Matthew Collin has been writing about electronic dance music culture for over three decades. His critically-acclaimed books include Altered State and Rave On. He has written for many newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, The Observer, The Wire, Mojo and Mixmag.
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Matthew’s obvious love for music, insight and meticulous research reflects the passion and fervour of those involved with the evolution of electronic music. A must-read for anyone interested in the influence and benefits of technology on music. Cosey Fanni Tutti
A paean to all the originators and early adopters of electronic music … An incredibly rich and forensically researched history, exquisitely detailed and voiced by the many characters who comprise it. Stephen Mallinder
A perceptive and highly entertaining breakdown of the crucial development of some of the most innovative music of my dreams. I couldn’t put it down! Martyn Ware
No-stone-unturned history meticulously traces British electronic musics back history, backed up by interviews with movers and shakers.... he shows how technology - or its limitations - is transformative in the right hands, as a trail of unfancied outsiders turn mainstream game-changers MOJO, 4****
What Dream Machines gives you, alongside its deluge of new interviews and telling research, is a precise X-ray of modern music up to the 1990s, revealing the wires that held much of it together. The Wire
A comprehensive overview of postwar Britains multifarious sonic innovations. A must-read for anyone seriously interested in the history of electronic music Record Collector, 4****