“One Night in Hackney”: From Punk Kids to Cyberdogs
This essay focuses on the acid techno movement initiated by the Stay Up Forever Records label in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. Through the analysis of the emblematic track “One Night in Hackney”, composed by Dynamo City, the present study will explore the particularities of this subgenre of...
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| description | This essay focuses on the acid techno movement initiated by the Stay Up Forever Records label in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. Through the analysis of the emblematic track “One Night in Hackney”, composed by Dynamo City, the present study will explore the particularities of this subgenre of Detroit’s techno music. As a hybrid child of both London’s acid house and the underground punk rock scene, this new musical trend is part of the philosophical legacy which links techno music to the Motor City’s abandoned urban space in which it saw the light of day. Considering the tragical fates of both Detroit and Hackney faced with deindustrialization, one may then interpret acid techno as a unifying force for the inhabitants of this borough of London, which would thus allow them to assert a cultural claim on this space and to fight against the gentrification phenomenon which is now striking the eastern area of the English capital city. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac31e19524d4438aafe5d9964c5706462022-12-21T23:31:45ZengUniversité Toulouse - Jean JaurèsMiranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone2108-65592019-04-0118“One Night in Hackney”: From Punk Kids to CyberdogsClara KunakeyThis essay focuses on the acid techno movement initiated by the Stay Up Forever Records label in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. Through the analysis of the emblematic track “One Night in Hackney”, composed by Dynamo City, the present study will explore the particularities of this subgenre of Detroit’s techno music. As a hybrid child of both London’s acid house and the underground punk rock scene, this new musical trend is part of the philosophical legacy which links techno music to the Motor City’s abandoned urban space in which it saw the light of day. Considering the tragical fates of both Detroit and Hackney faced with deindustrialization, one may then interpret acid techno as a unifying force for the inhabitants of this borough of London, which would thus allow them to assert a cultural claim on this space and to fight against the gentrification phenomenon which is now striking the eastern area of the English capital city.http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/18685musictechno musicacid technoLondonHackneyDetroit |
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