It was supposed to be all-vinyl disco and soul, but I was free to just play whatever.
Collecting Star Wars figurines, or old disco vinyl, or Adidas trainers might seem alien to Nicholas – he's a literary man – but the instinct comes from the same place.
Hours spent scouring thousands of once fresh-pressed disco vinyl proved to be worthwhile.
It brings together almost every twelve-inch vinyl single on the Skull Disco label, which is owned by the producers Appleblim and Shackleton.
Stockholders, from cane-carrying pensioners to Western fund managers in suits, filed in through metal detectors and sat in blue vinyl seats under a drab disco ball dangling from the ceiling.
Local disco DJs spinning vinyl at a secret loft.
Whether you're spinning a bar mitzvah, dive bar, Marquee Las Vegas, or a DIY party in the storage closet of a local meat market, there will always be those patrons who don't quite understand the barrier between selector and listener, therefore thinking it's OK to peddle their iPhone in your face with Drake requests when you're clearly playing a vinyl-only set of Italo disco.
He spent his teenage years crate-digging for classic disco, funk and soul vinyl in charity shops, and listening to his older's brother's Ayers, Herbie Hancock and Talking Loud Records collection.
Their longtime technique of sampling funk, disco and soft-rock vinyl suddenly struck them as canned, overfamiliar.
4) Nicky Siano's disco party - $75. tags: vinyl only, Coney Island ball drop, live performances, free food and champagne.
