If we could pinpoint our experience of DJ culture over the years; it would start with the clock. Specifically, the relentless tyranny of the one-hour slot that has become the industry standard at clubs and festivals worldwide. We’ve written before about the lost art of the warm-up DJ, but that conversation needs to expand beyond opening sets to address a more systemic issue: we’ve collectively forgotten what it means to let a DJ breathe, to build, to take a room on an actual journey rather than a frantic sprint through Beatport’s latest algorithmic predictions.
Walk into most clubs on any given weekend and you’ll find the…




