Where everyone is equal on the dance floor. A scene whose members pride themselves on their individual freedoms and their creativity. This book concludes around 1997 and 1998 talking about the 'new' sounds of speed garage and big beat. Fast forward to 2001. We still have house and techno, but we also have tech-house.
Trance is still around.
And beyond all these floor-filling genres are many more. Simon Reynolds explores the culture of raving. A vision that was supposed to die with the anti-rave laws in England, but which has spread to every corner of the world. If you want to leave the dance floor, there is even a chapter on 'thinking mans techno' or what was referred to as 'intelligent' music. From anything you read, you should take meaning.