Night People
The bestselling autobiography from the music icon and award-winning producer
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘His storytelling is vivid, humorous, and refreshingly honest' DUA LIPA
'Compelling, wry, self-aware, genuinely endearing' THE GUARDIAN
‘A ride you have to take’ ZANE LOWE
‘A heartfelt love letter to a bygone era’ BBC
‘The most life-affirming coming-of-age story I’ve read in an age' PETE PAPHIDES
DISCOVER MARK RONSON’S ELECTRIFYING MEMOIR ABOUT HIS DJ DAYS IN ‘90s NEW YORK
Mark Ronson was born a night person. With hedonistic creatives for parents, parties became his playground. Yet, having moved to New York City from London at a young age, he always felt like a bit of an outsider, until discovering himself in the pulsing, unifying joy of the city’s parties and hip-hop scene. Each night brought a heady mix of music, ambition, danger, delight, and possibilities. Having well and truly caught the DJing bug, he worked to find his place and make his name in the city that never sleeps.
Night People conjures the undeniable magic of '90s New York. It evokes the rush of a time and place where fashionistas and rappers on the rise danced alongside club kids and 9-to-5'ers – and invites us into the tribe of creatives and partiers who came alive when the sun went down. A heartfelt coming-of-age tale, Night People is the definitive account of a cultural moment and the making of a musical mastermind.
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'Remarkable' GQ
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Grammy-winning producer Ronson debuts with a mesmerizing memoir about his Manhattan DJ roots. As child, Ronson nurtured his love of music by spending time in the home studio of his stepfather, Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones. He developed a love for nightlife as a teenager in New York City, learning quickly that "night meant good times, so long as it was full of loud music and people." Here, Ronson recalls cutting his teeth in various Manhattan clubs before and during college, writing rapturously of (often drug-fueled) gigs and highlighting key connections he made along the way, including with his NYU classmate Ben Velez, who introduced Ronson to a cabal of rare vinyl collectors, and club promoter "Big Frank" Walston, who helped the author brand himself and regaled him with stories of Debbie Harry and other downtown legends. Ronson's account sometimes gets lost in nitty-gritty details of DJing, which will fly over the casual reader's head, and pop fans might wish it touched on his work with Amy Winehouse or Lady Gaga, but the focus on music as a community-building force ultimately proves poignant. This wondrous snapshot of a bygone New York will make readers want to get out on the dance floor. Agents: David Kuhn and Nate Muscato, Aevitas Creative Management.
