By the time the lights come up, the floor is sticky, the queue for the cloakroom is enormous and nobody wants to leave. That is how you know it worked.
Reading the Room
Every club night has a shape, and the best DJs know it before the doors open. The first hour is a promise, the middle is a negotiation with the room, and the last stretch is where everything anyone came for actually happens.
- Stay for the closing track
- Find the corner with the best sound
- Drink water between songs
- Get there before midnight
This made me dig out my old gear. Thanks for the push.
Great write-up. I was at this one too and you captured the energy perfectly.
Anyone else going to the next one? Let us meet up at the merch table.
Honestly the best thing I have read on this all year.
Glad it landed. See you at the next show.
I printed this out and stuck it on my studio wall. Literally.
Finally someone said it.