The clubs that changed my life

i-D has published a little piece I wrote about the clubs that were meaningful to my life. Access it here (web) or here (pdf)

Life and Death included in Donlon Books best books of 2016

Conor Donlon and the team at Donlon Books have included Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-83, in their list of the best books of 2016. It was great to do a reading/book event at the store earlier in the autumn and I’m thrilled the book is going down so well on Broadway Market!

David Mancuso obituary included in Thump's best writing list

My obituary of David Mancuso (published on Electronic Beats) has been included in Thump's Best Electronic Music Writing of 2016, along with many other great pieces. 

You can see the full list on Thump here.

You can read the Obituary on Electronic Beats here. 

Life & Death included in the top ten books of 2016

The Village Voice has listed Life & Death as one of its top ten from 2016. Thanks to Megan Pugh of the Voice for the kind words. 

The book was also included in Music is my Sanctuary's list of the top ten music books of 2016. You can check the full list over here.

Book launch events in Germany this weekend

Following Monday night's engaging Life and Death on the NY Dance Floor/ Creative Talks event at Sketch--thanks to Aj Kwame for hosting and chairing--the launch series now switches to Germany. I'll be in Bochum on Thursday, heading to Berlin on Friday, then on to Offenbach on Saturday and wrapping in Hamburg on Sunday. Will there come a point when I grow tired of talking about NYC 1980-83? No chance...

Thursday 8 December
Institut für populäre Musik der Folkwang Universität der Künste                                                                        Prinz-Regent Str. 50-60
Bochum, Germany (Telekom Electronic Beats)
Doors 18:00, Reading starts at 19:00                                                                                                                         Free entry. Info here

Friday 9 December
Echo Bücher
Grüntaler Str. 9                                                                                                                                                           Berlin, Germany (Telekom Electronic Beats)
7pm to 10pm                                                                                                                                                               Reading from the book, followed by a moderated Q&A with TEB's editor-in-chief Sven von Thülen                         Info here                                

Saturday 10 December
Robert Johnson Theorie
Nordring 131                                                                                                                                                               Offenbach, Germany (Telekom Electronic Beats)
10pm to 11:45pm                                                                                                                                                         Info here

Sunday 11 December
PAL                                                                                                                                                                             Karolinenstr. 45                                                                                                                                                           Hamburg, Germany (Telekom Electronic Beats)
20:00 to 02:00                                                                                                                                                             Book presentation followed by Finn Johannsen DJ set                                                                                             Info here       

I'm very much looking forward to hanging out with Sven VT and Hans Nieswandt as well as getting a chance to spend some time with friends Lisa Blanning, Daniel Wang and Lou Louften. If I'm lucky I'll also get to see Angus Finlayson (an ex-student at UEL who is now working as a writer and musician in Berlin), Arnold Dreyblatt (one of Arthur Russell's dear friends) and Steve Mass (owner of the Mudd Club).

Many thanks to Sven VT for organising the tour and Telekom Electronic Beats for funding.