Eddy Grant defined the frontline

DJ Paulette leads you through the politics and prejudices of DJing. A frank memoir and fierce survival manual.

New York’s Sound Factory became legendary as the greatest club of the early ’90s. Frank Broughton pays homage to the dancefloor that formed him.

Ed Gillett delivers his polemic with a weighty punch

The Four Aces was an international soul stage, iconic home of London reggae, the birthplace of lovers’ rock and Hackney’s acid house temple.

Jeremy Atherton-Lin’s brilliant history of gay public spaces is worth it for his hilarious turn-of-phrase alone.

Tens across the board! Hit the runway for a glimpse into the ’90s New York ballroom scene, complete with a collection of competion programmes. You better work!

This brilliantly evocative time capsule captures scallies dancing with princesses and pop stars under the Ibizan sunshine.

An access-all-areas pass to the early years of hip hop. Wonderful unguarded photos from when it was all still a party.

The disco hippies who took on the mainstream music industry (and won) – then promptly crashed spectacularly

The evolving life of the dancefloor told beautifully from a dancer’s perspective. Thoughtful, illuminating, evocative and personal.

The intertwined evolution of every style of music in New York City in the mid-’70s. An immersive aerial view of punk, hip hop, disco, jazz, Latin and more.

From ruling the door at Mudd club to the creative excesses of Jackie 60, Click + Drag, and Night of 1000 Stevies, Chi Chi Valenti has flown the flag for Dadaist, unpredictablist nightlife for as long as New York can remember.