E03: Early DJ Culture pt.1

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In this week's episode Tim and Jeremy turn their attention to the wheels of steel, and the inhabitants of late 1960s and early 1970s New York who played them. We hear about the overwhelmingly Italian American young men who first pioneered the scene, the various public discotheques in which they performed, and the numerous technical innovations which advanced the craft.

Tim and Jeremy also contrast the emergent New York scene with the soundsystem culture of Jamaica by considering the extent to which both could be thought of as assemblages of dancers, DJs, MCs and equipment, and share how rudimentary advances in beatmatching and mixing laid the groundwork for what we would consider today as the DJing archetype.

Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.

Tracklist:
The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
The Upsetters with Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Black Panta
Chicago - I'm A Man
Eddie Kendricks - Girl You Need a Change of Mind
The Joneses - Sugar Pie Guy
Zulema - Giving Up