Trade Secrets
Published on 22. November 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-500-28083-6 (ISBN)
Description
For young British talent, the 1990s have been explosive. From rave culture to the pages of young magazines, British style and attitude leads the world. Where did all this energy come from, and why is it happening now? How did the visionaries of the day get to where they are now? This book lets a range of young talents tell you: names like DJ James Lavelle, photographer Corinne Day and singer Bjork. In their own words they explain what it meant to "discover" Kate Moss; to move from spraycan art to the CD-ROM; to help shape a record which hit Number 1. Although their stories differ, the book's interviewees share a special kind of imagination; the interactive age has affirmed beliefs in friendship, teamwork, loyalty. From styling fashion to re-mixing records, these beliefs dissect their careers and choices.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
540 colour and 20 b&w illustrations
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-28083-6 (9780500280836)
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Content
Introduction - how the 90s have been explosive for British leisure - music, fashion, advertising and how electronic communication has made Britain globally "on-line". Enter the 90s - a neo future: the Punk Revival on the streets in 1993 (interviews with Corinne Day, Judy Blame, Richard Royle); black-punks re-write history - Raggamuffins walk on the dark side: black punk culture (interviews with Isaac Julien, Shabba Ranks); slackers, idlers, and some hot stuff for hooligans: the setting up of cutting edge magazines (interviews with Ged Wells, Boy George); dazed and confused - sponsorship for subversion: the launch of the magazine "Dazed & Confused" (interviews with Dazed & Confused, Bjork); transatlantic changes - fetish fashion reaches the mainstream: how fetish fashion has become mainstream (interviews with Dane, Precious McBane, corsets & Kilts, Joe Corre; House of Harlot; the Baby Bransons - British music's mini-moguls: how young British talent is funded outside corporate fashion and corporate advertising (interviews with James Lavelle, Trevor Jackson; Gary Walker; jungle fever and Bollywood mixes: the rise from hardcore techno of an extraordinary indigenous British music - jungle (interviews with Mark Ryder, Rob Playford, Bally Sagoo); Agitprop art - from spraycan to CD-ROM: graffiti - what it means, why people do it (interviews with Fat, AVI, Daniel Pemberton, Karen Alexander ). Final memorandum.