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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life Paperback

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Clubbed: a visual history of UK club culture

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Boy George broke all taboos

Though born a superstar, George didn’t immediately realise you had to actually do something in order for the rest of the world to notice. So he quickly became a singer.

CLASSIC CLUBS: Taboo

Mark Moore was a true believer

Switched on by punk and the Blitz and the eclecticism of the ’80s, Mark Moore cut to the future and adopted an all-house soundtrack as soon as it was possible.

Fat Tony doesn’t take requests

DJing with supermodels is all in a day’s work for Fat Tony, a DJ with four decades of celebrity-splattered mischief behind him. Read how clubland’s best-connected spinner pulled himself back from the abyss.

David Morales feels it

The globetrotting superstar gives an insider’s history of remixing and a passionate explanation of DJing greatness.

Tony Smith did it Barefoot

Pioneering New York disco DJ Tony Smith remembers the early 70s superstars of the scene, including Walter Gibbons and Larry Levan.

CLASSIC CLUBS: The Dorian Gray

Sarah Gregory takes us through Frankfurt Airport to a nightclub that, well before Berghain or Panorama Bar, helped define German clubbing from the late 1970s

Danny Krivit rolled through disco

The edits legend, rollerdisco ruler, Body & Soul founder, and 718 Sessions supremo started as a pint-sized selector in his father’s bar, aged nine.

Larry Levan and the Lost Art of DJing

The wild man of disco, Larry Levan showed just how much power and emotion a DJ can wield, setting the bar high for all who followed.

Eddy Grant defined the frontline

Eddie Grant arrived in Britain on a mission to define its musical future. From the multiracial pop of The Equals to the much-sampled grooves of ‘California Style’ he ignored boundaries and expanded possibilities.

Strange Things Happened To Richard Norris

Pete Bellotte got everything in synth

Best known for his work as writer and co-producer for Donna Summer’s many hits, Pete Bellotte based her concept albums on English literature. He went on to write over 500 songs for the great and good of popular music.

Giorgio Moroder electrified us

Giorgio Moroder is electronic music royalty. By sequencing notes from the Moog synthesiser, with Pete Bellotte and Donnna Summer, he gave us ‘I Feel Love’, the blueprint for making songs with just electronics and a voice.

Prince Charles freaked the funk

Prince Charles and his City Beat Band took ’70s funk into the electro era thanks to a woodwind synth called the Lyricon, followed this with a hip hop-fuelled Grammy-winning career behind the mixing desk.

François K hasn’t stopped

From jazz drummer to disco DJ and legendary remixer, to one of the most forward-thinking adopters of DJing technology, François Kevorkian has packed a lot into his 70 years on the planet.

Welcome To The Club – The Life and Lessons of a Black Female DJ

DJ Paulette leads you through the politics and prejudices of DJing. A frank memoir and fierce survival manual.

Larry Levan's 70th birthday

Larry Levan and the Lost Art of DJing

The wild man of disco, Larry Levan showed just how much power and emotion a DJ can wield, setting the bar high for all who followed.

Judy Weinstein made dance music count

Perhaps New York’s greatest industry figure, Judy Weinstein built the structures behind much of the modern dance business, not least with her famous Def Mix productions.

Danny Krivit rolled through disco

The edits legend, rollerdisco ruler, Body & Soul founder, and 718 Sessions supremo started as a pint-sized selector in his father’s bar, aged nine.

Johnny Dynell is the Daddy of Downtown

Johnny Dynell has all the best stories – from accidentally becoming a DJ at the Mudd club, learning the craft from the great Larry Levan, to making the first vogueing record and living next to Sid Vicious.

Tony Smith did it Barefoot

Pioneering New York disco DJ Tony Smith remembers the early 70s superstars of the scene, including Walter Gibbons and Larry Levan.

50 Years of hip hop

Kool Herc gave hip hop its break

For the inspired innovation of playing a montage of breaks instead of whole records, Kool Herc is the founding father of hip hop. In this brilliant 1998 interview he takes us on a guided tour of the sacred sites of early hip hop.

Yo! The Early Years of Rap, 1982-84

An access-all-areas pass to the early years of hip hop. Wonderful unguarded photos from when it was all still a party.

Fab 5 Freddy made it fresh and fly

The great ambassador of hip hop waxes lyrical about the early scene with a sense of detail that puts you right in the heart of the action.

Kool Lady Blue brought hip hop together

Wowed by the first flowerings of hip hop, Englishwoman Ruza Blue gave the emerging culture a wild weekly showcase at her legendary nights at the Roxy.

Guru & Run DMC spilled the beans

A rare meeting of hip hop giants as Gang Starr’s Guru interviewed Run DMC back in 1993, confessing how much influence they had on him, and asking those all-important questions about sneakers with no laces.

Breaks in the Air – The Birth of Rap Radio in New York City

Hip-hop history is mostly made of records and clubs, John Klaess shows that radio deserves more of a look-in, arguing that these on-air communities were key to the development of the culture.

Electronic Pioneers

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Pete Bellotte got everything in synth

Best known for his work as writer and co-producer for Donna Summer’s many hits, Pete Bellotte based her concept albums on English literature. He went on to write over 500 songs for the great and good of popular music.

Giorgio Moroder electrified us

Giorgio Moroder is electronic music royalty. By sequencing notes from the Moog synthesiser, with Pete Bellotte and Donnna Summer, he gave us ‘I Feel Love’, the blueprint for making songs with just electronics and a voice.

Don Lewis changed electronic music

Before passing away in 2022, Don Lewis helped shape and define electronic music with his work on drum machines and synthesisers

Richard Burgess built British Electronic Foundations

Richard Burgess has been at the vanguard of electronic music from the days of house-sized synths

Ibiza '89

Lisa Loud turns up the volume

The hard house star on learning her craft in front of 25,000 ravers and her formative years as a Balearic Amnesiac.

Ibiza ’89

This brilliantly evocative time capsule captures scallies dancing with princesses and pop stars under the Ibizan sunshine.

Dave Swindells snapped it up

The veteran nightlife writer and lensman talks us through his incredible four-decades archive of after-dark London.

Nancy Noise brought Ibiza home

One of our favourite DJs regales us with stories from her formative years soaking up the Balearic beats at Amnesia, Ibiza.

Trevor Fung invented Ibiza

Soulboy and acid house blockbuster DJ, Trevor was instrumental in bringing the Ibiza spirit to London.

Celebrating Black British Music

Eddy Grant defined the frontline

Eddie Grant arrived in Britain on a mission to define its musical future. From the multiracial pop of The Equals to the much-sampled grooves of ‘California Style’ he ignored boundaries and expanded possibilities.

Normski shot the stars

Well over 30 years at the coalface of street culture, Normski guides us from his Camden Town roots, through to Dance Energy, snapping amazing photos along the way

Norman Jay has his groove rare

London legend Norman Jay takes us through a guided tour of some of London’s greatest parties

Jazzie B took his sound to the world

With Soul II Soul, Jazzie B took the ’80s soul-driven confidence of black Britain, crystallised it into a sound and took it to the world.

Fabio went into the jungle

Drum and bass pioneer Fabio talks us through the jungle laboratory of Rage and the extended musical journey that led him there.

50 Years of Wigan Casino

Keb Darge dug for gold

It started with northern soul, but Keb’s restlessness introduced the world to his deep funk sets and his current love, garage

‘Farmer’ Carl Dene had all the tunes

Before northern soul and post-mod, Farmer Carl Dene, joined the dots, helping lay the path for DJ connoisseurship and rare records

Colin Curtis led the way

Colin Curtis has been at the forefront of DJ culture from the early 1970s right through to today (he appeared on Boiler Room in 2022), here he explains his 50 year journey

Roger Eagle spun the Wheel

In ’60s Manchester at the Twisted Wheel all-nighters, tastemaker Roger Eagle sowed the seeds of Northern soul by playing the hottest imported rhythm and blues.

Ian Dewhirst keeps the faith

As memories of Wigan Casino turn 50, the fast-talking DJ, compiler and label boss regales us with a barrage of atmospheric stories from the northern soul years.

Dancefloor Pride

Boy George broke all taboos

Though born a superstar, George didn’t immediately realise you had to actually do something in order for the rest of the world to notice. So he quickly became a singer.

CLASSIC CLUBS: Taboo

Mark Moore was a true believer

Switched on by punk and the Blitz and the eclecticism of the ’80s, Mark Moore cut to the future and adopted an all-house soundtrack as soon as it was possible.

Fat Tony doesn’t take requests

DJing with supermodels is all in a day’s work for Fat Tony, a DJ with four decades of celebrity-splattered mischief behind him. Read how clubland’s best-connected spinner pulled himself back from the abyss.

Kath McDermott preaches pride and passion

Homoelectric and Haçienda shero Kath McDermott is a firm believer that dancing is political action.

Gay Bar – Why We Went Out

Jeremy Atherton-Lin’s brilliant history of gay public spaces is worth it for his hilarious turn-of-phrase alone.

Tallulah paved the way

The trailblazing London DJ soundtracked London’s coming out. Raucous tales of gay life from the ’60s to the ’00s

Ballroom Blitz, 1991

Tens across the board! Hit the runway for a glimpse into the ’90s New York ballroom scene, complete with a collection of competion programmes. You better work!

DJ Paulette fleshes it out

After 30 years behind the decks, DJ Paulette is surveying the scene and writing a book. We spoke about her inexorable rise to fabulousness, and why there still isn’t a female David Guetta.

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