{"product_id":"the-sounds-of-lost-futures-british-musical-hauntology","title":"The Sounds of Lost Futures: British Musical Hauntology","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJamie Sexton's new study \u003cem\u003eThe Sounds of Lost Futures \u003c\/em\u003eis a definitive account of Britain’s uncanny music genre shaped by memory and nostalgia.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusical hauntology conjures sounds of futures that never arrived: music that reflects on memory and the recent past, drawing on analogue instrumentation, sampling and digital processing to capture how time feels twisted in an age of endless reproduction. \u003ci\u003eThe Sounds of Lost Futures\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first sustained overview of this influential British mode, tracing its emergence, cognate genres and wide constellation of media influences. It also unpacks the conceptual forces that shape it – from nostalgia and retro culture to fractured temporal experience – while covering key artists and labels such as Ghost Box, The Caretaker and Mordant Music. With a dedicated focus on audiovisual hauntology, this book provides new clarity on a musical form attuned to the strange echoes of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJamie Sexton\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies at Northumbria University. His publications include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreak Scenes: American Indie Cinema and Indie Music Cultures \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2022) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnonymous Sounds: Library Music and Screen Cultures in the 1960s and 1970s \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2025).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReaktion Books, 192pp, 22 x 14cm, illustrated hardcover, 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57754947846517,"sku":"M-TH-11489-S","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/5974\/0505\/files\/SoundsofLostFutures.jpg?v=1794337866","url":"https:\/\/store.magalleria.co.uk\/products\/the-sounds-of-lost-futures-british-musical-hauntology","provider":"Magalleria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}