Bedroom Beats & B-sides

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The early 21st century witnessed significant transformations in the music industry due to technological advancements affecting creation, communication, and consumption. Amid this upheaval, a notable shift occurred with bedroom producers—music makers influenced by hip-hop and electronic genres—emerging from anonymity to establish themselves as recognized artists. In this exploration, journalist Laurent Fintoni chronicles the ascent of a new generation of bedroom producers, highlighting various instrumental hip-hop and electronic music scenes. The book delves into genres like trip-hop, downtempo, IDM, leftfield hip-hop, glitch, and beats, illustrating how these scenes served as incubators for innovative ideas in composition and performance that are now commonplace. Merging social, cultural, and musical history with thorough research and over 100 interviews, it uncovers the lesser-known narratives of hip-hop and electronic music from the 1990s to the 2010s. Presented in the style of a beat tape, the work traces the evolution of modern beat culture from local scenes to a global community, showcasing the diverse idealists on the fringes who drove this change. This narrative captures a time of independence and experimentation before the dominance of streaming services and social media, portraying a quiet musical revolution fueled by passion and dedication.