WOM Book Club - Matt Anniss: Join the Future

BLEEP KLAXON.. One for the HEADS. We are excited to welcome MATT ANNISS to our MONTHLY BOOK CLUB to talk us through his book - JOIN THE FUTURE - the previously untold story of British dance music’s first sub-bass revolution.

Matt will be tracing the origins, development, impact and influence of bleep techno, and the subsequent musical styles it inspired, on UK club culture.

17:30 - 19:00 - Arrive / Drinks / Dinner

19:00 - 20:00 - Discussion / Q&A with author Matt Anniss

20:00 - Close - Music / Dinner

You will have the opportunity to buy a signed copy of the newly updated edition of the book on the night.

BOOK CLUB DINNER INFO

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PLEASE NOTE

• Book Club Dinner Ticket is valid on the day of the event only.
• Book Club Dinner Ticket is good for any 2 course combination from 1 starter, 1 main or 1 dessert listed on the WoM Menu.
• Book Club Dinner Ticket is not valid for drinks.
• Specific food items are subject to availability. 
• Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Three years after it was first published, Matt Anniss’s critically acclaimed alternative history of UK dance music in the acid house era has returned to stores in updated and expanded form. Boasting even more interviews, sharpened analysis, strengthened arguments, an updated recommended listening list and a whole new ‘afterword’ chapter, this is the definitive revised edition of what author Matthew Collin called ‘a significant addition to the canon of dance music literature’.

Join The Future traces the roots, origins, development and legacy of bleep & bass (sometimes known as ‘bleep techno’), a highly influential but previously overlooked style of UK dance music that emerged from Yorkshire and the Midlands from 1988 onwards. Mixing social, cultural and oral history, Anniss puts forward a persuasive argument that it not only inspired the development of more celebrated styles of British dance music, but should also be considered the foundation of what many now call ‘UK bass’ (that collection of styles that put heavy sub-bass to the fore).