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Watch: What’s up in electronic music? Shawn Reynaldo’s on the case with Music Book Club

The former Bay Area journalist turned his popular newsletter 'First Floor' into a book delving deep into the culture.

Music Book Club is back: This week’s spicy conversation brings in former Bay Area music journalist Shawn Reynaldo, whose incredibly popular and incisive First Floor newsletter and now book (First Floor: Reflections on Electronic Music Culture Volume 1) delves deep into a scene that has blown up into a global industry. Hear his incredibly thoughtful takes on what’s going on in electronic music now, then join us Wed/20 at noon for a conversation with Juicy J about Chronicles of the Juice Man: A Memoir (more info here). See the full Music Book Club archives here.

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