Cataclysmic change is occuring in front of our eyes. And for many, music provides an essential- escape hatch to release and recharge- if only momentarily, helping ready our nerves for a foreboding future. By translating sound into movement, we vent our bottled up energy, anxieties, dreams and fears- which feed directly into the delicate ecosystem of nightlife. Though the present times can seem unprecedented, dancefloors have weathered crises of similar scale- such as the AIDs epidemic, the Reagan era and NYC Giuliani nightlife laws.
It takes awareness to protect our communal spaces as sacred places to let loose so we can lose and then find ourselves time and time again. What can the past teach us about the future? And how are the lessons applicable in an age rife with an amalgamation of algorithms aimed to divide us?