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Lee Brackstone, publisher at White Rabbit, has acquired world rights, excluding the US and Canada, and Italian, German and Japanese languages, to Futuromania: Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines and Tomorrow’s Music Today, by Simon Reynolds, from Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown.
Reynolds’ first book in eight years is “a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow” the publisher said. It will be published on 11th April 2024 in hardback, audio and e-book.
Reynolds said: “I’m thrilled to be reunited with Lee Brackstone and excited to join the adventurous list at White Rabbit. Futuromania is a twisted sister to Retromania — a themed collection of pieces that celebrate the sounds that feel like tomorrow’s music today. Spanning from Donna Summer’s "I Feel Love’"to Auto-Tune’s impact on 21st-century pop, Futuromania explores the interface between science fiction and pop music, the human use and abuse of technology, and the dreams and nightmares stirred up by electronic sounds.”
Brackstone added: “I’ve worked with Simon on all his publications since his masterpiece Rip it Up and Start Again back in 2005 so this feels like getting married all over again – not that we were ever divorced. It’s no word of hyperbole to say Simon Reynolds is the reason I get to do what I do at White Rabbit. It was reading him as a teenager that first opened my eyes to the intoxicating power of writing about music. Futuromania is his first publication for eight years, and the first of two books we are committed to together. I can’t wait to share them both with his many fans and acolytes.”