For those drawn to creation and connection

IN CONVERSATION W ITH SÃO PAULO DJ, PRODUCER, AND PERFORMER SLIM SOLEDAD, WE DISCUSS HER DEBUT ALBUM NOCHES CALIENTES DE LA SOLEDAD, A RECORD THAT MOVES BETWEEN THE BODY ON THE DANCEFLOOR AND SOMETHING FAR MORE PERSONAL. ROOTED IN BRAZIL’S UNDERGROUND, SLIM REFLECTS ON CHAOS, FUNK, AND THE SOUND OF THE CITY SHAPING HER MUSIC, ALONGSIDE COLLABORATIONS WITH SOME OF BRAZIL’S MOST VITAL CULTURAL VOICES. WE ALSO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY, TRANS-LED PARTIES THROUGH THE CHERNOBYL COLLECT

MOVING BETWEEN BARS, DANCE FLOORS, AND CROWDED STREETS WHERE MOST OF THE NIGHTLIFE HAPPENS OUTSIDE, SITTING OVER CHEAP TEA AND SHISHA UNTIL THE EARLY MORNING. Kadıköy 22:47. We get on the ferry without thinking too much about it. It’s the easiest way to start the night, a slow crossing over to the European side of the old city. The air is heavy and warm, carrying the smell of salt and diesel from the water below. Most people have already started their chain-smoking for the ni

IN CONVERSATION WITH DJ, PRODUCER, AND LUMIÈRE NOIRE FOUNDER CHLOÉ, WE EXPLORE THE SPACES, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SONIC, THAT HAVE SHAPED HER EVOLUTION AS AN ARTIST. FROM THE INTIMACY OF PARISIAN CLUBS TO THE SHIFTING ENERGIES OF DANCEFLOORS ACROSS EUROPE, SHE REFLECTS ON CONNECTION, ADAPTABILITY, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING TENSION AND RELEASE, REGARDLESS OF ROOM SIZE. HER FORTHCOMING DISTORTED DANCE EP DISTILLS THESE IDEAS INTO SOMETHING UNAPOLOGETICALLY PHYSICAL: ANAL

WE SIT DOWN WITH AMSTERDAM-BASED DJ AND PRODUCER STEF DE HAAN TO TALK ABOUT BUILDING A SOUND, STARTING A PARTY FROM SCRATCH, AND CREATING SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN FEEL FREE. FROM LOCKING HIMSELF IN A BUNGALOW DURING COVID TO LEARN TO DJ, TO THROWING ILLEGAL RAVES THAT EVOLVED INTO THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PARTY DE REÜNIE, HIS PATH INTO THE SCENE HAS BEEN LESS ABOUT STRATEGY AND MORE ABOUT INSTINCT. IN THIS CONVERSATION, HE TALKS ABOUT ENERGY ON THE DANCEFLOOR, THE IMPORTANCE OF SA