Dena Yago: Interview with Laurie Spiegel (Sex Magazine)
Simon Reynolds: Resident Visitor: Laurie Spiegel's Machine Music (Pitchfork)
The experimental pioneer's groundbreaking work with computers in the 70s and 80s helped lay the foundation for many of today's electronic noise makers.
Scott Plagenhoef: A History of Skrillex and Electronica Dance Music (GQ)
Connecting the dots between Fatboy Slim and Skrillex.
Philip Sherburne: Dance Music at the Grammys: What Skrillex, Deadmau5, David Guetta, et al. Mean (or Don't) (SPIN.com)
‘I don't want to come across as rockist, but this matters. And to pretend otherwise, and try to cover it up with dance steps and glow sticks and an uncomfortable, kind-of-almost-but-not-really mash-up between Deadmau5 and Foo Fighters, is to treat dance music as just another fad to be chewed up by Big Entertainment and bottled up like a noxious pot of 5-Hour Energy.’
Harvard: Music E-145 - Electronic Music (Spring 2006)
Those who get to take this course are lucky indeed.