Futuromania
Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines and Tomorrow’s Music Today
$42.86
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2026
Summary
Pre-order Simon Reynold’s forthcoming Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-1994, publishing June 2026.
‘A captivating celebration of the music that pushes us forward’ RECORD COLLECTOR
Futuromania is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow: the vanguard genres and heroic innovators who prefigure and shape pop music’s future. It explores the interface between pop music and science fiction’s utopian …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399618342 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1399618342 |
| Author: | Simon Reynolds |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | White Rabbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 362g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 34mm |
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A captivating celebration of the music that pushes us forward * Record Collector *Should be guaranteed a place on the bookshelf of everyone who claims to be a music lover * Blitzed Magazine *Read it and you will believe he believes in life after love * Mojo *The deeper he digs, the better it gets - his explanation of Auto-tune is fascinating * Uncut *Futuromania is a testament to our ever-changing imagination of what the future holds and whether radical sounds equate to radical politics * TANK *Beautiful, combining irresistible period detail with astute critical insight * TLS *
About The Author
Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds is the author of Energy Flash: A Journey through Rave Music and Dance Culture, Blissed Out: The Raptures of Rock, The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellions and Rock and Roll (co-written with Joy Press), Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978 - 1984 and, most recently, Bring the Noise: Twenty Years of Hip Hop and Hip Rock.
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