Hip Hop DJs and the Evolution of Technology: Cultural Exchange, Innovation, and Democratization

by André Sirois

Overview

Using interviews with world-renowned and innovative hip-hop DJs, as well as technology manufacturers that cater to the market/culture, this book reveals stories behind some of the iconic DJ technologies that have helped shape the history and culture of DJing. More importantly, it explores how DJs have impacted the evolution of technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433123375
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	02/28/2016
Series:	Popular Culture and Everyday Life , #27
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	221
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)

About the Author

André Sirois (PhD, University of Oregon), a.k.a. DJ food stamp, is an instructor at the University of Oregon, where he teaches courses on filmmaking and popular culture in the media. He has over 17 years experience as a hip-hop, scratch, club, and radio DJ. His scratches have been featured on numerous artists’ songs, including the gold-selling single by Spose, «I’m Awesome.» He is one of the founders of DJistory/DJpedia, a non-profit organization and archive dedicated to preserving and telling histories of DJ technology and culture.

Table of Contents

Contents: Re-coding Sound Technology and the Vinyl Archive – Exchange and Rights in the DJ Product Industry: Technics and Vestax Corporation – Exchange and Rights in the DJ Product Industry: Rane Corporation and Serato Audio Research – The Hip-Hop DJ as Intellectual Property: Research and Development – The Hip-Hop DJ as Intellectual Property: Branding, Endorsement, and the Nature of Convergence – Scratching the Digital Itch and the Cultural Negotiation of DVS.

Editorial Reviews

«There are lots of excellent books about Hip Hop and DJing [...] but none analyze turntablism as a cultural and technical practice from such a fresh and nuanced angle within and without as this book. It might be the only text you need on the subject.»
(Roy Christopher, The Journal of Hip Hop Studies, Volume 4, Issue 1 2017)

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