Recorded live at Paradox in Durham, NC at The Fruit, we're kicking off our new mix series with an incredible breakbeat hardcore and jungle set from @grrl-music 💥

PARADOX 01: GRRL

DJ @queenplz / Laura Friederich's rave experiences in the 90's included one "dance party" in the unitarian church fellowship hall that she organized during daylight hours which was attended by about 15 people, and a cassette tape her friend gave her called "Laura's Mad, Crazy, Trippy, Ravish, Cool Techno Tape". She did not have access to a car, never snuck out of her house, and did not know anyone that attended actual raves. Teenage Laura would thus be ecstatic to know that not only did she one day get to play her favorite selections from Laura' Mad Crazy Trippy Ravish Cool Techno Tape to a dark room full of sweaty dancing people, but that the set was captured live and is now available for your bedroom listening pleasure (thanks Jess and Sarah!). It's always a joy creating dance party magic with the denizens of this fine town, and she remains eternally grateful for the opportunity.

Recorded live at Paradox in Durham, NC at The Fruit

PARADOX 002 - QUEEN PLZ

It was 1993. You were there. sweating in a mid-atlantic warehouse, it was dark, crowded, throbbing, and new. The internet was just starting up. DJs were mysterious; the tracks they played invoked euphoria. You danced near the subs so you could embody every bass hit.

It is 2024. You are here. Whether you were there or not for the decades before, rave transcends, evolves, thrives. 

Our prompt for this mix series is simple: we ask DJs for their unique interpretation of early rave based on memory or fantasy.

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Next Paradox: April 27th @ The Fruit, Durham

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