Simon Reynolds

Simon Reynolds (born 1963) is an influential British music critic. He is one of the most prominent critics to write about electronic dance music, though he writes about rock music as well. He coined the term "post-rock". He also incorporates a lot of discussion of gender identity into his writing.

Books

• Energy Flash: a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture (UK title, Pan Macmillan, 1998, ISBN 0330350560), also published in abridged form as Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture (North American title, Routledge, 1999, ISBN 0415923735)
• Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984. Faber and Faber Ltd, April 2005, ISBN 0571215696 (US edition to appear in February 2006)

External links:

• Blissout - his blog.
• simonreynolds.net Website for Rip It Up and Start Again
• Rave and jungle on UK pirate radio A chapter from Energy Flash missing from the US edition

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