Let It Roll EXTRA

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of ⁠Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Culture⁠" with a look at the chapter title "Living A Dream: Acid House and UK Rave 1988-1989."

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠" with a look at the Techno scene in Detroit, the House scene in Chicago and the garage scene in New York and New Jersey and how African-Americans in those three cities invented and perfected EDM as we know it t…

In this episode hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness introduce the new series, discuss author Simon Reynolds' background and perspective and why his book “Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture“ is a definitive take on the UK dance scene of the 1990s.

After discussing “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey” for 21 weeks, hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness get the opportunity to ask some questions of the authors. Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton describe their motivation for writing the book, how they worked together and how they decided what to include and what to leave out of t…

In this week’s episode hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness debate the questions raised in the final chapter of "⁠Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey⁠" about the values of clubbing and whether or not the current mass success of superstar DJs represents a betrayal of those values.

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the wave of superstar DJs that emerged in the 21st Century like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim.

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the attempts to criminalize rave culture in the UK and US.

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the emergence of DJs as recording artists in their own right, people like The KLF.

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the many new genres that emerged from Great Britain in the wake of the Acid House revolution: hardcore, jungle, drum and bass, and UK garage.

Today hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Ibiza and the unique Balearic sub-genre it spawned as well as Belgian new beat and other Euro dance trends of the late 80s.