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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.
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  • Disco, The Garage and after
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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.
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  • Disco, The Garage and after
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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.
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  • Celebrating Black British Music
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Norman Jay has his groove rare

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

The disco hippies who took on the mainstream music industry (and won) – then promptly crashed spectacularly
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  • 50 Years of hip hop
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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.
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