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ARC Music Festival Announces Official ARC After Dark Parties For 2022 Edition

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Following the announcement of their full lineup, ARC is set to return to Chicago’s Union Park with shared details for their official ARC After Dark Parties. Touching down on Labor Day Weekend (September 2-4) and showcasing rare back-to-back sets with a world-class lineup of movement leaders from around the globe, ARC intends to be cutting-edge for three days.

Extending beyond the music with experiences that mirror the culture and artistry of its host city, attendees can also expect curated production elements and art to guide them between each of the four immersive stage environments. The event will also act as a showcase of Chicago’s culinary prowess, offering an elevated and distinctly local event.

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Is it a Banger or Massive Chune? Here’s Your Rave Terms Bible

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The dance music world is its own universe entirely, and with that, has its own language. Ravers around the world use their own slang to describe all aspects of dance music. From describing tracks and artists to the act of raving itself and all it encompasses. Here is your rave terms bible that you can pass onto your non-raver friends to help them get in the know. This guide has both commonly used terms and some not-so-common words. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn a new rave term or two. Any other rave terms you’d add?

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What Record Would You End Your Set With at 6AM?

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The first track and the last track. A lot of the times those are the two records that anyone in the room immediately recollects when thinking about a set they witnessed. It may seem like an annoying trivialization perhaps, but it’s still the truth. They are the bookends that encapsulate what we always hope is an unforgettable musical journey.

The first track is the business card which the DJ presents to his dance floor, the one that somehow draws in the crowd and lets them know the trajectory and mood the set will take from that moment on. Granted, the DJ may throw in a surprise or two during his performance but more often than not the beginning of a set gives a clear inkling of the direction the night may be going in. And then you have the last track, the icing on the cake of a path that, hopefully, has already given a myriad of emotions and comes together as a whole, as a single piece of definitive musical work.

That last record can often be the the one track they still hear when their head touches the pillow and they close their eyes back home. When chosen and offered right, the last track is often associated with some of the best clubbing and underground partying memories, that link that binds us to the music and to entire nights spent dancing until sunrise.

These tracks can be anthems that drive the entire room into one last frenzy, or dreamy records that perfectly bring the journey to a close. A crafty track-selector  is able to read the room and knows which one to pick and when. We have chosen 15 of these tracks – but there are plenty others – that give us wonderful chills along the back, transforming our six in the morning into literal inescapable moments:

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Watch This Documentary About Glasgow’s Thriving Underground After-Hours Scene

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Glasgow, a city that truly knows how to party.

The largest city in Scotland is known to be a hot-bed for skillful DJs and producers, in large part thanks to a thriving nightlife scene with several world-renowned clubs the likes of Sub Club, La Cheetah and SWG3.

But beyond the clubs, there’s a deep underground after-hours scene that is rapidly becoming one of the most talked about in the world. i-D has decided to explore this late-night/early-morning world through a mini-documentary that dives deep into the city’s underground scene and the players that are making it shine.

“Discontent with the current political climate, they are artfully rebelling, reclaiming the city and throwing illegal after-hours parties. In this love letter to inner-city Scottish misfits, we discover more about the ripple effects of regeneration on Glaswegian youth culture.” — i-D

Watch the documentary in full below:

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After Hours in Toronto: A Look Inside Comfort Zone

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“It was a magic zoo that we called home…Even after traveling the whole world, Comfort Zone is still untouchable for me. This place moulded who we are today as people and DJs” Carlo Lio

Electronic music knows no boundaries. From the underground in LA to the super clubs of Ibiza, dance music will find it’s way into every crevice around the world. Last year we visited several of the key North American after hour parties with a short series of articles that dug deep into some of the key parties that take place when clubs and bars close down and the real party really gets started.

For the first edition of our After Hour Series we put the spotlight on Asylum Afterhours in Hawaii. We then followed that up by taking a look at our neighbors from the North with an inside look at Comfort Zone in Toronto, Canada.

Canada has always fostered large growth within the techno and underground community, with Toronto being a major hub for artists. As a result, the city has become home to an after hours that is held in high regards by all artists, and is a personal favorite of Toronto locals such as Carlo Lio, Nathan Barato, and The Junkies, among others. For the past twenty years, Comfort Zone has acted as a musical haven for the Toronto groove seekers, and has played an important role in Toronto’s influence on the local and global scene. Read more

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#TBT Series: What Was It Like to Rave in NYC in the Early ’90s?

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The world of electronic and dance music has changed and evolved tremendously over the last forty years. We have seen it all: from the disco days of the early 70s to today’s popularity of EDM, via the birth of house in Chicago and the golden era of techno in nearby Detroit. But what was it like to attend party in NYC during the ’90s?

There is no argument that in 2016, when this article was first written, we were witnessing electronic music live through somewhat of a “back-to-basics” movement highlighted by the growing resurgence in popularity of real house and techno. But how different were things back in the day, before dance and electronic music became a worldwide multi-billion dollar industry?

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