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In Bedroom Beats and B-sides, Laurent Fintoni details the rise of bedroom producers at the turn of the century through the stories of the instrumental hip-hop and electronic music scenes that made this rise possible. From trip-hop, illbient, and IDM to leftfield hip-hop, glitch, and beats, the book explores how these scenes acted as incubators for new ideas about composition and performance that are now taken for granted. Combining social, cultural, and musical history with extensive research and over 100 interviews, the book tells the B-side stories of hip-hop and electronic music from the 1990s to the 2010s, exploring the evolution of a modern beat culture.

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Finally a deep dive into one of the more interesting new musical trajectories of the modern era. - Sam Valenti IV Founder, Ghostly Laurent Fintoni has created an epic tome of information. It's one of the best examples of connecting the dots between many facets of electronic music. He writes similar to a DJ seamlessly transitioning from one point to the other, with visual vigor. - King Britt (Professor UCSD / Producer) The music industry was caught looking the other way, head in the sand, handing out golden parachutes. In the used bins we would marvel at their trash, what they couldn't sink their teeth into, upcycling it in our way. Daedelus (producer, Brainfeeder)

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Laurent Fintoni has written about music and culture since the early 2000s. He began his career in London, writing about the turntablist, hip-hop, and drum & bass scenes for various UK and international magazines and websites that have long since disappeared into the cracks of history. Throughout the 2010s he was a regular contributor to FACT Magazine, The FADER, Bandcamp, and the Red Bull Music Academy Daily. He has also worked as a tour manager, label manager, and A&R for various independent labels and artists worldwide.

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