Hatje Cantz - Inside the Studio
€44.00
Net: €41.12
In stock
Inside the Studio – Spaces of Electronic Music Production (Berlin/Cairo)
Inside the Studio – Spaces of Electronic Music Production (Berlin/Cairo), cracks open the doors that usually stay shut: basements, backrooms, lofts, squats, bedrooms, and everything in between. Through Gero Cacciatore’s sharp photography and candid interviews, you get an intimate tour of the environments that shape the sound — ascetic work cells, joyous chaos, cable nests, and precision labs. It’s a documentary of process, not myth: tools on tables, ideas mid-patch, and the quiet rituals behind loud music.
The book maps two scenes that talk to each other across distance — Berlin and Cairo. Producers, DJs, and artists including Ricardo Villalobos, Cinthie, Frank Wiedemann, Modeselektor, Marcel Dettmann, Gudrun Gut, Westbam, Dr. Motte, Sarah Farina, Perera Elsewhere, Robert Henke, Roman Flügel, 3Phaz, Postdrone, and Alva Noto/Carsten Nicolai invite you into their working worlds. The result reads like a field guide for studio voyeurs and culture nerds alike: equal parts photo essay, oral history, and a love letter to the everyday spaces where musical ideas origniate.
Born from a research project of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA), this hardcover tome doesn't just document gear fetishism or architectural aesthetics. It reveals how space shapes sound, how environment influences creativity, and how some of the most revolutionary electronic music of our era emerges from the most unlikely corners of our cities. A beautiful, idea-sparking read for anyone who loves synths, rooms full of wires, and the culture around them!
Edited by: Matthias Pasdzierny, Gero Cacciatore Photographer: Gero Cacciatore Foreword: Sasha Perera Texts by: Matthias Pasdzierny, Westbam Graphic Design: Karsten Heller English May 2025, 188 Pages, 120 Photos Hardcover 228mm x 276mm