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David Mancuso

David Mancuso

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David Mancuso (1998)

Interview by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, Rock's Backpages audio, 3 October 1998

The Godfather of Disco takes us right back to NYC in the '70s and his legendary Loft parties: the gay/straight, black/white clientele; the search for perfect sound; the community of like-minded DJs and much more.

File format: mp3; file size: 73.5mb, interview length: 1h 20' 19" sound quality: ***

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David Mancuso: Flat Epic

Profile and Interview by Frank Broughton, The Face, October 1999

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David Mancuso And The Art Of Deejaying Without Deejaying

Retrospective by Greg Wilson, electrofunkroots.co.uk, 2003

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Def Mix: The house that Judy built

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How Clubbing Changed The World

Essay by Greg Wilson, Rock's Backpages, 14 September 2012

LAST MONTH I was over in Chicago chilling out in my hotel room ahead of my first gig in the city, at Smart Bar, a ...

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