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Crossfade Reviewed
Reviews of The Big Chill's book Crossfade keep coming in. Here are a few highlights:"Certainly, it suggests there's more warmth emanating from The Big Chill axis than you may have suspected."
The Wire
"Crossfade brings together writers who love music, for those of us who love to read about music."
Blowback
"Big fun, indeed."
i-D
"(A) very enjoyable new book"
Insider
"The book offers intelligent viewpoints and arguments. Not to be lumped in with the glut of nostalgic dance literature available, this will have real appeal to those already converted to the Big Chill's universe as well as the uninitiated"
Music Week
"Celebrating 10 years of the Big Chill, the UK's favourite grown-up music festival, Crossfade provides insights into the cultures and histories of genres from folk to jazz, reggae to hiphop, with healthy helpings of punk, 1980s and house music... this essential read will have you rushing to the record store and impressing your mates with obscure musical facts."
EasyJet Magzine
"Approachable, unpretentious and a bit scruffy in the best possible sense... Best of the bunch, for my money, is Hillegonda C. Rietveld's piece on the origins of house music. The piece marries cultural criticism with recollection of great times past and a palpable excitement and love of the music and the scene... Another highlight is DJ Derek's characteristically understated and slightly shy account of his life and career in reggae culture. His piece sums up the collection as a whole - unprofessional in the best way, unaffected and still blinking at all this unexpected attention."
Bookmunch
The contributors write 'with passion... (and) flair'
Independent on Sunday
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Written: 8th Oct, 04
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