Katabatik

12/17/2025

DJ friends 📣 Complete the census, help provide useful information like this! 😉 https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FyUjJPJch/

09/25/2025

10 tix left Whitehorse! 😲 Dance event of the fall, with yours truly and Jon Gelinas on wax to bring the disco evening home!

Whitehorse! Only 10 tickets left for the Disco Dance Party!
If you do miss out we're doing the same show in Haines Junction the next day October 4th at the St Elias Convention centre . Same party, same show, same good times! We would love to see you there!

https://majorfunkmusic.com/shows

09/22/2025

It was a deep honour to share an Equinox set at Dance Temple Whitehorse today! Many thanks to the lovely people who came out to follow my rhythmic journey 🙏💛🧡 Here's a live off the floor recording (with the lovely Joanie's welcome).

My Dence Temple Set from September 21, 2025. Happy Equinox (and anniversary to my sweetie!)

08/18/2025

Wow, turns out folx love a theme!! Thanks to everyone who ran with the Pool Party vibe for my set at ! Especially lifeguard and babewatch .and.kisses🩵. We even brought the sun out! ☀️ Waadya think, should we do it again?

Photos: Julien Schroder

08/04/2025

Paradise People! Make sure to pack your floaties🦩and swimsuits👙for my
🌊POOL PARTY SET🏖️ at 5 PM Saturday!

07/22/2025

We're 'experienced'!! ✌️🎧 Tag an OG in the scene who keeps the vibe strong and would appreciate the scientific evidence!!

A new PhD project based at the University of Liverpool is taking a close look at how underground dance music scenes are still alive and adapting—especially in cities where nightlife collides with gentrification. The researcher is focusing on Liverpool’s current wave of independent parties and non-mainstream club nights, many of which operate outside the commercial core. The study tracks how these scenes form, how they resist assimilation, and what keeps them distinct from the EDM-branded mainstream.

One of the key insights is the role of older participants. The research challenges the idea that dance culture belongs only to the young. Instead, it highlights how longtime promoters, DJs, and dancers are still shaping underground scenes well into their 40s and beyond. This isn’t nostalgia—it’s about how identity, community, and music evolve together over time. The study also explores how different generations navigate subcultural status, influence, and what it means to still be seen as “underground.”

The research combines interviews, fieldwork, and grounded theory to build a detailed map of how underground nightlife operates under pressure. Liverpool serves as a focused case study, but the findings will resonate across any city where nightlife is being squeezed by redevelopment and cultural branding. The full study is titled “The Persistence of the Underground in Dance Music Scenes” and is currently underway as part of a doctoral program at the University of Liverpool.

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