Welcome to the club

<p><b>Featuring a foreword from Annie Mac</b><br><br><b>An inspiring memoir-manifesto from one of the UK's leading DJs.</b><br><br>In <i>Welcome to the club</i> Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs lows and lessons of her thirty-year music career with insights from some famous friends.<br><br>As one of the Haçienda's pioneering female DJs Paulette has reached the pinnacle of the music industry performing for crowds of thousands worldwide. She offers a remarkable perspective from a Black woman's viewpoint arguing that despite dance music's core values of peace love unity and respect it remains a world rife with exclusion misogyny racism and classism. Yet as Paulette reveals it is also a space teeming with powerful women.<br><br>Part personal memoir part call to action <i>Welcome to the club</i> exposes the exclusivity of the music industry while honouring the often invisible women who keep the rhythm alive.</p>