Scene
From CDMX to NYC: how a rave brand crossed borders
SLIST was born in Mexico City in June 2021. A native New Yorker on a solo backpacking trip started an...
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cdmx
Events
Lee Eye en Astro: entre lo íntimo y el show
Cuando terminó la noche de Lee Eye en Astro, pensamos en lo raro que es encontrar este nivel de intimidad...
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The Grecia model: how CDMX runs without the founder
The question that determines whether a brand becomes an institution or stays a personality cult is simple: does it survive...
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The 800-person WhatsApp collapse
In September 2023, I deleted the biggest rave WhatsApp group in Mexico City. 800 people. Gone. It had gotten too...
Updates
The first Patreon subscriber
Before SLIST had a website, before we had ticket links or commission models or any of the infrastructure that exists...
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The Nalgoticas: weaponizing gender imbalance
The rave scene has a gender imbalance problem. Too many guys, not enough women, and that imbalance makes it harder...
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The Frankie partnership
The most important operational relationship in SLIST’s CDMX era started the way most things in this scene start: someone showed...
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Gig: 1-2 sets a week for free stays.
I’ve been playing here once or twice a week for the past 4 months (July 23rd time of writing). I...
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Gig: Invited on the day. Best start to the new year.
This story has a lot of funny parts, but starts off a little sad. The days before this event was...
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Gig: First flyer with my face! (alt flyer)
I was very excited about this event. The location was super chill, some of my favorite DJs had played here,...
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Gig: My first time on a flyer!
1 or 2 months before, I began learning how to DJ from one of the darkest dark techno DJs in...
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How SLIST started: a foreigner, a guest list, and a grudge
SLIST started because two women in Mexico City wouldn’t put me on their guest list. That’s one version. Here’s another:...
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The origin story
Everyone loves a good origin story. SLIST was founded in Mexico City on July 10, 2021 by Saimon Sekta —...