PHASE Ctv x Balls Baile @ Secret Location – Madrid, Friday 8 July 2022

Phase Ctv (Madrid) and Balls Dance (Munich) joined forces last Friday, July 8, to close the Phase.ctv season in a definitive and family-friendly way. 

As usual, Phase.ctv, the electronic music collective based in Madrid, invited everyone to “come early, stay late”. From the start of the night at 11:00 pm we witnessed a display of techno groovy above 133 bpm that made the entire room vibrate. 

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The Munich collective Balls brought 2 of their DJs to Dance Guerrilla: BW, Juan Bermúdez who, in addition to their own sessions, performed half an hour of b2b to close Bermúdez's session. Johan Sebastian played third as a guest of both collectives. The audience gave themselves over to the dance floor, thus feeding back the DJs' own dedication to the audience. Balls gave a good example of how to do 2-hour sessions without losing the groove and without it becoming linear. In the profile of Soundcloud Examples of what is mentioned here can be found in the collective.

On Phase's part, guest Alexandre Laeddis (Hemisphere Records) closed the day by giving a techno recital reminiscent of Birmingham and with auditory references to a very specific sound that took us back to the mid-late 90s. Below we leave you with two vinyl sets from the collective so you can get an idea of the hopeful and danceable night that was experienced... Press play to transport yourself back in time and feel the tap dancing.

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The temperature on the dance floor remained for an additional hour, beyond the initially scheduled closing time. We witnessed a very dynamic vinyl session in which Laeddis pulled out more than one techno legend at the right moment (The Bells, Jeff Mills).

Phase.ctv started its journey in October 2019 and until the arrival of the pandemic containment measures they had time to carry out four dates in a format that differs from the current one. The collective was previously made up of 10 people who put together the lineup. 

Today, three people have come to put a face to Phase.ctv and their line-ups have veered from the familiar to a format that, while not abandoning familiarity, opens its spectrum to a sample of young talents (Luska, Vlessan), artists from the Spanish state with recognition within and outside our borders (Not a Headliner, Pushmann, Judy), DJs established in the scene for their years of experience and notable performances (Hector Mad, Eduardo de la Calle), as well as talents from the rest of Europe yet to be discovered by the majority of the public in our country (Ehrenschwesta, Neri J). They have also carried out showcases of other collectives to keep an eye on closely, such as t.label from Granada.

Anyone who has attended one of Phase.ctv's parties can attest to the fact that their motto “respect, love, music” is felt on the dance floor. The collective, with the collaboration of the public, tries to make their electronic dance days inclusive and safe, thus giving a certain twist to a scene that has been changing for some time towards more positive overtones for anyone who wants to be part of it. 

For the future, they are planning events of different sizes: from more family-oriented celebrations to landings outside our borders in cities such as Porto or Berlin. They also have their own seal They plan to continue releasing references in the coming months, already having several available digitally and their first Baby series (Ram Godt and Victor Muerte) on vinyl, of which there are still copies as of July 14.

Review by Adriana G.