The Beat, the Scene, the Sound: A DJ's Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City

DJ Disciple, Henry Kronk

/ ISBN 13: 9798881807559

Editore: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2025

Codice articolo 9798881807559

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This book follows DJ Disciple and his behind-the-scenes story of how DJs, promoters, fans, and others transformed house music from a DIY project into an international sensation. Interweaving interviews, the book dives into glitzy clubs, underground parties, and diverse communities who made up the scene amidst the tumult of 1980s/90s-era NYC.

Informazioni sugli autori: DJ Disciple is a Black artist, DJ, radio host, producer, and community advocate and has toured the world over a forty-year career, playing venues such as Studio 54 in New York, Ministry of Sound in London, and Cream in Ibiza. His GRAMMY-nominated track "Caught Up" reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 2002 and was later featured in the Showtime series Queer as Folk. He won an ARIA music award for his remix of Steven Allkins' "The Bass Has Got Me Movin.'" His website is http://djdisciple.net/ and he is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Henry Kronk is a freelance journalist who has covered a range of subjects over the course of his career. His non-fiction work has appeared in Exclaim!, the Burlington Free Press, International DJ, Vallum: Contemporary Poetry, and more. In 2018, he produced the investigative radio program and podcast Code Burst. He lives in Burlington, Vermont.

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Titolo: The Beat, the Scene, the Sound: A DJ's ...
Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Data di pubblicazione: 2025
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New