We're excited to launch Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History of Sound System Culture by Joe Muggs & Brian David Stevens.
 

To celebrate the release, author Joe Muggs has created a playlist for readers introducing and celebrating some of the sounds that the book explores.

Spotify Playlist: Bass, Mids, Tops • Joe Muggs

The Guardian: "While books and exhibitions make it easy to get lured into nostalgia about the past, Muggs is optimistic about the present [...] Nostalgia implies a dead end. But this year’s bracing blast of yesterday’s hardcore is more like a celebration; a reminder that another chapter can always be written."

Decoded Magazine: "The detail in the chapters comes from years of Joe perfecting the art of the long and circuitous interview with battle-hardened old hands [...] But most of all it comes from the subjects, the mischief-makers and party-starters who’ve kept low-frequency vibrations flowing through Britain for half a century."

The Literary Platform: "Information, style, knowledge, innovation are all transferred through this seething network, via meandering late-night chat, MCs’ catchphrases, rumours, babble and jokes. Moving at the speed of life."

Bass, Mids, Tops is available to order HERE.

500pp (approx) heavily illustrated in b/w
165mm x 221mm
£25.00