This week Tim and Jeremy recount their personal journeys across the dancefloors of the UK and the USA, talk about how they came to work together, and their first time meeting David Mancuso. They recall how - after playing in London for the first time - David would join Tim and Jeremy in eventually hosting four UK Loft parties a year. They discuss the difficulties of finding an appropriate venue and sound system, the effects of hearing David’s selections in the flesh, and why balloons are always better than lazers.
Jeremy's 3 hour postmodernism lecture, mentioned in the show, can be found here: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2020/12/20/what-is-or-was-postmodernism-3-hour-version/

Join us next week when we'll be talking about DJing and the dance floor as forms of cultural practice.

Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert are authors, academics, DJs and audiophile dance party organisers. They’ve been friends and collaborators since 1997, teaching together and running parties since 2003. With clubs closed and half their jobs lost to university cuts, they’re inevitably launching a podcast.

Produced and edited by Matt Huxley

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Tracklist:
Patti LaBelle - Spirit’s In It
Nuyorican Soul ft Jocelyn Brown - It’s Alright, I Feel It
Larry Spinosa - So Good (Club Experience Mix)
Aora - Out Of The Rain (Dubaholics Vocal Mix)
Moloko - Forever More (Francois K Remix)
Stevie Wonder - As