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In Welcome to the club, Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of a thirty-year music career, with help from some famous friends.
One of the Haçienda's first female DJs, Paulette has scaled the heights of the music industry, playing to crowds of thousands all around the world, and descended to the lows of being unceremoniously benched by COVID-19, with no chance of furlough and little support from the government. Here she tells her story, offering a remarkable view of the music industry from a Black woman's perspective. Behind the core values of peace, love, unity and respect, dance music is a world of exclusion, misogyny, racism and classism. But, as Paulette reveals, it is also a space bursting at the seams with powerful women.
Part personal account, part call to arms, Welcome to the club exposes the exclusivity of the music industry while seeking to do justice to the often invisible women who keep the beat going.
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Hacienda resident and Manchester legend DJ Paulette celebrates the highs, lows and lessons of a 30-year career with help from famous friends and important peers. Welcome to the club offers a remarkable view from the DJ booth and the music industry from a black woman's perspective. Part personal account, part call to arms, it is an exploration of the exclusivity of the music industry and an attempt to do justice to the often invisible women who keep its heart beating. Starting out as one of the Hacienda's earliest female DJs, Paulette has scaled the heights, having police escorts through the streets of Paris to play to thousands along the Seine and playing in some of the biggest clubs in Europe, and descended to the lows of being unceremoniously benched for 18 months by COVID-19 with no chance of furlough and little support from the government. This book tells that story, whilst drawing on the voices of other women in the industry and pointing to a path through for any aspiring DJ or musician who doesn't fit the mould. Behind the core values of peace, love, unity and respect, dance music is a world of exclusion, misogyny, racism and classism; but it is also a space bursting at the seams with powerful women, where vital work has always been done. From 1992 to today, Welcome to the club brings together the technological, political and cultural developments behind this unprecedented period for music.
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Hacienda resident and Manchester legend DJ Paulette celebrates the highs, lows and lessons of a 30-year career with help from famous friends and important peers. Welcome to the club offers a remarkable view from the DJ booth and the music industry from a black woman's perspective. Part personal account, part call to arms, it is an exploration of the exclusivity of the music industry and an attempt to do justice to the often invisible women who keep its heart beating. Starting out as one of the Hacienda's earliest female DJs, Paulette has scaled the heights, having police escorts through the streets of Paris to play to thousands along the Seine and playing in some of the biggest clubs in Europe, and descended to the lows of being unceremoniously benched for 18 months by COVID-19 with no chance of furlough and little support from the government. This book tells that story, whilst drawing on the voices of other women in the industry and pointing to a path through for any aspiring DJ or musician who doesn't fit the mould. Behind the core values of peace, love, unity and respect, dance music is a world of exclusion, misogyny, racism and classism; but it is also a space bursting at the seams with powerful women, where vital work has always been done. From 1992 to today, Welcome to the club brings together the technological, political and cultural developments behind this unprecedented period for music.
Author Biography
DJ Paulette is an award-winning DJ whose thirty-year career has seen her play some of the world's greatest parties, from Manchester's Haçienda to Ibiza Rocks and the Ministry of Sound
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date January 2024
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781526166906 / 1526166909
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPrint PDF
- Pages256
- ReadershipGeneral/trade; College/higher education; Professional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions198 X 129 mm
- Biblio NotesDerived from Proprietary 5736
- Reference Code14992
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