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What does it mean to run an underground dance label for twenty years? Admittedly I should have the answer to this question but in reality every label is different and every story is different too.
Damian Lazarus launched Crosstown Rebels in 2003, having previously worked at FFRR and run City Rockers with Phil Howells. It quickly became one of the most important house labels and has released an enormous amount of significant and generally great music over the years.
He also runs the Get Lost party in Miami and Day Zero near Tulum, and we actually spend most of the conversation discussing these events and Damian's experiences at Burning Man which partly inspired them.
We also discuss the changing nature of the scene, the importance of certain substances, and hedonism generally, as well as what it means to run a label twenty years after having started one.
This is a great episode and you're definitely going to love it.
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