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title: "Other Upcoming events"
abstract: "Staub x ᴛʀᴀᴘ, Dave Mothersole"
authors: ["nikomas.md"]

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# STAUB x TRAP

One thing we have been following a lot in this zine is the ᴛʀᴀᴘ series, including ᴄᴏʟᴀᴢɪᴏɴᴇ; the work of ΠΔ & ᴀʟᴇx ᴛᴏᴍʙ. Whilst on summer break, ᴛʀᴀᴘ has managed to score itself a collaboration with Staub from Berlin.

It’s actually a great combo, as the ᴄᴏʟᴀᴢɪᴏɴᴇ event series has a clear conceptual link to Staub’s day time parties at About Blank in Berlin - both organisers are doing a similar thing, and both face the same kind of challenges in taking their shared concept and moving it to a beach in Cyprus. It being Staub, there was only really one or two places in Cyprus which could accommodate the kind of audience size that Staub expect - so it has ended up being incorporated into Guaba’s GU-festival in Limassol bay.

There is of course that sense of “why does it have to be at Guaba?”, but
it worked for ᴛʀᴀᴘ #4, when ʙɪʟʟʏᴅ, ᴀʟᴇx ᴛᴏᴍʙ, and Alan Backdrop played beachside, in amongst the bright colours of the beach bar - hopefully this is a chance for STAUB to educate Guaba’s audience on underground music, although maybe it isn’t that simple.

Let’s just hope that the essence of STAUB is not lost to Guaba - STAUB are politically minded and their party embodies much of this - the anonymous line ups, the anti-showmanship - it all reflects a philosophy which STAUB founder “Irakli” calls ‘Techno Communism’: “Everyone contributes, Everyone gets the same fee, everyone gets the same treatment”.

These guys throw big parties and have great ideas about techno culture and how to provide profound experiences on the dance-floor - all without the flashiness of Guaba - so it will be interesting to see how it goes.




# Dave Mothersole (Exotica)

In the first issue there was a lot of mention of Dave Mothersole, both ᴀʀɪꜱᴛᴏᴅᴇᴍᴏꜱ and ᴛᴏɴʏ ᴄᴜꜱᴀᴄᴋ referenced him as one of the first major artists to come to Cyprus and show the crowd what the underground warehouses in London were listening to. It’s a really nice link to the past to book him again, connecting with the island’s own history.


Dave Mothersole was there in Goa in the 80s, playing first-wave Trance and Psy, he was there in the 90s carrying Acid House around London, and he held strong with his unique style until just 4 year ago, when he retired. This is a 30 year veteran of multiple rave archetypes, and to bring this guy to Mazotos beach is really wild - a massive DJ, at Green Mango Beach Bar... it’s going to be memorable and intimate.

It’s been a while for an Exotica event, the last big one was Radio Slave last June, and it’s good to see there is still life to it. You hear it all the time from people, how they miss Exotica, and this could be a dramatic re-entry into the scene.

We will be there, let's see how it goes.
