1.13 周六 • 魔女的游戏 - Lucia Lu

The Berlin born DJ and full time Icon is fusing punchy sounds with her highly energetic presence to serve a musical specialité through every night which made her way scratching through the surface of berlins yet so dark electronic underground scene.

In a city of DJ transplants, the born and bred (East) Berliner LUCIA LU is a standout in more ways than one. The DJ, community organizer, podcaster, model and co-founder of the popular Hoe_mies collective has become an unmistakable figure in a notoriously homogenous scene. Both in her former work with Hoe_mies, whose mission is to create safe spaces for marginalized people in a scene dominated by cis, white males, and in her distinctive sound as a DJ, Lucia Lu challenges the narrow conception and antiquated stereotypes of what “Berlin techno” looks like and sounds like, and most importantly, who it is for.

Lucia Lu’s warm, upbeat and soulful sets, which merge the cathartic danceability of house and techno with sassy pop, hip-hop and disco anthems from yesteryear, are powerful protests against the austere, self-serious atmosphere that dominates the electronic music sphere. Lu’s sound, and the joyful and diverse crowds that it attracts, are loving tributes to the original spirit of electronic dance music: a genre pioneered by queer people of color, who engineered a euphoric sound that allowed them to be and express themselves unapologetically, and to celebrate the beauty in one another, in total freedom.

Lu’s magnetic energy has attracted a loyal fandom who are just as enthusiastic about her music as they are about her commitment to making positive changes in the industry. With celebration and humor at the core of her sound, bliss is always in the air at Lu’s gigs — where dancers often look at each other in disbelief, as they sing along to ravey-remixes of “guilty” pleasures like Britney Spears, ABBA or Cher. Given the breadth of her musical knowledge and her chameleon-like ability to appease die-hard hip-hop and techno fans alike, with Lú you can expect the exxtraordinary!

在接触 techno 之前，Lucia Lu 伴随着 hip-hop, dembow reggaeton, dancehall 等流派长大，流淌于血脉中的非裔根源为她的多彩未来提供了养分。Lucia Lu 的现场总是洋溢着幸福的气息，时而能听到来自 Britney Spears, ABBA 或是 Cher 等人的金曲混音，亦能听到 Latin beats, Afro Dancehall 等流派书写着献给黑人舞曲的情书。本周六，Lucia Lu 已准备好为 POTENT 的舞池带来其标志性的活力节拍，准备好迎接魔女的呼唤！