• Read
  • Chat
  • Listen
  • Store
Skip to content
  • Read
  • Chat
  • Listen
  • Store
  • DJ originators

Alex Rosner broke the sound barriers

The foundational figure in nightclub audio, Alex Rosner laid down the blueprints for club sound that we use till this day.
» Read More
  • DJ originators
  • Interviews

Francis Grasso started the journey

One of the architects of DJing as we know it, Grasso showed the world the difference between playing some records and performing a set.
» Read More
  • Reviews

James Hamilton’s Disco Pages 1975-82

An essential volume of charts and reviews detailing seven crucial years of pure history at the ground zero of UK dance music.
» Read More
  • Classic Clubs
  • Dancefloor Pride
  • Features

CLASSIC CLUBS: Taboo

» Read More
  • Disco, The Garage and after
  • Interviews
  • Paradise Garage

David Morales feels it

The globetrotting superstar gives an insider’s history of remixing and a passionate explanation of DJing greatness.
» Read More
  • Ignore
  • Interviews

Tony Smith played Barefoot

Pioneering New York disco DJ Tony Smith remembers the early 70s superstars of the scene, including Walter Gibbons and Larry Levan.
» Read More
  • Classic Clubs
  • Features

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
» Read More
  • Disco, The Garage and after
  • Interviews
  • Paradise Garage

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.
» Read More
  • Disco, The Garage and after
  • Features
  • Paradise Garage

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.
» Read More
  • Disco, The Garage and after
  • Interviews
  • Paradise Garage

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.
» Read More

Sign up to the monthly DjHistory newsletter for latest articles and member exclusives

DjHistory is the brainchild of authors Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, founded in 1999 to preserve dance music history and create a fertile landscape for the DJs of the future.

Sections

  • Read
  • Chat
  • Listen
  • Store
  • About DjHistory

Help

  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us

Follow

  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Mixcloud
  • Spotify
© 2024 DjHistory Limited
Site by WELLMADE