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What is Long Play?

Long / Play hosts solutions-oriented conversations about how we design alternative models for nightlife that give greater agency to artists and partygoers.

The genocide in Palestine has illuminated the limits of institutional nightlife’s professed solidarity with marginalized groups. We have witnessed these limits through silence at best and tokenization, economic exploitation, and outright censorship at worst.

Put simply: the trajectory of the current nightlife model is extractive and unsustainable. Where do we go from here?

While music journalism often focuses on artists as individuals, this podcast will focus more on spotlighting practical knowledge and expertise whether it be urban planning or contract negotiation. Yes, nightlife is about art and play, but it is also about labor. We want to learn from people doing the unglamorous work of creating a more liberated nightlife, butting heads with the status quo, and carving out new paths for what “success” can look like.

As we seek to demystify our material conditions, we also recognize that it can sometimes be unsafe to have these conversations out in the open, and as such, we give our guests full autonomy over the questions they are asked as well as the final output of each episode.

With an internationalist lens, we aim to harness the intellectual capital of nightlife communities the world over. To that end, we welcome submissions for ideas and guests.

Together, we hope to build on the historical radicalism of the underground not just through our words but through our actions.

Who are the hosts?

Erick Nidal is an international relations specialist and DJ based in Bangkok, Thailand. Cat Tran is an organizer with DJs Against Apartheid, product designer, and semi-retired DJ based in Brooklyn, New York.

Intro music: Untitled - Surco's Groove
Cover art: Jordan Chopra & Cat Tran

Long Play

2025

Radio Shows

Name: Dani Miriti Pacheco
Alias: DJ Macro (@dani-miriti-pacheco)
Pronouns: they/them
Location: Columbus OH

Influences: DJ Rashad, Suzi Analogue, DJ Lag, Honey Dijon

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Verge.fm radio host

Favorite Quote: Avoid the temptation to make choices that are familiar but no longer serve you  - anon / unknown

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:  Don't give up, put yourself out there. Good enough is better than perfection. 

With this mix DJ Macro asks to please learn more about and consider donating to: BQIC ~ Black Queer Intersectional Columbus (bqic.net)

Daisychain

Daisychain 166 - DJ Macro

Recorded at PIrate Studios in Brooklyn NY. May 2021

Parallels Of Sound w DONIS

You’re my favorite drug, how are you abusing me?🔮

A.A feat. Rue York

Buntopia Presents: drum n' buns, a B-side to my Somersault Records 'Buns n' Bass' mix. 

hope u enjoiiii :*:･ﾟ☆ listen 2 the A-side here: https://soundcloud.com/somersaultrecords/honeybun-mix-1-mastered-ks-82321

visit buntopia.net 4 more 

Studio Space + Mastering courtesy of @KARLALAMUSIC

drum n' buns (B-SIDE) ☆♬○♩●♪✧♩

Name: Reg Zehner 
Alias: Love Higher (@love_higher)
Pronouns: they/them/theirs 
Location: Columbus, OH 

Influences: Footwork, Baile Funk, Rave, Techno and Vogue 

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Verge.fm and Blessed Up Gang 

Favorite Quote: “Stars. Or rather, the drains of heaven – waiting. Little holes. Little centuries opening just enough for us to slip through.”
― Ocean Vuong, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: Be genuine and collaborate with as many people as you can! Be open to those kind to you! Importantly try organizing in your local areas! Sometimes growing yourself as a DJ or producer, having one or two people that can help out with your project can make life so much easier.

With this mix Love Higher asks to learn more about and consider donating to: Verge.fm (@verge-fm) is a community internet radio station based in the Midwest. Verge.fm promotes emerging creatives from different parts of the sonic space! You can tune in www.verge.fm or on their iOS/Android App. Also this December 11th and 12th, there will be a fundraising twitch stream to help continue the funding of the radio.  You can follow Verge.fm on IG: @verge.fm

Daisychain 202 - Love Higher

4/20 special !!!!! <3

http://www.instagram.com/djlita_ 
http://www.instagram.com/calvomusic 
http://www.instagram.com/love__higher

LITA, CALVOMUSIC and LOVE HIGHER @ The Lot Radio 04-20-2023

@000000ak ive at Hemlock Hole on Saturday afternoon.

Campout Mix Series: AK

Traversing East and South East Asian contemporary music with Ho Chi Minh City crew Rắn Cạp Đuôi. 
 
https://www.nts.live/shows/ran-cap-duoi/episodes/ran-cap-duoi-16th-november-2023

Rắn Cạp Đuôi x nguyendowsXP: Live from New York City 161123

Nimbooda [mausam’s renachification]

http://www.instagram.com/ericknidal 
http://www.instagram.com/djlita_

NITECAP WITH ERICK NIDAL @ The Lot Radio 10-03-2024

Erick Nidal - 2nd February 2025

Selection by @livwutang blends by Beatrice M. 

PANGAEA - YOU & I
VON D - SHOW ME FT. PHEPHE
APPLEBLIM & PEV - CIRCLING
PLASTICIAN - DREADING (EL-B REMIX)
EGOLESS - EMPIRE OF DIRT
SICARIA SOUND - CAVED IN
SHACKLETON - I WANT TO EAT YOU
SEARCH & DESTROY - CANDY FLOSS
J:KENZO - CONQUEROR (HENY G REMIX)
SCIENTIST VS ASBO - DOG MONEY (LOEFAH & SGT POKES)
DUBAMINE FT. NAZAMBA - COOL & RELAX
ULRICH TROYER - LOST IN ADDIS
FIEND - JAH HEAR ME (J. SPARROW REMIX)
FOAMPLATE - HUNGRY GHOST
GIL SCOTT-HERRON & JAMIE XX - NY IS KILLING ME
GEIOM - UNNECESSARY STRESS FT. MARITA
GLUME & PHOSSA - JITTER
KYLE HALL - GIRL U SO STRONG
MIZZ BEATS - SANCTUARY
GEOIM & APPLEBLIM - FLAME TREE
KODE9 - 2 FAR GONE
WALSH & KROMESTAR - PANIK ROOM
SAULE - AFFLICTION
THE GOD IN HACKNEY - THE WORLD IN AIR QUOTES (ETCH AMALGAMIX)
MARTYN - LOVE & MACHINES FT. SPACEAPE
TIMEBLIND - BACKWARDATION
BANDULU - CONTINGENCY
CARRÉ - AIR SIGN
VACCINE - WISHFUL THINKING VIP
RSD - LOVING IT
QUEST - EDEN
PANGAEA - YOU & I

Everything reminds me of dubstep pt. III - curated by livwutang

🌐 Refuge Worldwide is a radio station and community space based in Berlin-Neukölln.
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Cultural Cadence - Moehecan & Erick Nidal - 08 Apr 2025

Forward / Scratch presents: Long Play, a discussion platform for building a transformative model of nightlife rooted in liberation, community and artist-empowerment, and overcoming the extractionist and unsustainable nature of the scene as it stands. 

This project begins from a basic question: with the precarious state of nightlife, how do we create the scene we truly want? 

Hosted by Cat Tran and Erick Nidal, Long Play will adopt a community-driven model that crowdsources ideas to cover and the voices we’d like to hear.

About this episode

Could you ever own a nightclub? Why are we seemingly drowning in vacant luxury condos but even well-attended clubs are going bankrupt? Should the government play a role in supporting nightlife? What has New York City done recently to support nightlife? Who decides whether a nightclub gets to open or not? How can nightlife workers earn a living, and how can we leverage our day jobs to support nightlife? Are nightclubs even meant to last forever?

We spoke with DJ Tara, a pillar of the New York nightlife community both as a legendary musical curator and expert in urban planning and development. Tara grew up in the Haitian community of Flatbush and went to school for Engineering and Urban Planning. She’s worked in developing supportive housing for seniors and the unhoused, knows the ins and outs of city planning from her time working for the Manhattan Borough President, and was a contributor to the Global Nightlife Recovery Plan for COVID-19.

This is the first half of a 2-part interview with DJ Tara exploring these questions and more.

What is the future of nightclubs? w/ DJ Tara | Part 1

Sounds from the Diaspora

https://www.instagram.com/palestineforever.nyc



Palestine Forever with Erick Nidal @ The Lot Radio 07-13-2025

The Moonwalk EP brought to you by Jharrel Jerome & Tim Obzud
Artist: Jharrel Jerome
Producer: Tim Obzud
Photographer: Joe Vaughn
Mixing/Mastering: Kaotic Studios