Our favourite music books of 2021

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With an ode to radio during the pandemic by Gilles Peterson, a celebration of women in dance music, an in-depth look at Cha Cha record covers, and more.


Gilles Peterson

Lockdown FM: Broadcasting In A Pandemic

(Worldwide FM)

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im hole

(Hyperdub)

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Paul Terzulli & Eddie Otchere

Who Say Reload: The Stories Behind the Classic Drum & Bass Records of the ’90s

(Velocity Press)

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Laila McKenzie & Ian ‘Snowy’ Snowball

Lady of the House: Stories Of Women In Dance Music

(Self published)

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Various contributors

SPECTRES: Ghosts In The Machine / Volume III

(Shelter Press)

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Questlove

Music Is History

(Abrams)

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Various contributors

Organic Music Societies

(Blank Forms)

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Jon Hassell

Atmospherics

(Ndeya)

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Daphne A. Brooks

Liner Notes for the Revolution The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound

(Harvard University Press)

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Various

Cha-cha-cha

(Gladys Palmera Collection)

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Meg Remy

Begin By Telling

(Book*hug Press)

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Sukita

Eternity

(ACC Art Books)

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Dottie Dodgion & Wayne Enstice

The Lady Swings: Memoirs of a Jazz Drummer

(University of Illinois Press)

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Thom Yorke & Stanley Donwood

Kid A Mnesia: A Book of Radiohead Artwork

(Canongate Books)

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Kelefa Sanneh

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

(Canongate Books)

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Mai Lucas

Hip Hop Diary Of A Fly Girl

(Ofr Paris)

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Ian Helliwell

Tape Leaders: A Compendium Of Early British Electronic Music Composers

(Velocity Press)

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Artwork by: Patrick Savile