Serrano (DE) http://dj.dancecult.net ISSN 1947-5403 ©2022 Dancecult http://dj.dancecult.net v14.1 2022 Executive Editor’s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01 Graham St John FEATURE ARTICLES Exploring Personal Spectres in Electronic Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 Gareth Whitehead Technique, Experience and the Social Function of Techno Music: A Comparative Analysis of Theodor Adorno and Robert Fink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Luciano Pascual Moments of Connection As Means of Survival: A Study of Queer Identity, Freedom and Community in UK Raves During the Covid-19 Pandemic . . . . . 39 Daisy Avis-Ward TRANSPOSITIONS Digital Cumbia: Tradition and Postmodernity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Israel Márquez (Trans. Moses Iten) FROM THE FLOOR – online Smokescreen Free Party Sound System Andy Riley Outlook Festival: A Celebration of Sound System Culture Ivan Mouraviev 8-Bit Music on Twitch: How the Chiptune Scene Thrived During the Pandemic Kirsten Hermes Plugging the Creative Drain: A Glimpse Into Electronic Music Migration in Northern Ireland Ciara Power Plague Raver Reflections: What Happened in the Pandemic Stays in the Pandemic Richard Anderson The Power to Name and Other Dilemmas Presented by Brazilian Funk Subgenres Liv Sovik and Brian D’Aquino REVIEWS Do You Remember House? Chicago’s Queer of Colour Undergrounds (Micah E. Salkind) & Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric (Maddison Moore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Jacob Mallinson Bird The Boy from Medellín (Dir. Matthew Heineman) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Ana María Díaz Pinto & Juan Diego Díaz Explosions in the Mind: Composing Psychedelic Sounds and Visualisations (Jonathan Weinel) . . . . . . . . . . .86 Dave Payling The Discourse Community of Electronic Dance Music (Anita Jóri) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Andrew Whelan Dancefloor-Driven Literature: The Rave Scene in Fiction (Simon A. Morrison) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Toby Young Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture 14(1): 1–1 ISSN 1947-5403 ©2022 Dancecult http://dj.dancecult.net https://dx.doi.org/10.12801/1947-5403.2022.14.01.00 Executive Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Dancecult’s 19th issue. It has been another big year at the journal. First up, earlier in 2022 we received news from Scopus that all content dating back to Dancecult’s first issue in 2009 is now indexed with Scopus. More recently, after much backchannel exchange, I’m pleased to announce that this issue arrives as we enter into a five year understanding with the Department of Music and Music Technology at the University of Huddersfield, in which the department will serve as publisher. Integral to this undertaking, we welcome Rupert Till to the team as Associate Editor. At the same time, we welcome the continuing support from Maynooth Academic Publishing, which will cover our annual OJS fees for another three years. Without this institutional support, we could not continue operating. After five issues at the helm, Toby Young is stepping down from his position as Reviews Editor, a role he has performed with aplomb since taking over in the wake of Ed Montano’s departure. Thank you Toby, we wish you well in your future endeavours. While Toby’s shoes will be difficult to fill, his departure provides a prospective Reviews Editor with a great opportunity. In the near future, we will be posting an announcement for this position now open. Over on the Dancecult Research Network (https://dancecult-research.net), new Editorial Assistant James Cannon is performing a stellar job updating and improving the existing reference lists. Please check these resources and input missing content, including any of your own publications, and include or update your own biographical information. Much of this information is outdated. As a reminder, users are encouraged to update these lists themselves. A reminder that we are always looking for ideas for content and themed issues. If you are interested in the possibility of editing or coediting an issue on a specific subject please get in touch with me (g.stjohn@dancecult.net). For prospective From the Floor content, contact Dave Payling (dave@dancecult.net). Otherwise, if you have any recommendations for existing articles published in a language other than English (and notably in Spanish, German or French) that might be appropriate for translation in our Transpositions section, please get in touch with Foreign Languages Editor Moses Iten at moses@dancecult.net. On the back of the first Dancecult conference which was held online in September 2021, I am happy to announce that there are currently plans for an in-person Dancecult conference likely to be held in the UK in November 2023. More information will be shared about this in the coming weeks. As for the content of this issue itself, this issue features fifteen articles, with a cover photograph by Nick Clague reproduced from Andy Riley’s FTF article on Smokescreen sound system. Please enjoy, Graham St John (Executive Editor) Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture 13 November 2022 https://dancecult-research.net/ mailto:g.stjohn@dancecult.net mailto:dave@dancecult.net mailto:moses@dancecult.net