Technomad - Global Raving Countercultures - Graham St John
Hardcore, You Know the Score
Technomad - Global Raving Countercultures - Graham St John
Graham St John [+]
Griffith University
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Graham St John is the author of several books including Global Tribe: Technology, Spirituality and Psytrance (2012), Technomad: Global Raving Countercultures (2009) and the edited collections The Local Scenes and Global Culture of Psytrance (2010), Victor Turner and Contemporary Cultural Performance (2008), Rave Culture and Religion (2004) and FreeNRG: Notes From the Edge of the Dance Floor (2001). He is Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffith University and is Executive Editor of Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture.
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In the conclusion, “Hardcore, You Know the Score,” I round off the book by way of a discussion of the common notion of “hardcore,” the relativity of which assists comprehension of hyper-responsiveness indigenous to the vibrant cultural politics of electronic dance music culture.