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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.
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  • Disco, The Garage and after
  • Interviews

F**k me I’m Fabus

Steve Fabus began DJing in 1973 in Chicago, before building a successful career at legendary San Fran clubs like The I-Beam and Trocadero Transfer and, today, at Go! BANG
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  • Disco, The Garage and after
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Bruce Forest brought Better Days

One of the first DJs to go full on house music in New York, Bruce Forest was the middle class white kid from the suburbs who won over the hard-to-please Black gay crowd of midtown Manhattan
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  • 50 Years of Wigan Casino
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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.
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  • 50 Years of hip hop
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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.
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  • Dancefloor Pride
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Tallulah paved the way

The trailblazing London DJ soundtracked London’s coming out. Raucous tales of gay life from the ’60s to the ’00s
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  • 50 Years of hip hop
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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.
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Long Relationships – My Incredible Journey From Unknown DJ to Small-Time DJ

The endearing story of a DJ’s struggle towards success, and a brutal study of the scorched-earth decimation of the ‘dance industry’ at the hands of the digital revolution.
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