Who profits when the club is full? From community culture to extractive industry (we just learned this word..) When the queue stretches outside, ticket prices have gone up “because everything has increased”, the bar charges a beer as if it were vintage, and the dancefloor is full, we tend to believe the entire ecosystem must […]
How to start DJing on a budget, and why understanding the scene truly matters Article en français Starting to DJ today no longer requires thousands of euros or a sophisticated studio. An affordable controller, a computer and an internet connection are enough to begin your first hours of practice. That said, learning how to mix […]
Ben Hemsley accuses Hugel and Matt Sassari of lifting his edit of It Feels So Good Article en français It all started with an Instagram post—no press release, no lawyer, no apparent strategy. Just a side-by-side audio comparison. On one side, a tech-house edit of It Feels So Good that Ben Hemsley uploaded to SoundCloud […]
Hot Take : Reclaiming the scene from those who only come to admire themselves Article en français As the electronic music scene became institutionalized, professionalized, and globalized, another dynamic settled in: that of the ego. An omnipresent, multifaceted ego, rarely questioned and sometimes worshipped, which today shapes power relations, the night-time economy, and even the […]
Tektonik is not a dance. Electro is. Article en français Over the past few weeks, articles have been piling up. Tektonik is back, Tektonik nostalgia, Tektonik and the Y2K generation. The problem is that in most of these pieces, they are talking about a dance that doesn’t really exist.Because what many people still call Tektonik […]
Tresor.West caps DJ fees: an economic, political, and community-driven choice Article français As of January 1st, 2025, Tresor.West (Dortmund) decided to introduce a maximum cap on DJ fees, regardless of name, reputation, or digital reach. A sober announcement, published as a Community Post, but one heavy with meaning at a time when many German clubs […]
We could pretend not to see it. Blame TikTok, “the times,” “people go out less.” But that story is comfortable. The reality is more pragmatic and measurable: partying is being gentrified. Not as a stance, but as a mechanism. And that machinery is producing a bifurcation: on one side, the palace; on the other, the […]
After fifty years at the heart of club culture, Amnesia is far from done reinventing itself—and plans to dazzle once again in 2026. Music continues to make hearts beat in Ibiza, in the club where it all began. Founded in 1976 by Antonio Escohotado, Amnesia first opened its doors under the name “Workshop of Oblivion,” […]
Aphex Twin vs Taylor Swift, or when the underground wins… without meaning to Article en français. Aphex Twin recently surpassed Taylor Swift in monthly listeners on YouTube. The news surprised, amused, and sometimes fascinated people. How can a historic figure of experimental electronic music—largely media-shy and far removed from contemporary promotional logics—outpace one of the […]
When a Miami club lets the far right sing along on the dancefloor A Miami club now finds itself at the center of a controversy that goes far beyond a simple “musical incident.” At Vendôme, a private venue in South Beach, a recent party saw a DJ play Heil Hitler, an antisemitic track by Kanye […]
When the party starts with five minutes of advertising The concert was free. But just before John Summit took the stage, the screens lit up to broadcast five minutes of advertising. Logos, slogans, perfectly calibrated visuals. A moment of waiting where the warm-up is reserved for a brand. Have you ever had to watch ads […]
Electronic music: taking back control without growing bigger Independent culture, ecology, and the end of the growth illusion The issue is no longer only ecological. It is structural. At Pop-Kultur Talks in Berlin, a discussion titled How do we take the power back? put words to a discomfort widely shared across independent and electronic music […]
