MCMLXXXV
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MCMLXXXV is perhaps best known as a founding member of Herrensauna - the beloved queer
party originating in Berlin - but the influence of his curational work resonates much further afield,
encompassing the spheres of music, art and fashion with a sincere appreciation of subcultural
movements and their associated aesthetics.
His DJ sets celebrate a countercultural approach to electronic music, drawing upon an intense,
seductive fusion of charged rhythmic tension and obscure sonic imagery. With a comprehensive
knowledge of genres ranging from EBM and electro to hard trance and industrial, his ability to
weave seemingly disparate references together is the result of years spent dedicated to the
underground, in all its grit and glamour.
Herrensauna reflected the need for a queer-led techno event in a city where underground and
mainstream sit tensely alongside each other, and gentrification threatens the vast network of
cultural spaces the city calls its own. Despite its name - a tongue-in-cheek reference to the
clandestine culture of gay men’s saunas - it is the sense of community at the parties, which have
now travelled the globe, that lend to their ever growing influence across the queer diaspora.
Employing this approach in his own work, MCMLXXXV’s sets explore the darker end of the
spectrum with an open mind, responding to crowds with an instinctive understanding of the
nuances between genres, and an innate ability to work any dancefloor.
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