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title: "Dance 4 the Mental"
abstract: "Happy three years to xʀᴄ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴀ"
authors: ["nikomas.md"]

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xʀᴄ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴀ had a full day warehouse party, rotating open decks all day until the night, a shining example of how the artists in Cyprus can actually put together a really good quality ad hoc line-up. The social organisation and trust needed for DJs to just improvise who plays and when they play, it’s really quite miraculous. A lot of talent here and mindfulness revolving around xʀᴄ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴀ as always.

When the sun had gone down, ꜱᴏᴄʀᴀᴛᴇꜱ appeared with a bag of records. ꜱᴏᴄʀᴀᴛᴇꜱ played his classic kind of acid minimal, electro vibe, but dropped in some deep breaks while the MC and friends rapped alongside the set. Those moments of breaks and spoken word were really interesting, it was like a mash-up of the “techno scene” with the “anarchist scene”; it was a rare chance to see the dualism of DJ and MC.

Another free BYOB warehouse party - it works so well in Nicosia, as often the people here don’t mind where they dance. Just put the speakers down and they will dance. This is how you push back on neoliberalism. Find a safe place, throw a party, let the people come, deliver them to ecstasy, and show them the value of difference!  

Happy 3 years of tears
