HEAR THE AUDIOBOOK
LISTEN TO BOOK IN THE VOICE THAT LIVED IT
Written and narrated by James Bleakman, the audiobook brings the memories, rooms and records of the decade into the author's voice. Listen to selected extracts from across the story.
Ebook + Audiobook Available 1 September 2026
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Track 03 | Bedroom Decks and Belt Drives
The moment listening became participation, through two belt-drive decks, a basic mixer and the first sense of becoming a DJ.
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Track 06 | Birmingham, the Midlands and the Local Scene
Inside Wobble, where moving floors, suspended decks and a crowd growing stronger towards dawn revealed Birmingham’s underground pulse.
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Track 10 | The Many Faces of House
How French Touch transformed disco memory into a modern late-90s sound through filters, samples, powerful grooves and instantly recognisable records.
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Track 15 | What the Decade Left Behind
A reflection on friendship, identity and the lasting ways house music taught me to understand rooms, energy and belonging.
THE RECORDING THAT OPENED THE DOOR
A borrowed cassette of the 27 May 1995 Essential Mix became the point where the music first connected. The surviving broadcast now provides an external route back to that moment.
27 MAY 1995 BBC RADIO ONE ESSENTIAL MIX
LISTEN ALONG WITH THE BOOK
The companion playlists gather records connected to the chapters, themes and changing sounds of the decade. They are designed to sit beside the book, not replace the story.
Original 12 inch Joe Smooth vinyl from the collection.
FROM PLAYLIST TO CONTINUOUS MIX
Every track selected for the Deeper House companion playlist, mixed exclusively by James Bleakman as a continuous set for readers who want to stay with the deeper side of the decade.
Featuring Joe Smooth, DJ Q, Blaze, Tedd Patterson and more.
DEEPER HOUSE COMPANION MIX MIXED BY JAMES BLEAKMAN 51:43
SELECTED MIXES FROM THE LET’S GO DISCO ARCHIVE
A changing selection of deep house, classics, disco-inflected records and long-form sets from across the let’s go disco archive.
ORIGINAL LET'S GO DISCO PRODUCTIONS
A selection of original tracks created through let's go disco, spanning sample-led ideas, deeper grooves and disco-inflected house
SELECT A TRACK TO LISTEN
ALL TRACKS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY JAMES BLEAKMAN
KEEP LISTENING
READ IT. HEAR IT.
FOLLOW WHERE THE MUSIC LEADS
Continue with the audiobook, open the chapter playlists on Spotify, or explore the latest mixes and music on SoundCloud.
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COMPANION PLAYLSIT
Open the chapter-linked playlists and listen alongside the book.
