I love this input of williams, so great, even 10 years after!!!

Interesting... so Fisher not only knows about Existenz but has thinks it holds theoretical value. Surprised it didn't come up in The Weird and the Eerie.

How come Simon Reynolds wasn't in this panel?! His concepts were thrown in and out by almost all the debate participants!

LOL WTF RAVE IS NOT DEAD! WE STIL HAV DICKSON!

Since V/VM's nineteen hour “The Death of Rave” project marked a nails-in-the coffin moment to the foregone UK-rave scene, as well as Burial's symbolic post-rave comedown and, more recently, Lee Gamble's dissection of old jungle tapes, a collective subliminal interest in excavating the sonic architecture of this period seems particularly rife. From the ebullient dissent of the outdoor hardcore and acid house raves, through the period post-1994's Criminal Justice Act which harboured darker variants of jungle, darkside, and drum 'n'bass, the sonic potentialities which unfolded themselves then have undeniably flowed strongly in the bloodline of UK music ever since. Using the “then” and “now” as points of flight, a complex social and musical ecology emerges in which, over a period of more than twenty years, musical aesthetic as well as substantial socio-economic, materialistic, and structural changes have become apparent. Drawing on debates on the “hardcore continuum” and “hauntology” as detailed by Simon Reynolds and Mark Fisher among others, The Death Of Rave focuses on the sonic cycle of death and rebirth, reflecting on the present and future of music via the past.

Alex Williams (UK), Introductory presentation – theorist, co-author of “Folk Politics”.
 
Mark Fisher (UK), writer, blogger (k-punk), lecturer, author of “Capitalist Realism”, member of CCRU. › k-punk.abstractdynamics.org
 
Lee Gamble (UK), former pirate radio DJ, computer musician, member of CYRK. › pan-act.com
 
Steve Goodman (UK), producer & DJ (Kode9), co-runs Hyperdub label, author of “Sonic Warfare”, member of CCRU. › hyperdub.net
 
Lisa Blanning (US/UK), journalist for the The Wire and Electronic Beats. › twitter.com/lisablanning

CTM 2013 – Death Of Rave UK w/ Mark Fisher, Alex Williams, Steve Goodman, Lee Gamble & Lisa Blanning

Berlin’s CTM Festival supports an open, networked, mutually-collaborative, global music culture through its yearly 10-day festival as well as countless collaborative and research initiatives, co-commissions, concerts, and other constantly-evolving formats. The 2 decades old festival stands out for its conscious pairing of daring artistic content and adventurous club experiences with an in-depth discourse programme, framing today’s sounds and music cultures within a shifting, hybrid global society.

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