Why have certain cities around the world developed as Electronic Cities?

This is the question that a new book, Electronic Cities aims to answer. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠This week on POP; The History Makers, I'll be looking at certain European Electronic Cities with one of the book's editors, Sébastien Darchen, who holds a Ph.D. in Urban Studies.⁠

⁠⁠Electronic Cities looks at the connection between music and planning policies and the development of urban electronic scenes in specific cities around the world. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠Other editors include Damien Charrieras, an Associate Professor at the School of Creative Media (City University of Hong Kong), and John Willsteed, an academic who was a former member of the Australian band - The Go-Betweens⁠. ⁠

⁠Contributions are from a combination of urban scholars and musicians - I'll just mention a few of the musicians - Rudi Esch, former bass player with Die Krupps. Erik Stein, the musician and writer, and Berlin-based musician and record producer Mark Reeder. ⁠

Look out for these podcasts which tie up the series.

Sheffield - Podcast interview with Martyn Ware.⁠ ⁠

Berlin - Podcast interview with Mark Reeder.⁠ ⁠

Berlin - Podcast interview with Westbam.⁠ ⁠ ⁠

Düsseldorf - Podcast interview with Wolfang Flür.⁠ ⁠

Martyn Ware's biography is out at the moment on all platforms. He makes a fascinating listen, so look out for his book - Electronically Yours: Vol. I: My Autobiography - which is available on Amazon.

WestBam latest; https://www.westbam.de/ - for gigs and music.

More info about Flür here: https://www.facebook.com/WolfgangFlur1

Sébastien's book is available here; ⁠ ⁠

⁠https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-33-4741-0

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