"Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" is an excellent book for anyone interested
in the history of the DJ. Highly recommended...
> From: philip@cs.adfa.edu.au
> Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 08:48:04 +1000
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: Disco
>
>
>> Can anyone else put me onto some more disco tunes like Loose
>> Joints? Is the rest of the stuff on West End like it? Who made it,
>> and what else did they do? Is that MAW mix of West End stuff as
>> good as its price is high?
>
> loose joints is of course the truly wonderful arthur russell
> (http://www.geocities.com/jahsonic/ArthurRussell.html)
> apart from 'is it all over my face' he also wrote, played & produced a few
> other leftfield disco classics, inc 'go bang' by dinosaur L (sampled by
> todd terry in 'bango'). nuphonic seems to have plans to release some of
> arthurs more disco / dance oriented material. check the disco not disco
> comps for similar quality disco strangeness.
>
> also check 'last night a DJ saved my life' by brewster & broughton for some
> cool info about the disco era which should also throw up a few more
> interesting names & artists. disco DJs like francis grasso and larry levan
> are the ones who started getting really creative with mixing & turntables,
> which led to the birth of house. if you're into this stuff, dig it. it's
> cool, and some of the music is still amazing.
>
> p-dogg
>
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