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Our Peckham shop is open again after being closed for a couple of weeks due to holiday. Fresh stock includes the revised edition of Out of Space: How UK Cities Shaped Rave Culture and Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recordings and Electronic Music.

We also have our first two events at the shop next week. On Wednesday 17 April, we welcome Northern Irish identity and culture publication @craic_magazine for their issue two launch party. Then, on Thursday 18 April, we host a launch event for one of our own titles, Ears To The Ground. Author Ben Murphy will be talking about the book with DJ Mag editor Carl Loben. Both events are free and run from 6pm-9pm.

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Our Peckham shop is open again after being closed for a couple of weeks due to holiday. Fresh stock includes the revised edition of Out of Space: How UK Cities Shaped Rave Culture and Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recordings and Electronic Music. We also have our first two events at the shop next week. On Wednesday 17 April, we welcome Northern Irish identity and culture publication @craic_magazine for their issue two launch party. Then, on Thursday 18 April, we host a launch event for one of our own titles, Ears To The Ground. Author Ben Murphy will be talking about the book with DJ Mag editor Carl Loben. Both events are free and run from 6pm-9pm.

1 week ago

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Thanks to Soi Books for dropping off a small selection of their books at our Peckham shop. Whether collaborating with a graffiti artist in Indonesia or curating a book on craft beer stickers, Soi Books is dedicated to sharing a creative perspective on subcultures, scenes, and the diverse stories that define our world #soibooks #stickerbomb #artofsool #chip7 #martx3k #suiko #xeme #stickerbook #graffitiart #stickerbook #urbanart #book #zine #books #velocitypress #bookshop

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Thanks to Soi Books for dropping off a small selection of their books at our Peckham shop. Whether collaborating with a graffiti artist in Indonesia or curating a book on craft beer stickers, Soi Books is dedicated to sharing a creative perspective on subcultures, scenes, and the diverse stories that define our world #soibooks #stickerbomb #artofsool #chip7 #martx3k #suiko #xeme #stickerbook #graffitiart #stickerbook #urbanart #book #zine #books #velocitypress #bookshop

4 weeks ago

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Happy publication day to Let the Music Play: How R&B Fell in Love with 80s Synths by Steven Vass. It’s a compelling look at how artists and producers used synths and other new music tech to reinvent R&B, disco and soul from 1978-86.

It traces how pioneers like Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock inspired a new generation of black musicians and producers such as Prince, Jam & Lewis, Skyy, Loose Ends, Imagination, Colonel Abrams, Gwen Guthrie and Kashif to reinvent music with a whole new set of rules.

To celebrate there are two free launch parties lined up: The Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh on Thursday February 15 and the Carlton Club in Glasgow on Friday February 16. There will be a London launch party in March.

It’s available now in all good book shops and record stores and directly from us. Shop link in bio.
#letthemusicplay #stevenvass #velocitypress #synthesizer #80s #bookstagram #books #musicbook #paperback #rnb

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Happy publication day to Let the Music Play: How R&B Fell in Love with 80s Synths by Steven Vass. It’s a compelling look at how artists and producers used synths and other new music tech to reinvent R&B, disco and soul from 1978-86. It traces how pioneers like Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock inspired a new generation of black musicians and producers such as Prince, Jam & Lewis, Skyy, Loose Ends, Imagination, Colonel Abrams, Gwen Guthrie and Kashif to reinvent music with a whole new set of rules. To celebrate there are two free launch parties lined up: The Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh on Thursday February 15 and the Carlton Club in Glasgow on Friday February 16. There will be a London launch party in March. It’s available now in all good book shops and record stores and directly from us. Shop link in bio. #letthemusicplay #stevenvass #velocitypress #synthesizer #80s #bookstagram #books #musicbook #paperback #rnb

3 months ago

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Today we’re at the Brixton Brewery Taproom for Inverted Audio’s record fair. All our books are available at a discount. It’s open until 5pm, so if you’re in the area pop by and say hello. #velocitypress #brixtonbrewery #brixtonbrewerytaproom #invertedaudio #outofjointrecords #recordfair #books #vinyl #records

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Today we’re at the Brixton Brewery Taproom for Inverted Audio’s record fair. All our books are available at a discount. It’s open until 5pm, so if you’re in the area pop by and say hello. #velocitypress #brixtonbrewery #brixtonbrewerytaproom #invertedaudio #outofjointrecords #recordfair #books #vinyl #records

3 months ago

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As we kick off 2024, we’re pumped about the books lined up for you. It’s going to be our busiest year yet in terms of releases. We’ve already announced the first three and they’re all due back from the printers in January: Let The Music Play, Talking Out Of My Art and Write Lines in that order. We also have a sort of new book to announce today.

In July 2022 we published Out of Space: How UK Cities Shaped Rave Culture and it’s been one of our best-sellers ever since. Late last year we noticed stock was running low and knowing author Jim Ottewill wanted to update it, we got him to revise and expand it. Not only that, Jim has added a whole new chapter on Birmingham.

The second edition isn’t out until April 26 but pre-order it by January 21 and you’ll get your name printed in the book and receive it first in March. Shop link in bio. We’ve also remixed the cover, hope you like it! #velocitypress #outofspacebook #jimottewill #book #bookstagram #clubculture #musicbook

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As we kick off 2024, we’re pumped about the books lined up for you. It’s going to be our busiest year yet in terms of releases. We’ve already announced the first three and they’re all due back from the printers in January: Let The Music Play, Talking Out Of My Art and Write Lines in that order. We also have a sort of new book to announce today. In July 2022 we published Out of Space: How UK Cities Shaped Rave Culture and it’s been one of our best-sellers ever since. Late last year we noticed stock was running low and knowing author Jim Ottewill wanted to update it, we got him to revise and expand it. Not only that, Jim has added a whole new chapter on Birmingham. The second edition isn’t out until April 26 but pre-order it by January 21 and you’ll get your name printed in the book and receive it first in March. Shop link in bio. We’ve also remixed the cover, hope you like it! #velocitypress #outofspacebook #jimottewill #book #bookstagram #clubculture #musicbook

4 months ago

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“In the intro of the Rollin’ mix, there was this unusual breakbeat which I’ve been told is a challenge for DJs to mix, and on the end of every bar, I put a lone Amen snare before eventually letting loose into a cut-up Amen break. On one level we could think of these Amen snares as the renegade snares, but the title also works on another level as drum & bass was kind of a renegade movement.” Rob Haigh (Omni Trio)

Read Who Say Reload for more on Renegade Snares and other stories behind the classic drum & bass records of the 90s. Foul Play’s remix of Renegade Snares also appears on the Who Say Reload compilation that we released earlier this year. Thanks to @djmagofficial for making it one of their top albums of 2023. Link to our shop in the bio! #velocitypress #whosayreload #paulterzulli #omnitrio #renegadesnares #movingshadow #drumandbass #dnbmusic #90sjungle #book

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“In the intro of the Rollin’ mix, there was this unusual breakbeat which I’ve been told is a challenge for DJs to mix, and on the end of every bar, I put a lone Amen snare before eventually letting loose into a cut-up Amen break. On one level we could think of these Amen snares as the renegade snares, but the title also works on another level as drum & bass was kind of a renegade movement.” Rob Haigh (Omni Trio) Read Who Say Reload for more on Renegade Snares and other stories behind the classic drum & bass records of the 90s. Foul Play’s remix of Renegade Snares also appears on the Who Say Reload compilation that we released earlier this year. Thanks to @djmagofficial for making it one of their top albums of 2023. Link to our shop in the bio! #velocitypress #whosayreload #paulterzulli #omnitrio #renegadesnares #movingshadow #drumandbass #dnbmusic #90sjungle #book

4 months ago

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Thanks to @maisumdiscos for organising the Lost In Music market yesterday. Always great meeting so many music and book fans. Our very own Junior Tomlin was also there and Harold Heath was upstairs talking to Mark from Walthamstow Rock N Roll Book Club #velocitypress #juniortomlin #haroldheath #recordfair

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Thanks to @maisumdiscos for organising the Lost In Music market yesterday. Always great meeting so many music and book fans. Our very own Junior Tomlin was also there and Harold Heath was upstairs talking to Mark from Walthamstow Rock N Roll Book Club #velocitypress #juniortomlin #haroldheath #recordfair

4 months ago

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“One of the most famous tracks of the [disco] era to employ the synthesized sounds presented by Giorgio Moroder came in the shape of the classic Supernature by Parisian artist Marc Cerrone. A legend in French dance circles who would inspire many of the so-called French Touch producers of the late 90s. To many, he is the James Brown of the disco world, a one-time drummer who defined disco's kick-drum heavy groove. To others, he's quite simply a musical guru whose back catalogue is ripe with gems for sampling, looping and turning into filtered disco.”

Read French Connections by Martin James for more on Cerrone and the history of French music. Shop link in bio. #velocitypress #martinjames #frenchconnectionsbook #cerrone #frenchtouch #disco #supernature #book

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“One of the most famous tracks of the [disco] era to employ the synthesized sounds presented by Giorgio Moroder came in the shape of the classic Supernature by Parisian artist Marc Cerrone. A legend in French dance circles who would inspire many of the so-called French Touch producers of the late 90s. To many, he is the James Brown of the disco world, a one-time drummer who defined disco's kick-drum heavy groove. To others, he's quite simply a musical guru whose back catalogue is ripe with gems for sampling, looping and turning into filtered disco.” Read French Connections by Martin James for more on Cerrone and the history of French music. Shop link in bio. #velocitypress #martinjames #frenchconnectionsbook #cerrone #frenchtouch #disco #supernature #book

5 months ago

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