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May 2025

Cercle fumbles: a cautionary tale of how not to scale a dance music brand
Cercle promised a night to remember. Instead, they gave us screen savers and surveillance, bad sound, and amateur lighting. You can’t fake it with…
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Where's the party at? Not on phone-fucked dancefloors.
“They’re watching themselves from the outside, rather than what dancers should be doing, which is being themselves from the inside.”
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A Love Letter to Berghain (Part 6/8): Berghain Itself
Happy Birthday, Jane Jacobs! You might've loved Berghain.
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April 2025

Learning to DJ deepened my understanding of how dancefloors work
Understanding how dance music is put together and mixed made my dancefloor experiences richer. If you love dancing to modern dance music, learning to DJ…
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A Love Letter to Berghain (Part 5/8): the Main Floor
Orthodox mass in the world's techno mecca
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At Quasar, Coachella's Soul for Sale
Coachella put brand sponsorship revenue above sound quality and general attendee experience. But at least the $375 per person omakase sushi experience…
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A Love Letter to Berghain (Part 4/8): Baby's first darkroom visit
A repressed American puts a toe in the water
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Mini review: Chris Lake kicks off Coachella with first-ever Desert Sky performance on Day Zero
Coachella's newest venue is within striking distance of greatness
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A Love Letter to Berghain (Part 3/8): Sweaty Panoramas
I can't believe there's a party this good every fucking weekend.
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March 2025

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