Trash Book by Erol Alkan to Launch Jan 2027
Explore Erol Alkan book about Trash club night and Trash: A Club, A Sound, A Home, plus a Rough Trade East launch with Kate Hutchinson.
Erol Alkan’s book about the Trash club night is titled Trash: A Club, A Sound, A Home and concerns the London club night he founded in 1997. The book looks back over 30 years since Trash’s founding and 20 years since its final edition.
Trash originally ran as a Monday party at venues including Plastic People and The End, and it hosted early performances by LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip and Bloc Party. The club was known for genre-blending DJ sets, and the book includes interviews with Scissor Sisters, Justice, 2manydjs, Peaches and Tiga.
Faber will publish the book on 14 January 2027, and a launch event will take place at Rough Trade East on 11 January with Alkan in conversation with Kate Hutchinson.
Trash was founded in 1997 by Erol Alkan as a London club night. It originally ran as a Monday party at venues including Plastic People and The End, and the book Trash: A Club, A Sound, A Home looks back over 30 years since Trash’s founding and 20 years since its final edition. The available sources do not provide additional details about the club’s earliest line-ups, the precise dates of its venue residencies, or the full roster of resident DJs. The available sources do not provide further information about the club’s organizational history beyond these points.
During its run, Trash hosted early performances by LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip and Bloc Party and featured genre-blending DJ sets. The available sources do not provide a comprehensive list of other artists who performed at the night or specific examples of the genres combined in its DJ sets. The available sources do not provide details on the duration of Trash’s regular Monday scheduling at each venue. The available sources do not provide further context about the night’s broader musical influence beyond the named performers and the description of its DJ approach.
Trash: A Club, A Sound, A Home is a retrospective on the London club night Trash, which Erol Alkan founded in 1997. The book looks back over 30 years since Trash’s founding and 20 years since its final edition. It covers the night’s run as a Monday party at venues including Plastic People and The End.
Faber will publish Trash: A Club, A Sound, A Home on 14 January 2027, and a launch event will take place at Rough Trade East on 11 January with Alkan in conversation with Kate Hutchinson. The available sources do not provide a chapter-by-chapter outline or details of the book’s internal structure.
The book includes interviews with Scissor Sisters, Justice, 2manydjs, Peaches and Tiga. It documents that the club night hosted early performances by LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip and Bloc Party and that Trash featured genre-blending DJ sets. The available sources do not provide a full list of interviewees beyond the names listed or the total number of interviews. The available sources do not provide information about supplementary materials such as photographs, setlists or other archival items.
The available source names LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip and Bloc Party as acts that gave early performances at Trash. The source states that Trash featured genre-blending DJ sets during its run. The available source does not provide additional names of performers beyond those listed or a comprehensive account of the night’s line-ups.
The book Trash: A Club, A Sound, A Home includes interviews with Scissor Sisters, Justice, 2manydjs, Peaches and Tiga. The source notes the book looks back over 30 years since Trash’s founding and 20 years since its final edition. The available source does not provide a full list of interviewees beyond the names listed or the total number of interviews.
A launch event for Trash: A Club, A Sound, A Home will take place at Rough Trade East on 11 January, with Erol Alkan in conversation with Kate Hutchinson. Faber will publish the book on 14 January 2027. The event is presented as a conversation rather than a performance or musical set.
The available sources do not provide a programme or schedule for the event. The available sources do not provide information on ticketing, capacity, or whether additional participants will appear at the launch event. The available sources do not provide details on any on-sale dates or ticketing platforms for the event.
Trash: A Club, A Sound, A Home is a retrospective on the London club night Trash, which Erol Alkan founded in 1997. The book looks back over 30 years since Trash’s founding and 20 years since its final edition. It covers the night’s run at venues including Plastic People and The End. The available sources do not provide an explicit author statement about the book’s aims.
The book includes interviews with Scissor Sisters, Justice, 2manydjs, Peaches, and Tiga. It documents that the club hosted early performances by LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, and Bloc Party and featured genre-blending DJ sets. Faber will publish Trash: A Club, A Sound, A Home on 14 January 2027. A launch event will take place at Rough Trade East on 11 January with Alkan in conversation with Kate Hutchinson.
