‘DJ culture became weaponised elevator-music’: how Despacio is fighting EDM

A collaboration between LCD Soundsystem and Soulwax, Despacio plays deep disco and classic rock but, with a rig heavier than Metallica’s, it holds its own against the big drops of mainstream DJsJames Murphy is bleary-eyed as he welcomes David and Stephen Dewaele – the Belgian brothers behind Soulwax and 2manydjs – into his Brooklyn home. Jetlagged from a recent flight back from South America, where his band LCD Soundsystem just wrapped another leg on their world tour, heââ‚...

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