The DJ stands at a juncture of technology, performance and culture in the increasingly uncertain climate of the popular music industry, functioning both as pioneer of musical taste and gatekeeper of the music industry. Together with promoters, producers, video jockeys (VJs) and other professionals in dance music scenes, DJs have pushed forward music techniques and technological developments in last few decades, from mashups and remixes to digital systems for emulating vinyl performance modes. This book is the outcome of international collaboration among academics in the study of electronic dance music. Mixing established and upcoming researchers from the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Australia and Brazil, the collection offers critical insights into DJ activities in a range of global dance music contexts. In particular, chapters address digitization and performativity, as well as issues surrounding the gender dynamics and political economies of DJ cultures and practices.

AcknowledgementsChapter 1: Introduction Hillegonda C. RietveldChapter 2: Subjectivity in the Groove: Phonography, Digitality, and Fidelity Bernardo Alexander AttiasChapter 3: DJ Technologies, Social Networks, and Gendered Trajectories in European DJ Cultures Anna Gavanas and Rosa ReitsamerChapter 4: 'Journey to the Light'? Immersion, Spectacle, and Mediation Hillegonda C. RietveldChapter 5: The DJ as Electronic De-Territorializer Mirko M. Hall and Naida ZukicChapter 6: 'It's Not the Mix, It's the Selection': Music Programming in Contemporary DJ Culture Kai FikentscherChapter 7: Electronic Dance Music and Technological Change: Lessons from Actor-Network Theory - Jonathan YuChapter 8: DJ Culture and the Commercial Club Scene in Sydney Ed MontanoChapter 9: DJs and the Aesthetic of Acceleration in Drum 'n' Bass Chris ChristodoulouChapter 10: The Forging of a White Gay Aesthetic at the Saint, 1980-84 Tim LawrenceChapter 11: DJs as Cultural Mediators: the Mixing Work of São Paulo's Peripheral DJs Ivan Paolo de Paris FontanariChapter 12: War on the Dance Floor: Synthscenen's Military Power Games Johanna PaulssonChapter 13: DJ-Driven Literature: A Linguistic Remix Simon A. Morrison ContributorsIndex