The Sound Culture of Dubstep in London

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The Sound Culture of Dubstep in London. / Brunner, Christoph.
Musical Performance and the Changing City: Post-industrial Contexts in Europe and the United States. ed. / Carsten Wergin ; Fabian Holt . New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2013. p. 256-270.

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Harvard

Brunner, C 2013, The Sound Culture of Dubstep in London. in C Wergin & F Holt (eds), Musical Performance and the Changing City: Post-industrial Contexts in Europe and the United States. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, New York, pp. 256-270. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203078921

APA

Brunner, C. (2013). The Sound Culture of Dubstep in London. In C. Wergin , & F. Holt (Eds.), Musical Performance and the Changing City: Post-industrial Contexts in Europe and the United States (pp. 256-270). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203078921

Vancouver

Brunner C. The Sound Culture of Dubstep in London. In Wergin C, Holt F, editors, Musical Performance and the Changing City: Post-industrial Contexts in Europe and the United States. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 2013. p. 256-270 doi: 10.4324/9780203078921

Bibtex

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