As the 1970s gave way to the 80s; New Yorks party scene entered a ferociously inventive period characterized by its creativity; intensity; and hybridity. Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor chronicles this tumultuous time; charting the sonic and social eruptions that took place in the cityrsquo;s subterranean party venues as well as the way they cultivated breakthrough movements in art; performance; video; and film. Interviewing DJs; party hosts; producers; musicians; artists; and dancers; Tim Lawrence illustrates how the relatively discrete post-disco; post-punk; and hip hop scenes became marked by their level of plurality; interaction; and convergence. He also explains how the shifting urban landscape of New York supported the cultural renaissance before gentrification; Reaganomics; corporate intrusion; and the spread of AIDS brought this gritty and protean time and place in American culture to a troubled denouement.
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