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From its first publication in 1997, Altered State established itself as the definitive text on Ecstasy and dance culture. This new edition sees Matthew Collin cast a fresh eye on the heady events of the acid house 'Summer of Love' and the rave scene's euphoric escalation into commercial excess as MDMA became a mass-market narcotic. Altered State is the best-selling book on Ecstasy culture, using a cast of memorable characters to track the origins of the scene and its drug through psychedelic subcults, underground gay discos and the Balearic paradise of Ibiza, to the point where Tony Blair was.;Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; contents; foreword (a long time afterwards); prologue: a night in the eighties; 1 the technologies of pleasure; 2 summer of love; 3 magical mystery tour; 4 journey to the east; 5 freaky dancing; 6 techno travellers; 7 urban blues; 8 the chemical generation; acknowledgements; notes; index.

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Author

Collin, Matthew

Publisher

Profile Books Ltd

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781846687136

Category

music

Subjects

Anthropology, Science, History

Rating

4 / 5 (197 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14