Dancecult 6(2) 2014: Masthead and Table of Contents


Volume 6     Number 2     2014



Executive Editor
Graham St John 

(Griffith University, AU)

From the floor Editors
Alice O’Grady 

(University of Leeds, UK)

Graham St John 
(Griffith University, AU)

Reviews Editor
Ed Montano 

(RMIT University, AU)

Foreign Languages Editor
Luis-Manuel Garcia 

(University of Groningen, NL)

Production Editor
Botond Vitos (DE)

Operations director
Ed Montano

(RMIT University, AU)

Art Director
Botond Vitos (DE)

Publications Manager
Carlo Nardi 

(Rhodes University, SA)

Copyeditors
Luis-Manuel Garcia 

(University of Groningen, NL) 

Jerome Hansen (UK)

Katrina Loughrey (AU)

Kath O’Donnell (AU)

Production Assistants
Martin Koszolko 
(RMIT University, AU)

Garth Sheridan 
(RMIT University, AU)

Contributing Editor
Sheena D. Hyndman 

(York University, CA)

Dancecult 

Journal of Electronic  
Dance Music Culture 

 Issue 6(2) 2014 
ISSN 1947-5403  

©2014 Dancecult 

Published twice yearly at 
<http://dj.dancecult.net>

International Advisory Board

Sean Albiez (Southampton Solent University, UK), Eliot Bates (University of 
Maryland, College Park, US), Andy Bennett (Griffith University, AU), Mark 
J Butler (Northwestern University, US), Anthony D’Andrea (University of 
Limerick, IE), Rebekah Farrugia (Oakland University, US), Kai Fikentscher 
(DE), Luis-Manuel Garcia, University of Groningen (NL), François Gauthier 
(Université du Québec à Montréal, CA), Anna Gavanas (Institute for 
Futures Studies, SE), Chris Gibson (University of New South Wales, AU), 
Jeremy Gilbert (University of East London, UK), Alice O’Grady, University 
of Leeds (UK), Ross Harley (University of New South Wales, AU), David 
Hesmondhalgh (University of Leeds, UK), Tim Lawrence (University of East 
London, UK), Geert Lovink (University of Amsterdam, NL), Gordon Lynch 
(Birkbeck University of London, UK), Rene Lysloff (University of California, 
Riverside, US), Alejandro L. Madrid (University of Illinois, Chicago, US), 
Charity Marsh (University of Regina, CA), Tony Mitchell (University 
of Technology Sydney, AU), Karenza Moore (Lancaster University, UK), 
Andrew Murphie (University of New South Wales, AU), Christopher 
Partridge (Lancaster 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 (Griffith University, AU), 
Will Straw (McGill University, CA), Rupert Till (University of Huddersfield, 
UK), tobias c. van Veen (McGill University, CA), Michael Veal (Yale 
University, US), Andrew Whelan (University of Wollongong, Australia)

Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture 
is a peer-reviewed, open-access e-journal for the study of electronic 
dance music culture (EDMC). A platform for interdisciplinary 
scholarship on the shifting terrain of EDMCs worldwide, the Journal 
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 journal for research on EDMC.  

Cover Photo by Steve Marks: <alittlelight@live.com> (Melbourne, 2013)

http://dj.dancecult.net
mailto:alittlelight@live.com


Volume 6 Number 2 2014

FEATURE ARTICLES
“An Avatar . . . in a Physical Space”: Researching the Mediated Immediacy of Electronic Dance Floors . . . 01 
Botond Vitos

Competitive Remix Practice and Networks of Support in Electronic Dance Music Economies . . . . . . . . 22 
Jonathan Karpetz

On the Content and Contribution of MCs in British Drum ‘n’ Bass .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  42 
Alistair Fraser

FROM THE FLOOR – online 
This Place is my Place: Sunrise [Total Recall], West Indian Centre, Leeds, UK. Saturday 22nd March 2014 
Alice O’Grady

Astronauts, Psychonauts and Electronauts 
Graham St John

Towards a Granular Study of Scenes at Vancouver’s New Forms Festival 
tobias c. van Veen

How to Cure a Gabba 
Riccardo Balli

REVIEWS
Books
Apocalypso Disco: La rave-o-luzione della post techno (Riccardo Balli) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .61  
Andrea Brighenti

Global Tribe: Technology, Spirituality and Psytrance (Graham St John).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .63  
tobias c. van Veen

The Varieties of Ecstasy Experience (Sean Leneghan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70  
Daniel Schnee

The Digital Musician (Andrew Hugill) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .73  
Martin Koszolko

Popular Music Fandom: Identities, Roles and Practices (ed. Mark Duffett)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 
Jadey O’Regan

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