Updates
How we went from underground to legal (and why)
Someone asked me in August: “So just no more DIY raves then?” Yeah. One word. No qualifiers. No “maybe when...
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tone-philosophical
Values
I got arrested for throwing a rave. Here’s what I learned about policing.
I’m not anti-cop. I need to say that upfront because what follows will sound like it comes from someone who...
BTS
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...
Recommendations
Books that built the SLIST worldview
SLIST is a rave company that thinks about power structures, covenant theology, geopolitics, and the mechanics of how movements are...
BTS
The framework: how SLIST actually grows
Most collectives talk about growth like it’s a marketing problem. More followers, bigger headliners, shinier production. SLIST operates on a...
Dark Culture
The SLIST doctrine
Every organization has values. Most of them are corporate filler — aspirational nonsense designed to look good on a website...
Values
Diversity of thought
The underground music scene has built a reputation on inclusion. Open doors, safe spaces, radical acceptance. These are foundational values,...
BTS
How we democratized the guest list
Guest lists in the rave scene have always operated on the same principle: know the right people or pay full...
Recommendations
Dark films that shaped SLIST
View the full IMDB list Dark film is not horror. Horror wants to scare you. Dark film wants to sit...
Recommendations
Dark albums that belong in every DJ’s library
Darker music makes me feel nostalgic and cathartic. I enjoy those feelings. That’s the root. This is not a genre...