• Last Night A DJ Saved My Life The History Of The Disc Jockey Bill Brewster And Frank Broughton

  • Feb 22 2025
  • Length: 20 mins
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Last Night A DJ Saved My Life The History Of The Disc Jockey Bill Brewster And Frank Broughton

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  • Twenty-five years since it first appeared, LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE: The History of the Disc Jockey (Grove Press; $22 paperback; 672 pages; ISBN: 978-0-8021-6390-5; February 18, 2025) remains the definitive history on the musical outlaw figure who not only revolutionized the music industry but also laid the foundation for modern music as we know it today: the disc jockey. Lively front row history with a riot of firsthand voices, it is an exhilarating dive into the DJ-led evolution that set the beat for clubland and ushered in new, exciting strands of dance music, with firsthand accounts of the births of disco, hip-hop, house, techno, and EDM. Newly calling attention to the women DJs who disrupted the status quo and made a place for themselves in a traditionally all-male guild, this seminal classic is fully refreshed with even more stories, two entirely new chapters ("Jazz-funk - Expansions" and "Woman - Fight the Power"), and a foreword by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE is a riveting and entertaining account of musical history and some of the most legendary parties of the century.

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