The Secret DJ: Book Two

The Secret DJ returns with the follow-up to their acclaimed debut book. Less a sequel and more a panoramic wide-angle painting of the biggest youth movement in human history, The Secret DJ: Book Two charts the rise of dance music over the last 30 years and its connection to western capitalism and culture.

While never claiming to be instrumental, The Secret DJ was around for every stage of the journey and is a continually wry observer of this unstoppable growth. The Secret DJ's signature humour and wit are ever-present in this ascent, charting personal ups and downs as well as the buying and selling of the acid house revolution.

Covering topics as wide as drugs, music production, anthropology, the gentrification of the scene, technology, travel, fame, devaluation, inflation, relationships, technique, festivals, rejection, social media, situationism and hypernormalisation; almost no aspect of the last four decades go unmentioned in terms of what we know today as Electronic Dance Music.

The Secret DJ has been a professional DJ from 1985 and a touring headliner since 1997. The Secret DJ has written and produced many successful records and remixes and has also played in several bands. They co-founded and helped run the UK's first independent commercial radio network, bringing electronic dance music across the entire nation for the first time.

The Secret DJ continues to perform around the world and is currently the sole resident DJ and co-promoter for one of the world's biggest clubs. The Secret DJ writes a popular column for Mixmag and contributes to several other magazines.