Revolutions On Air: The Golden Era of New York Radio 1980–1988

Red Bull Music Academy presents a documentary about New York radio and pioneering DJs like Tony Humphries, Marley Marl and Kool DJ Red Alert.

NYC radio during the ’80s featured the most dynamic and influential soundtrack the city has ever heard. Revolutions On Air is the story of mix show legends and studio wizards like Shep Pettibone, Tony Humphries, The Latin Rascals, Marley Marl, and Kool DJ Red Alert–innovators whose “anything goes” attitude pushed the emerging hip hop, electro, freestyle and house music scenes and kept radio listeners citywide hooked to their tape decks in order to record these now-classic mixes.

The film will be brought to life in a roundtable discussion with Marley Marl, Tony Humphries, DJ Red Alert & Merlin Bobb at Red Bull Studios New York on May 27, hosted by EgoTrip co-conspirator Chairman Mao.

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