Originally posted by Anton
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As Faust said about the designer-celebrity relationship being so strong, I'd say these places are basically selfie parties to up your Instagram game. The organic scene is definitely missing, it feels like we're in a marketed creative scene matrix.
Re. music, there has been a strong growth in the underground scene in NYC as well. It's emulating places like Berghain with 36 hour raves, no pictures, smoking/drugs inside, people mostly naked, etc. It's very luckily still relatively not filled with the 'pretentious' yet, as there is a core group. However, I'm waiting to see when condos will overtake any available warehouses/suitable locations. Bossa Nova already has plans to build out a warehouse into a full fledged club, so waiting for the 'Ibiza effect' to overtake the scene I guess :/
I think these scenes show a desire or longing for something good, but as with designer fashion now, most people haven't experienced what they used to be like (myself included), so there's no solid comparison for that 'authenticity' of old, and thus we come out with something far more marketable and profitable to help quench that longing. But of course the days of yore cannot be recreated so we end up with something that's the result of modern proclivity.
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