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Superstar DJs Here We Go!: The Rise and Fall of the Superstar DJ (Paperback)

by Dom Phillips (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Ebury Press (5 Mar 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0091926939
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091926939
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 51,953 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A superb account of the rise of the 90s superclubs and the DJs who invented the idea of largin' it
--Observer Music Monthly


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Highly entertaining...with bizarre incidents and larger-than-life personalities
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4.0 out of 5 stars "It all went Pete Tong.....BIG STYLE!", 13 Mar 2009
By J. E. Norman "normanuk02" (northamptonshire) - See all my reviews
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Only being 21 i missed the 90's dance scene by about 5 years but the 80's and 90's acid house scene has always intressed me, this book is a great insight into the madness,parties,and how the scene went from illegal raves to a global clubbbing brands.

If you where a clubber in the late 80's and through the 90's this book will be a great read, all the clubs all the DJ's get a shout. For clubbers that came into the scene in the 2000's like me some of the people and places will be a little bit lost on you but its still great to read about.

The book is heavyly based around the DJ "Sasha", i no he is a great dj and pretty much was the first dj to gain "superstar" status but it does get a little bit annoying after a while how often his name comes up. I think maybe the only way sasha would agree to an interview for the book is if he had a chapter about "himself"


The book also has a annoying habit of starting a story in say 1999 and then the next paragraph goes back to 1994 can get a little confusing.



this is a great book and deffo worth a read. 4/5
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5.0 out of 5 stars A cracking read, 14 Jun 2009
By Michael Smyth (Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This book was going to have to be very good to deliver what it promised. And it did. Charts the rise of dance music and its DJs against backdrop of social and cultural changes of the 80s and 90s. Some great stories in there...and brought back a load of memories.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best dance/electronic music book I've read!, 29 April 2009
By Stephen Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) - See all my reviews
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For anybody who has been clubbing at any point over the last 20 yrs, this is a must read.

Dom Phillips unravels the crazy story's and urban myths that followed the phenomenon that was 'Superstar DJ's', thanks to his previous role as editor of the worlds most famous dance music magazine, Mixmag. He speaks candidly to all the big movers such as Sasha, Carl Cox, Norman Cook. As well as all the promoters of the superclubs such as Cream, Home, and Gatecrasher about the ridiculous money that was made and the drugs that were on tap.

This obviously makes very entertaining reading, but what the book also explores is the politic situation in the UK through the late 80's / early 90's and how the criminal justice act was adjusted to ban repetitive music!

Although I am quite knowledgeable of house / acid house music's roots I found the opening chapters of the book explained this very well, and put an interesting slant on things.

Finally, there is some excellent nuggets of well-known celebrity gossip throw in for good measure, which might explain why some BBC breakfast show presenters were so 'perky' in the mornings!

10 / 10 for me.
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