Waiting for the Drop: Rise of the Superstar DJs

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"Tour de force from Alexei Barrionuevo. This brings spectators into the hedonistic inner sanctum of superstar DJs -- including unguarded, hard-to-score interviews with the heaviest hitters. It traces the roots and decades-long evolution (excesses, and uncertain future) of a global phenomenon. EDM went from counter-culture to a Vegas mainstay and industry now worth billions (one in which bin-diving at record shops and vinyl-spinning chops are no longer paramount, if even required). Told with journalistic skill, equal measures passion and skepticism, great tan lines and thumping 808s, highly reco..."