Our next book Long Relationships details exactly what DJing is like for the 99% of DJs who never make it big. Here author Harold Heath explains how he came to write the book. (more…)
Writing Long Relationships
The story of Who Say Reload
Our first book of 2021, Who Say Reload: The Stories Behind the Classic Drum & Bass Records of the 90s, is an oral history of the records that defined jungle/drum & bass straight from the original sources. Photography is provided by Eddie Otchere who has an extensive archive of images, having been the photographer at Goldie’s seminal Metalheadz nights. The book will be 25cm square, and the 160 pages will be printed and bound on high-quality 130gsm paper with a hardback cover. Here author Paul Terzulli explains how the idea for the book came about. (more…)
2020 Roundup
Despite clubs, cinemas and book shops being closed for long periods during what has been a grim year for all of us, the lockdown has provided an opportunity to read, watch and listen to both new and old material. To wrap up the year, we asked the Velocity Press authors how they have been keeping busy during lockdown and what they’re looking forward to in the New Year. (more…)
Secret DJ Interview
Last week we published The Secret DJ: Book Two, the follow-up to the anonymous author's acclaimed debut. We called the Secret DJ in Ibiza to ask some questions... (more…)
The story of the Synth Evolution book
Our fifth and final book of 2020, Synthesizer Evolution, is an illustrated directory of every major synthesizer, drum machine & sampler made between 1963 and 1995. Author Oli Freke explains the evolution of the book! (more…)
The story of Bedroom Beats & B-sides
Our fourth book Bedroom Beats & B-sides details the rise of a new generation of bedroom producers in the instrumental hip-hop and electronic music scenes. Here author Laurent Fintoni explains how the idea for the book can be traced way back to 2008. (more…)
Electronic Music Non-fiction Recommendations
Tim Burgess from The Charlatans recently added an extensive list of music book recommendations to his website. There are some great books well worth checking out but, as usual with these lists, it mostly includes rock titles with a token few on electronic music and club culture. However, it did inspire us to create our own list of recommended electronic music books. (more…)
Launching a book during a global pandemic
For the last six months, I’d been working towards the launch date of 2 April 2020 for our second book, State Of Bass: the Origins of Jungle/Drum & Bass by Martin James. Everything had gone to plan and we were on schedule to make the date. It was now time for marketing and promotion to let everyone know about it. (more…)
Junior Tomlin book excerpt
Veteran artist Junior Tomlin is renowned for his stunning flyer and record cover art, mostly produced during the golden era of rave culture. His visionary work combines influences from sci-fi, surrealism, fantasy, futurism and comics. (more…)
The story of State of Bass
Veteran music journalist Martin James (Melody Maker, Muzik, DJ, Mixmag, Electronic Sound) wrote the first book on jungle/drum & bass back in 1997. Entitled State of Bass: Jungle - The Story So Far, it had sold out by 1998 and has never been reprinted. Until now. (more…)