Celebrate the DJ with Bill Bewster & Frank Broughton's definite history

Twenty-five years since it first appeared, LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE: The History of the Disc Jockey (Grove Press; $22 paperback) remains the definitive history on the musical outlaw figure who not only revolutionized the music industry but also laid the foundation for modern music as we know it today: the disc jockey. Lively front row history with a riot of firsthand voices, it is an exhilarating dive into the DJ-led evolution that set the beat for clubland and ushered in new, exciting strands of dance music, with firsthand accounts of the births of disco, hip-hop, house, techno, and EDM. Newly calling attention to the women DJs who disrupted the status quo and made a place for themselves in a traditionally all-male guild, this seminal classic is fully refreshed with even more stories, two entirely new chapters ("Jazz-funk - Expansions" and "Woman - Fight the Power"), and a foreword by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE is a riveting and entertaining account of musical history and some of the most legendary parties of the century.

BILL BREWSTER is a former editor of Mixmag USA. His writing has appeared in The Face, The Guardian, Red Bull Music Academy, and he still regularly writes for Mixmag.

FRANK BROUGHTON is a freelance creative director and has written for i-D, The Face, Mixmag, DJ, Hip-Hop Connection, Details, NME, Rolling Stone, and many other publications.