Disco Pogo

The third instalment in the Disco Pogo Tribute series celebrates the best electronic post-punk band on the planet, LCD Soundsystem.

This follows the hugely successful Disco Pogo Tribute books on Daft Punk and Aphex Twin that have been reprinted numerous times.

As with both previous books the people behind Disco Pogo have a long-standing relationship with James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem and the wider DFA crew which gives them a unique insight into the band.

The book is edited by Disco Pogo editor Jim Butler and features interviews, essays and features from the best music journalists working today, alongside a timeline, family tree, gear and gig lists. There are also archive LCD Soundsystem features from Jockey Slut and Dummy magazine.

The book features an iconic cover portrait of James Murphy by unofficial/official LCD photographer Ruvan Wijesooriya, plus a huge amount of exclusive, never-before-seen photography from Ruvan, Tim Soter, Tim Saccenti and other photographers who have been close to LCD since the very beginning of their career.

The book is hardback, even chunkier than the previous books at 308 pages and is beautifully designed and printed with a (sound of) silver ribbon and spine cloth.

The book is the same size and format as the two previous books and will sit perfectly alongside them on any music lover's bookshelf.

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“There was The Twisted Wheel in the sixties, The Electric Circus in the seventies, The Haçienda in the eighties and Bugged Out in the nineties.”

Anthony H Wilson (Factory Records)

To celebrate Bugged Out’s 30th anniversary, Disco Pogo has produced a book dedicated to the legendary club night - one of the UK’s most formative and enduring.

Edited by Bugged Out promoter Johnno Burgess, the book features new interviews with regular guest DJs including The Chemical Brothers, Erol Alkan, Tiga, Miss Kittin, Hot Chip, and 2manydjs. It also comprises oral histories written by journalists including Jim Butler, Ralph Moore, Luke Bainbridge, and Johnno himself, charting the club’s pivotal periods: Manchester’s Sankeys Soap in the 1990s, Liverpool’s Nation in the ‘90s and ‘00s, The End in London during the 2000s, and their much-loved five-year run of Weekenders at Butlin’s in the 2010s.

The book is not only a history of Bugged Out but also a chronicle of UK club culture from the mid-1990s to the present day. Told era by era, it reflects shifting fashions - from the utilitarian workwear of the ’90s, to the flamboyant electroclash era, to the neon excess of new rave - as well as the growing dominance of photography, evolving from a handful of disposable 'fun camera' shots to today’s flood of professional images in the Instagram age.

It is equally a story of the highs and lows of running a club night: from the exhilaration of seeing an idea grow from a 600 capacity club in Manchester in 1994 into a sold-out 12,000-capacity 30th-birthday party in London last year, to the painful, financial losses that came from significant failures.

The narrative is punctuated with idiosyncratic anecdotes: the time Daft Punk may or may not have played in Ibiza; Miss Kittin tearing up the rule book one night in Heaven; or Erol Alkan making his first unforgettable appearance in what he called “a proper club”.

'It’s Just A Big Disco' - named after one of the club’s iconic slogans - features hundreds of flyers and lineups, alongside photography by acclaimed event photographers including Luke Dyson, Mark McNulty, Tom Horton and Alistair Allan, plus candid snaps from friends and clubbers and a portrait of Miss Kittin by Wolfgang Tillmans.

The book is hardback, 256 pages and limited to 3,000 copies.

This instalment in the Disco Pogo Tribute series is on the legendary electronic artist Aphex Twin.

This follows the hugely successful Disco Pogo Tribute to Daft Punk. Like Daft Punk, the people behind Disco Pogo have had a long-standing relationship with Richard D. James for over 30 years via their 90s magazine Jockey Slut.

The book is edited by Disco Pogo editor Jim Butler and features interviews, essays and features from the best music journalists working today.

The book features an iconic cover portrait of Aphex by seminal photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, plus a huge amount of great photography of Richard since the very beginning from some of the best music photographers in the world.

Thanks also to the designer of Aphex's logo Paul Nicholson who has opened up his archives to us and also the assistance and support from the label homes of Aphex - Warp, R&S and Rephlex. Thanks also to the people behind Aphex fan website Lanner Chronicle.

The book is hardback, 274 pages and is beautifully designed and printed of course.

Featuring a new foreword by David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as Soulwax and 2manydjs.

Daft Punk featured often in the formative years of Jockey Slut magazine (including their first front cover). This tribute to the duo collates all the interviews and photos from the seminal magazine - covering their early days on Soma up to the release of Discovery. Further articles cover the rest of their tenure as one of the globe’s most furtive, influential electronic acts right up to their unexpected split in February 2021.

● Their first ever interview, for Jockey Slut in 1994. ● Oral histories on their early years on Soma and the making of Homework and Discovery. ● Their first unmasked cover shot and interview for Jockey Slut in 1996. ● A Fax interview from Jockey Slut in 1995 including their doodles and handwriting. ● Long reads on Human After All, Random Access Memories and their Coachella performance. ● Vintage features from writers including Alexis Petridis, Calvin Bush and Ben Cardew. ● A History of Roule records and the duos' extra curricular activities. ● Exclusive Interview with Tony Gardner, the man behind the robots. ● Daft Punk in film: Interstella 5555, Electroma and Tron. ● Daft Punk was playing in my house - an exclusive interview with LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy. ● An exclusive interview with Pedro ‘Busy P’ Winter and Together’s DJ Falcon. ● Daft Punk superfans.

And much, much more!

We have a limited number of copies of the commemorative book, Sonoton: 60, for sale in our store now. The book, a celebration of the German production music library’s 60th birthday, is a collaborative venture between the label and Disco Pogo.

Sonoton is the world’s largest independent music library and over the last 60 years it has provided music for a dazzling breadth of commercial and creative ventures. From Oscar-winning Hollywood blockbusters (The Hurt Locker, Tenet, Dallas Buyers Club) to classic movies (Serpico, Jackie Brown, Silver Linings Playbook, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), as well as celebrated TV programmes (The White Lotus, Narcos, Mad Men, Friends, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Crown) and much-loved cartoons (South Park, The Simpsons SpongeBob SquarePants), Sonoton’s enviable catalogue has adorned every imaginable project that requires music to deliver stories to the screen.

Alongside other libraries such as KPM, Bruton and DeWolfe, Sonoton’s music is often hiding in plain sight – the sounds you hear every day on TV, adverts, the radio and at the cinema. In recent years, producers – most notably in hip hop – have mined these sounds for new and innovative sampled-based pieces of music. Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Chance The Rapper, among others, have all raided Sonoton’s vaults using music from such celebrated composers as John Fiddy, Sven Torstenson, Mladen Franko and, of course, Sonoton’s founder Gerhard Narholz, under one of his many aliases.

These tales and more are all told in this comprehensive 240-page book. From humble beginnings in Munich, founded by the husband and wife team of Gerhard and Heidi Narholz, the story of Sonoton is also an alternative history of popular culture as the label has grown in step with contemporary music and constantly reflected the times. By celebrating the variety of composers that have worked with Sonoton the label’s fascinating history is brought vividly to life.

Disco Pogo was commissioned by Sonoton to conceive, edit, design, produce and print this beautiful book celebrating six decades at the forefront of library music.

“Sonoton is not just a music library – it is a singular and defining moment in the field. It continues to lead the pack by bringing new ideas, new vision and, above all, new life to this incredible, yet often overlooked, chapter in the history of cinematic music.” David Hollander, author of Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music