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A Disco Pogo Tribute To Andrew Weatherall
A 350-page hardback that gathers everything we love about the man and his music. It is the fourth in our Tribute series – following Daft Punk, Aphex Twin and LCD Soundsystem.
Highlights an interview with Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie that goes beyond ‘Screamadelica’, essays on ‘Sabresonic’, ‘Haunted Dancehall’, the Two Lone Swordsmen and his solo releases, plus a look into his many remixes.
In oral histories on his early years, A Love From Outer Space and Convenanza, an interview with Timothy J. Fairplay on The Asphodells and a celebration of his art work and his NTS radio shows. And then there’s the Disco Pogo Tribute a timeline, family tree, a studio gear deep dive, discography and more…
Featuring interviews with Sean Johnston, David Holmes, Jagz Kooner, Leftfield, Shaun Ryder, Chemical Brothers, Terry Farley, Dot Allison, Beth Orton, Irvine Welsh, Daniel Avery, HAAi, Tia Cousins, Steve Mason, Richard Fearless and many more.
Highlights an interview with Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie that goes beyond ‘Screamadelica’, essays on ‘Sabresonic’, ‘Haunted Dancehall’, the Two Lone Swordsmen and his solo releases, plus a look into his many remixes.
In oral histories on his early years, A Love From Outer Space and Convenanza, an interview with Timothy J. Fairplay on The Asphodells and a celebration of his art work and his NTS radio shows. And then there’s the Disco Pogo Tribute a timeline, family tree, a studio gear deep dive, discography and more…
Featuring interviews with Sean Johnston, David Holmes, Jagz Kooner, Leftfield, Shaun Ryder, Chemical Brothers, Terry Farley, Dot Allison, Beth Orton, Irvine Welsh, Daniel Avery, HAAi, Tia Cousins, Steve Mason, Richard Fearless and many more.
352 pages, Hardcover
Published September 4, 2026
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September 25, 2026
"If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much room'
Magic tribute from Disco Pogo about Andrew Weatherall.
Drawing from a wealth of Weatherall interviews, anecdotes and musings alongside input from a whole host of characters from the early days of the acid house revolution to literary figures and loyal keepers of his musical legacy.
More than anything, this book highlights the plethoric nature of Weatherall's creative output from producing Screamadelica at 27 to his 'drug-chug' club night A Love From Outer Space and his festival Convenanza in his later years. While Weatherall was much more than music (literature and art formed part of his creative arsenal), his musical range and output defied genre or categorisation as he traversed the sonic universe. What is particularly striking is the direction his sound took, from rockabilly to banging techno, chill-out dub to neo-futurist electro with outfits and duos like the Sabres of Paradise and Two Lone Swordsmen weaving between these genres.
Weatherall, always a step ahead of, and beyond the curve was at the forefront of acid house, indie-dance, electroclash and the slower bpm dance music turn. A musical shaman, who saw music and clubbing as an act stepped in the ritualistic and hedonistic lineage of thousands of years of human history, a 'gnostic ceremony' in which humans gather around light, smoke and music. I particularly like the way on one interview he describes djing as a vampiric act as he gets to see people hear tracks for the first time that's he playing, feeding off their energy as he's already heard the track.
With Weatherall's untimely passing in 2020, a chapter was closed not just on the musical and social revolution that was acid house but on the long arc of the British social democratic contract which provided the material and structural conditions for the blossoming British music scene (of all genres!) in the late 20th century. Weatherall admits himself this to be true, with the only reason he got into djing was because he seen it as a another job he could do for a few months then live off that for a few months like many did in the 80s.
A great tribute that deserves many a re-read.
Magic tribute from Disco Pogo about Andrew Weatherall.
Drawing from a wealth of Weatherall interviews, anecdotes and musings alongside input from a whole host of characters from the early days of the acid house revolution to literary figures and loyal keepers of his musical legacy.
More than anything, this book highlights the plethoric nature of Weatherall's creative output from producing Screamadelica at 27 to his 'drug-chug' club night A Love From Outer Space and his festival Convenanza in his later years. While Weatherall was much more than music (literature and art formed part of his creative arsenal), his musical range and output defied genre or categorisation as he traversed the sonic universe. What is particularly striking is the direction his sound took, from rockabilly to banging techno, chill-out dub to neo-futurist electro with outfits and duos like the Sabres of Paradise and Two Lone Swordsmen weaving between these genres.
Weatherall, always a step ahead of, and beyond the curve was at the forefront of acid house, indie-dance, electroclash and the slower bpm dance music turn. A musical shaman, who saw music and clubbing as an act stepped in the ritualistic and hedonistic lineage of thousands of years of human history, a 'gnostic ceremony' in which humans gather around light, smoke and music. I particularly like the way on one interview he describes djing as a vampiric act as he gets to see people hear tracks for the first time that's he playing, feeding off their energy as he's already heard the track.
With Weatherall's untimely passing in 2020, a chapter was closed not just on the musical and social revolution that was acid house but on the long arc of the British social democratic contract which provided the material and structural conditions for the blossoming British music scene (of all genres!) in the late 20th century. Weatherall admits himself this to be true, with the only reason he got into djing was because he seen it as a another job he could do for a few months then live off that for a few months like many did in the 80s.
A great tribute that deserves many a re-read.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
A fitting expanded tribute.
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