NEW YORK, April 12 — With New York’s nightlife spots closed digital dance parties are all the rave, as DJs stream sets while revellers don their nipple pasties and disco-ball facemasks for clubs online. The city that proudly never sleeps has seen more than 90,000 of its residents test positive...
This photo taken on March 27, 2020 shows the nightclub Zouk's DJs performing in front of a video camera during a ‘cloud-clubbing’ party that was live-streamed. — AFP pic
And celebrity DJ D-Nice has drawn massive virtual crowds to his marathon Instagram Live sets including everyone from Rihanna and John Legend to Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. But in the quarantine age they decided to relax the rules to ensure inclusivity, especially for the regulars stuck at their parents’ house without glittering get-ups.
Rabkin said taking the dancefloor digital also allows the New York club to expand its audience as far as Europe or Asia. It brought a sense of normalcy to the venue whose social media content already often was censored for participant self-expression that skewed mature.New Yorker Nickodemus is among the many DJs spinning vinyl for the digital sphere, an antidote to stressful times that he hopes can offer respite to others.
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