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PURPLE TEAM — What were your best and worst memories of the trip?
SANTIAGO GONZÁLEZ SÁNCHEZ —It may sound a cliché but my trip to Naples was way perfect. My best kept memory would be the people; warm, traditional, extrovert and sassy. Everyone we crossed had something to share with us; anecdotes, songs, a laugh … They just wanted us to enjoy and experience Napoli and its touristic pillar aspect, from the streets that honor Sorrentini and Maradona to the traditions and personal experiences of the people there. The only downside of my trip was the flights of stairs I had to walk up to get to my airbnb, but I can’t complain, I was... Read More
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PURPLE TEAM — What were your best and worst memories of the trip?
JULIA LAIRD —Best memory was swimming at morning in the freezing cold sea at Walpole Bay then getting out and going into the sauna at the side of the beach. The water was so cold this was probably also the worst memory.
PURPLE TEAM — What are your 3 Must-See sights?
JULIA LAIRD — Shell Grotto, Carl Freedman Gallery – Tracey Emin exhibition was fantastic and all the small galleries in Margate. The beach front and all the small bays along the coast.
PURPLE TEAM — Any special restaurant, accommodation, or activity that you’d recommend?
JULIA LAIRD — Places to eat: Botegga Caruso for... Read More
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Radio 2070
To foresee fifty years into the future, you need to look back at what was happening fifty years ago. In Acapulco, in a nightclub called Tequila A Go-Go, the Mexican DJ Augustín Martínez was already beat-matching and editing traxx, setting up the future with specialized DJ equipment. I began my DJ career in the late ‘70s. With two turntables, a mixer, and special sound systems we would make people dance. Dance music became the greatest art form of the 20th century, and Black dance music was the sound of the future. Nightclubs and dance floors were not simply trends, they were cultural phenomena, politically and sociologically relevant.
No other art form has the potential to describe... Read More
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