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.
Sleeping Bag went bang
The disco hippies who took on the mainstream music industry (and won) – then promptly crashed spectacularly
Will Socolov bagged it up
A delightfully frank account of running New York's hottest label, Sleeping Bag, his relationships with leftfield luminary Arthur Russell, before the dream crashed and burned in a haze of.... freebasing.
Justin Strauss was in the Area
Mudd Club, Danceteria, Ritz, Area... He spun at the greatest spots New York clubland had to offer through the sparkling’ 80s, and Justin Strauss remains as forward-looking today as he was back in those foundation years.