In Generation Ecstasy,Simon Reynolds takes the reader on a guided tour of this end-of-the-millenium phenomenon, telling the story of rave culture and techno music as an insider who has dosed up and blissed out. A celebration of rave's quest for the perfect beat definitive chronicle of rave culture and electronic dance music.Simon Reynoldsis a Consulting Editor at Spinmagazine. He is the author of Blissed Out: The Raptures of Rock(1990) and, with Joy Press, of The Sex Revolts: Gender,Rebellion and Rock 'n' Roll(1995).