Marcin

“Techno parties contributed to establish an environment where I could truly be myself. A place where I can explore deeper desires and suppressed parts of my personality. The queer community helped me to embrace my own femininity as a straight male. I also met many inspiriting people, and it has broadened my horizon in many ways. 

I always feel free to wear what I want but it’s just not that practical. I don’t like to be underdressed rather be covered to feel pretty. High temperatures often make it necessary to change my outfit, so I always bring multiple outfits to a party. Even after years of experience I tend to make bad decisions when it comes to clothing and overdressing. I must say that those moments my shirt becomes unwearable because of my own and other peoples sweat, and I take it off, are often the most magical ones. 

I think people who get in touch with this scene now are so lucky! The world surrounding electronic music and techno is a lot different to how it was when I discovered it fifteen years ago. People feel freer and the younger audience is a lot more openminded and aware of so many topics. The nightlife has become more diverse (we are not there yet) and a lot more interesting. The only thing I can say is you have to be careful to not get addicted to it. Like all things there are boundaries, and you should be careful not to live from weekend to weekend.

After the lockdown people might have more appreciation for wat we have. In Amsterdam we were spoiled before Corona. The scene seemed more open and interesting than ever. In 2020 more and more stories surfaced about racism and exclusion in clubs. I think a lot of people (including me) had a blind spot for this. I hope we all learned lessons during this time of reflection and will be integrated during the re-build of the post-pandemic nightlife”

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