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Neil Transpontine November 8, 2023July 5, 2024 0 Comments Dance Music, Ed Gillett, Rave History, United Kingdom

Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain (book review)

Ed Gillett’s book ‘Party Lines – Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain’, published by Picador in 2023, reviewed by Neil Transpontine.

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