Michelle Lhooq is a writer who, by some combination of tenacity and youthful stupidity, decided to make a career out of being really, really good at partying. She was born in Singapore, an anti-hedonic country that William Gibson famously called “Disneyland with the death penalty,” and growing up under its extreme restrictions on assorted freedoms made her obsessed with drugs and nightlife like a bad kink.
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These days, like every romantic-turned-cynic, she prefers complaining loudly about the vanities of the rave scene – although when she is in a good mood, she also sometimes throws her own psychedelic parties in Los Angeles, where she is currently based. Her work has been published in The Guardian, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and her gonzo newsletter Rave New World.
Music Mentions
- Showtek
- Broken Social Scene
- Metric
- Ed Banger Records
- Uffie
- Dorian Electron
- Burial
- “Untrue” album by Burial
- deadmau5
- Crookers
- Boyz Noise
- Baauer
- Kaskade
- Armin van Buuren
- Avicii
- TYGAPAW
- Eartheater
- Physical Therapy
- Michael Magnet
- Discwoman
- The Lot Radio
- Ministry of Sound
Travels in Asia (24:58):
- Strange Weather
- DJ Daniel (SG)
- obese.dogma777
- Sai Versailles
- Endless Return (collective)
- vangogh666
- Pawnshop (club in Taiwan)
- Tsui
- Adam O
- Raja Kirik
- East Forest
- Bryan Kasenic
- Paige Emory
- Leaving Records
- “Intercommunications” album by Paige Emory
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
- otodojo
Q&A
- Resident Advisor
- Dancing Astronaut
- The Wire
Discovering music today (53:09):
- Tone Glow
- SoundCloud
Desert Island Discs (57:50):
- “Irisiri” by Eartheater
- “Healing Is a Miracle” by Julianna Barwick
- “Orbital 2” by Orbital
Guest recommendations for future episodes (1:03:29):
- Paige Emory
- Lil Internet
