I imagine that dancing at an electronic music show feels something like how going to church must feel for the religious. I’m not religious, but I love dancing and dance music, and there is something deeply moving and ritualistic about going to a show with a good DJ; dancing with the other revelers to a common beat, all of us united by a common goal: to have one hell of a good time, and appreciate the music for the miracle it is. Of course, there are some who simply want to stand around and get drunk, but I think that people who go to shows to dance feel differently. There is something beyond words, beyond the intellect going on here; something both primal and holy that compels us to move…

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