Today I’m turning 24, and four days ago I experienced one of the biggest highlights of my year surrounded by my best mates
I'm going to try and explain why and how I ended up organizing a party in a crazy woodworker's workshop, so sorry if it's a bit long…it’s not everyday that I experience this…
Almost a year ago, I went to a gig with
@cedricmotorsport where I met a group of overly cool Londoners, and by chance, one of them told me about an emerging rock band in the UK sphere that I subsequently followed on instagram.
Last March, I saw a story asking if anyone wanted to organize what they called a “hang” in Paris, i.e. an intimate party like they were already doing in London
Those who know me know that it doesn't often take much to motivate me, and here I am, in contact with
@ayyybenjy , thinking about what we could do 7 months later
It's hard to find a venue, I'm not going to lie... Especially when you've got your own flat with a 15m² living room
But why not, it's a fun challenge and, thanks to
@coco2ss , I met her cousin
@josephdesoos who's a cabinetmaker in a crazy workshop in the heart of Paris
This guy is mad, because we didn’t knew each other, and when I told him about my idea, he told me the next day that it was okay (and he trusted me blindly, even though I didn’t really knew what I was getting him into)
3 weeks later, the band plays at Welovegreen and we show them around the workshop the day before, my first meeting with them. They're adorable, and I have a feeling we're going to get along so well, they've become the buddies in my heart
In July, I spend quite a bit of time in London (the band I met in January at the concert becomes family across the Channel, and they introduce me to the dj collective
@dyscuk , with whom I'm really hooked).
At the same time
@bbytheband released their first album, I discovered the hangs for the first time in real life and spent the best evening of my summer at their London venue. The vibe was insane, the people sooo friendly, we had lots of drinks and the stage presence they exuded was unlike anything I'd experienced before at any other gig
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