{"product_id":"9781399638517-altered-state","title":"Altered State","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive book on Ecstasy, acid house and dance culture, first published in 1997 and newly updated for White Rabbit's Deep Cuts series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The definitive story' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eQ Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I can't recommend this marvellous piece of work enough' \u003cb\u003eIrvine Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom its first publication in 1997, \u003ci\u003eAltered State \u003c\/i\u003eestablished itself as the definitive text on Ecstasy and dance culture. This new edition, reissued as part of White Rabbit's prestigious Deep Cuts series, sees Matthew Collin take a thrilling trip through the acid house Summer of Love and the rave scene's euphoric escalation as MDMA became a mass-market narcotic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing a cast of memorable characters to track the origins of the scene and its signature drug through psychedelic subcults, underground gay discos and the Balearic paradise of Ibiza, Collin provides an anatomy of not only its ideologies and myths but also the criminal underside to the blissed-out image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAltered State \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates the social history of the most spectacular youth movement of the twentieth century and its enduring impact on music, politics and popular culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'For anyone who's ever lost themselves on some dark, dry ice-filled dancefloor . it's a book that conveys the very essence itself\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003cb\u003eBethan Cole, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ei-D Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eAnyone who has played a small part in this unfolding story will want to read this book because it explains what they have lived through\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndependent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eA fascinating history . Altered State keeps politics in the foreground even as it tells picaresque stories of rave promoters with suitcases of cash\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003cb\u003eHari Kunzru, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56585118974326,"sku":"9781399638517","price":13.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41024977.jpg?v=1777006262","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399638517-altered-state","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}