The Joy of Electronic Music

Written for people who love electronic music and keep meaning to make more of it, this is a thoughtful, grounded book about creativity, technology and finding your place in the scene.

The author reflects on producing a few successful tracks in Lithuania in the ’90s, then realising his bigger contribution was inspiring others through radio and conversation about Berlin techno.

Later, as part of the early SoundCloud team, he helped build technology used by hundreds of millions. Drawing on Brian Eno’s idea that music evolves through technology as much as artists, he celebrates the wider community behind instruments, software and platforms.

Not a biography or a work of formal research, this is a practical, personal book made to live on a studio desk or in a gig bag, offering ideas and encouragement to young music makers.