Party Lines
09 May 2024Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'An excellent history of UK dance culture' – The Sunday Times
'Engrossing history' – The Observer
From the illicit reggae blues dances and acid-rock free festivals of the 1970s, through the ecstasy-fuelled Second Summer of Love in 1988 to the increasingly corporate dance music culture of the post-Covid era, Party Lines is a groundbreaking new history of UK dance music from journalist...
Details
09 May 2024464 pages
9781529070651Imprint: Picador
Reviews
The politics of dancing expertly laid bare . . . [an] excellent history of UK dance culture.The Sunday Times
A fascinating deep dive into dance music's uneasy relationship with the establishment.Jeremy Deller
Engrossing history . . . a wide and deep undertakingBook of the Week, The Observer
Essential reading.Spectator
