What does a typical night time appear like at a La Cassette occasion? What genres are getting a spin?
This yr, we determined to take a look at a extra complete sound vary and choose DJs that may bridge the musical hole between hip hop and digital music. As a result of there’s an fascinating similarity within the vitality ranges in these genres and since we wish to analysis and experiment so much, you may anticipate sounds starting from hip hop to bass, jungle, grime, techno, and every part inside.
As we have now grown, we have now taken a unique view on hip hop as we imagine it is a lot extra than simply rap music and rap events. Events with solely rap music are too youthful and will be taught from the mature character of digital nightlife, whereas the latter may be taught so much from the group feeling inside hip hop. In spite of everything, hip hop is a life-style and way more than only a musical expression.
You have hosted membership nights everywhere in the Netherlands, how do you go about scouting places to your occasions?
We all the time e-book DJs from everywhere in the nation, even at our Utrecht events. Subsequently, connecting with different cities got here naturally. In addition to that, our staff originates from everywhere in the Netherlands, making it straightforward to grasp every metropolis’s variations. After we scout for places, we discover a few issues important. As an illustration, the place needs to be considerably culturally invested. It additionally cannot be too established since we care so much a few venue’s uniqueness, and extra established locations are typically far more strict, leading to much less freedom and prospects to indicate our creativity. Lastly, we actually care about doing shit collectively. Having the ability to develop collectively, uncover collectively, fall collectively and rise collectively is important for us.
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What are some notably memorable moments at La Cassette events?
Our first authorized out of doors occasion, La Cassette Summerre, at Beton-T. This was the primary time we determined to enterprise into totally different sounds, and we did that with none apart from DJ Assault. After introducing ghetto home to the La Cassette musical portfolio, we expanded additional by reserving De Schuurman to additionally absorb effervescent.
We will not overlook to say our night time on the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. We flipped the Museum’s yard right into a dwelling hangout with mattresses throughout, pizzas by Punk Pizza and reside music by Tyrone Marcio, Osman Bas, Kevin Lo and Cero Ismael.
Additionally, the numerous unlawful issues we did had been really memorable. From getting caught within the park by police – which truly ended up going viral on YouTube as a result of a well-known vlogger was the cop on obligation – to insane afterparties at our workplace with greater than 100 individuals from our group crammed right into a Boiler Room-style setup.
