Playing in the round removes the one thing a DJ normally has, which is a back. No screen to hide behind, no lighting rig aimed helpfully away from the face, an audience on every side watching the hands.
The South African producer works the funkier end of tech house — basslines with actual swing in them rather than the metronomic version that dominates the format — and the 360 setup suits that, because a groove-led set rewards being able to see how it is assembled. The old stock exchange building downtown, all marble and vaulted ceiling, is an absurd and wonderful place to put a dancefloor — the trading floor became the main room, and the ceiling height gives the low end somewhere to go that a purpose-built club never has.
Ten at night on Friday the ninth, on South Spring Street, until three.
Playing in the round removes the one thing a DJ normally has, which is a back. No screen to hide behind, no lighting rig aimed helpfully away from the face, an audience on every side watching the hands.
The South African producer works the funkier end of tech house — basslines with actual swing in them rather than the metronomic version that dominates the format — and the 360 setup suits that, because a groove-led set rewards being able to see how it is assembled. The old stock exchange building downtown, all marble and vaulted ceiling, is an absurd and wonderful place to put a dancefloor — the trading floor became the main room, and the ceiling height gives the low end somewhere to go that a purpose-built club never has.
Ten at night on Friday the ninth, on South Spring Street, until three.
Playing in the round removes the one thing a DJ normally has, which is a back. No screen to hide behind, no lighting rig aimed helpfully away from the face, an audience on every side watching the hands.
The South African producer works the funkier end of tech house — basslines with actual swing in them rather than the metronomic version that dominates the format — and the 360 setup suits that, because a groove-led set rewards being able to see how it is assembled. The old stock exchange building downtown, all marble and vaulted ceiling, is an absurd and wonderful place to put a dancefloor — the trading floor became the main room, and the ceiling height gives the low end somewhere to go that a purpose-built club never has.
Ten at night on Friday the ninth, on South Spring Street, until three.