Recanati-Kaplan Talks

An Evening with Mark Ronson, Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg — Night People: How to Be a DJ in ’90s NYC

Nov 09, 2025

Mark Ronson is widely considered one of the great shapers of modern music. Through his genre-blending sound, retro revival, and ear for collaboration, he has helped define the careers of Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Adele, Miley Cyrus, Bruno Mars, and more. His influence stretches from “Back to Black” to “Uptown Funk” to “Shallow,” reviving vintage soul and funk, infusing it with contemporary energy, and setting global trends that reshaped pop music for two decades.

But before the Grammys, the Oscar, and the global hits, there was the night. As Ronson launches his new memoir, Night People: How to Be a DJ in ’90s NYC, he comes to our stage for an intimate look back at the decade that made him: spinning records in downtown clubs, crate-digging for beats, stalking DJ Stretch Armstrong, and finding his tribe among the wild and wonderful characters of a city that came alive after dark. The book is a love letter to a vanished era that defined not only Ronson’s career, but his identity. Join us as he takes us deeper into this time — the stories that couldn’t fit on the page, the music, the risks and revelations of life behind the turntables — and reflects on how those nights set the stage for his path as one of music’s most influential producers.

This program is part of 92NY Recanati-Kaplan Talks.
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