Peter Shapiro is a
freelance
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music
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journalist
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Spin
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Music Week
''Music Week'' is a trade publication for the UK record industry distributed via a website and a monthly print magazine. It is published by Future.
History
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Vibe
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The Wire
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The Times
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Literary works
*''The Rough Guide to Hip-hop''
*''The Rough Guide to Soul and R'n'B''
*''The Rough Guide to Drum 'n' Bass
*''Turn The beat around: The Secret History of Disco
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Modulations A History of Electronic Music Throbbing Words on Sound'' (ed.) (2000)
[The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music - Page 352 0195331613 R. T. Dean - 2009 - Shapiro, P., ed. 2000. Modulations. A History of Electronic Music: Throbbing Words on Sound. New York: Caipirinha]
References
External links
Peter Shapiro on the 'roots' of Euro-Disco2003 Pazz & Jop ballot2002 Pazz & Jop ballot2001 Pazz & Jop ballot
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
British music journalists
The Wire (magazine) writers
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