If you're a DJ and you don't own this book, don't worry - we won't tell anyone. Just discreetly buy it, dog ear a few of the pages and spill some coffee on it so it looks like you've had it for years. This book starts at the very beginning of the DJ's existence in the early 1900s and follows their importance throughout the twentieth century and how they changed the music industry. Authors Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton describe important musical movements from England's Northern Soul scene to the birth of disco in New York, from the sound systems of Jamaica to the scratch wars of early hip-hop in the Bronx, from Chicago house to Detroit techno to London rave.
It's certainly enough to make you wish you were born in a different city in a different time. Drawing on in-depth interviews with DJs, critics, musicians, record executives, and the revellers at some of the century's most legendary parties, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life is nothing less than the life story of dance music. Totally essential.
