Technomad - Global Raving Countercultures - Graham St John
Sound System Exodus: Tekno-Anarchy in the UK and Beyond
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.
Description
This chapter explores the tekno sound system trajectory, which, rooted in Jamaican dub and dancehall, became infused with anarchist, punk, traveler, and from the late eighties, rave culture. Documenting the emergence and exodus of UK sound systems, special attention is given to the “freetekno” pursuits of Spiral Tribe, tracing the emergent global network of tekno-travelers and mobile sonic societies.