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Section 04 of 05 — 24 curiosities
Legendary doors, superstar DJs and the parties that became myths.
The party after the party, where the guest list gets shorter and the stories get longer.
Berlin's techno temple in a former power plant, where a sticker hides the phone camera and a German court once declared it culture.
The DJ sets streamed online with the crowd right behind the decks, born from a webcam taped to a wall in east London.
Champagne delivered like a birthday cake, sparklers included: the club ritual where the show is the bottle, not the drink.
A temporary city in the Nevada desert where money is frowned upon, gifts are the currency and a giant wooden figure goes up in flames.
Famous for something else, now behind the decks: the actor, model or athlete whose DJ set draws more phones than dancers.
The last night of a club's summer, part graduation ball and part farewell tour, with longer hugs than any other night of the year.
The desert festival in California that doubles as a fashion week, born in 1999 and now spread over two identical weekends.
A song that fills the floor from the first bars, often made a hit by clubs long before radio caught up.
A sphere of tiny mirrors that has scattered light over dancefloors since long before disco, and once had its own capital city.
The annual fan vote that names the world's number one DJ, loved by mainstage stars and loudly ignored by everyone else.
A recurring booking at one club for a whole season or more: the DJ's version of a permanent address.
The festival on a Somerset dairy farm that began with one-pound tickets and free milk, and still takes a year off for the cows.
The magic list at the door: free entry for the useful, the famous and the friends, envied by everyone else in the queue.
A Balearic island famous for sunsets and all-night clubs, which also happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage site.
A club rule that puts a sticker on the phone camera so the night is lived on the dancefloor rather than on a screen.
Two red cherries that turned a Balearic farmhouse club into a worldwide logo, printed on everything from T-shirts to beach towels.
Italy's Adriatic playground around Rimini and Riccione: beach by day, aperitivo at dusk, clubs in the hills until sunrise.
The 1977 disco film that put John Travolta in a white suit, inspired by a magazine article whose author later admitted he had made it up.
The Manhattan disco where the doorman was the real headliner and getting in was the whole evening's achievement.
The DJ as headliner: the person who used to hide in the corner and now gets the poster, the pin-up shoot and the private terminal.
The Manchester club with a record-label catalogue number, a name borrowed from a 1950s manifesto and Madonna on its stage.
The Belgian dance festival dressed as a fairy tale, where a castle is the stage and the ticket sale is a sport in itself.
A roped-off sofa with a view of the DJ and a minimum spend: the one spot in a club where people pay to be watched.
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