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.
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.
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.
Norman Jay has his groove rare
London legend Norman Jay takes us through a guided tour of some of London’s greatest parties
Tallulah paved the way
The trailblazing London DJ soundtracked London’s coming out. Raucous tales of gay life from the ’60s to the ’00s
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.