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gillianthecat · 8 months ago
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Iago Hassuike (leading) and Felipe Lira (following) dancing lambada.
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paupelou · 11 months ago
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blackwomanvibes · 7 months ago
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Lakou Misik (Authentic Haitian Music) Concert|Konpa|Zouk|@BlackWomanVibes
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Jamming out to Lakou Misik (authentic Haitian Music) and Rara Bèl Pozé. I had such a fantastic time vibing to the melodies of Konpa and Zouk. The familiar tunes of love, solidarity, community and happiness with photogenic background portraits of every day Haitians surviving and thriving was the cherry on top. Join me on a two hour high vibrational Haitian Culture concert.As an Ace (Asexual) life outside of cishet patriarchal normativity often is lonely. Even as part of the LGBTQIA+ community, we are often relegated as a mystery due to the lack of media/social representation of Asexuals and being replaced as a + sign after the Q in LGBTQ(+). Amatonormativity may rule the day, but we still exist as the alternative and that’s beautiful. 💜🖤🩶🤍 Like the content? Support the content creator Cashapp: $BlackWomanVibes Socials: BlackWomanVibes 🔮 🧿
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worldlites · 2 years ago
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The 25 best things to do around town this weekend and next week
Return to menu Black Leaves Dance Company’s ‘A Chocolate City Nutcracker’ at Atlas Performing Arts Center The Black Leaves Dance Company — which describes itself as “all-Black, all-male, queer-inclusive��� — reshapes the Nutcracker’s familiar story to center it on a young, queer man looking for love at his HBCU’s Christmas party, and goes beyond ballet to incorporate African dance, zouk, voguing…
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purplespacecats · 7 years ago
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i found out about lycinais jean from a gifset of sapphic music videos from 2017, but after watching her videos on youtube and listening to her songs on spotify and absolutely loving all of it, when i looked there was no other content with her on tumblr which is unacceptable omg
so i felt compelled to fix that because y’all Need this video in your lives trust me
english translation under the cut
After all this time
I don’t understand
how
you can make me question myself
 After all this time
of me waiting for your return
that you’d deign to give me another chance
so we could get back on the path of love
 Like you,
I’ve repressed my feelings
I’ve tried to take a different path
to cherish someone else
but I’ve got you in my veins
and I’ve got you in my soul
 Baby
You’re the only one I take seriously
You’re the first ray of sun in the morning
Don’t doubt what links us after so much time
 I love you
Even if you can’t see it; you’re not god
Even if I can’t make you believe me; I’m not god
Even if there were two like you
It’s you that I’d choose
I love you
Read it in my eyes
put your hand against my heart
take what it’s giving you
It’s chosen you
 Don’t let dark ideas overwhelm us
Don’t let demons enter into our dreams                              .
Please
don’t let that control our life
because love takes two
 I’ve lived my life and I’ve learned
Today I can understand
what could have caused problems
if you want to listen to me
give me your hand
 I love you
Even you can’t see it; you’re not god
Even if I can’t make you believe it; I’m not god   .
Even if there were two like you
It’s you that I’d choose
I love you
read it in my eyes
put your hand against my heart
take what it’s giving you
it’s chosen you
chosen you, chosen for life, chosen you
 I love you
Even if you can’t see it; you’re not god
Even if I can’t make you believe it; I’m not god
Even if there were two like you
It’s you that I’d choose
I love you
Read it in my eyes
Put your hand against my heart
Take what it’s giving you
 I love you
Even if you can’t see it; you’re not god
Even if I can’t make you believe it; I’m not god
Even if there were two like you
It’s you that I’d choose
I love you
Read it in my eyes
Put your hand against my heart
Receive what it’s giving you baby
I love you
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pondok4d · 4 years ago
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Terang-Redup Disko: 'Hacep-Hacep' yang Menolak Mati di Kala Pandemi
7Meter   - Sudah saatnya berhenti bertanya apakah mungkin kita bisa kembali berdisko di klub di tengah pandemi. Bila klub tersebut adalah klub kecil yang dimiliki kawan sendiri dengan tamu yang saling kenal serta jumlahnya tak lebih dari 10 orang dan sama-sama berjoget dalam jarak sambil mengenakan masker, maka jawabannya cuma satu: itu mungkin. Disko hari ini tak ubahnya pesta privat dan terasa kembali kepada hakikat sebagai musik underground.
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Merdi Simanjuntak, DJ dan pendiri duo musik Diskoria, awalnya sempat cemas ketika harus memutar musik di klub pada masa PSBB transisi jilid II. Namun kecemasan itu lewat seiring waktu. Ia merasa aman di belakang turntable karena tidak ada seorang pun yang mendekat ke arah DJ booth. Hal lain yang ia syukuri adalah keputusan sebagian besar orang untuk menunda datang ke bar sehingga membuat bar tetap sepi.
Buat Merdi, memutar musik di klub pada masa ini adalah momen tepat untuk mengeksplorasi jenis musik. Tidak ada sedikitpun tekanan untuk memikirkan jenis musik apa yang disukai tamu. "Gue bebas muter musik yang gue suka yang biasanya orang-orang pada umumnya ga suka," kata resident DJ Zodiac Space & Bar itu kala saya hubungi via Video Call, Kamis (26/11/2020).
Siasat Bertahan Selama Pandemi
Selama pandemi COVID-19 yang mengharuskan orang-orang bekerja dari rumah, sejumlah DJ telah berinisiatif mengadakan pesta dansa virtual via Instagram Live dan YouTube untuk memastikan para pencinta musik dansa tetap punya hiburan saat di rumah.
Dalam wawancara dengan Jakarta Post, Anton Wirjono, DJ & pendiri kolektif musik dansa Future10, berkata ia merasa dirinya dan rekan-rekan seprofesinya perlu cepat beradaptasi dengan situasi. Awalnya Anton menyelenggarakan pesta dansa virtual untuk tujuan amal, kemudian acara itu berkembang jadi pesta dansa virtual secara rutin.
Lain cerita dengan Dipha Barus, DJ yang pernah jadi bagian Future10. Ia memilih mengadakan pesta virtual via Instagram Live beberapa kali setelah melihat antusiasme para followers. Ia juga terlibat acara pesta dansa via Zoom yang diadakan Zouk, organisator pesta dansa tersohor di Singapura.
Sementara Michael Killian, co-founder Zodiac Space & Bar dan salah satu penggagas kolektif musik dansa Pleasure, tidak langsung melakukan aktivitas serupa dengan rekan sejawatnya. Ia baru meluncurkan program disko virtual pada Juli 2020 yakni dengan membuat acara siaran konser digital selama 10 jam. Para pemain berasal dari kawan-kawan sesama penggerak kolektif musik dansa arus pinggir.
“Siaran konser 10 jam,” kata Michael menceritakan proyek masa pandemi yang saat itu ia rencanakan berlangsung pada Juli 2020.
Ia berkolaborasi dengan Sounds From The Corner, penyelenggara konser musik daring, dan Studio Rama, kolektif dan event organizer musik. Mereka membuat konser digital dengan penampil sejumlah music selector atau DJ untuk memutar lagu secara back to back.
Obrolan saya dengan Michael yang terjadi pada awal Juni 2020 berlangsung di tempat yang terlalu familiar—rumah tinggal masing-masing—dan diperantarai aplikasi video conference. Saya cemas saat melihat gestur Michael berulang kali freeze beberapa detik akibat sinyal internet yang naik-turun.
Saya menyayangkan obrolan daring itu karena sebenarnya saya berharap perbincangan kami bisa berlangsung di ruang bawah tanah yang berdinding, beratap, dan berlantai fuschia; duduk di atas sofa bermotif macan tutul; diterangi kemilau lampu-lampu disko yang menggantung pada plafon setinggi kurang dari tiga meter; diiringi musik dari piringan hitam yang mungkin memutar lagu disko klasik lantunan Donna Summer atau melodi soul Roy Ayers.
Dalam bayangan saya, mendengar lagu disko di ruang yang mengingatkan pada interior diskotek di AS pada awal 1970-an adalah salah satu cara menyegarkan pikiran.
Sebagian dari sobat Zodiac adalah anggota kolektif musik dansa arus pinggir. Sekitar lima tahun terakhir, kolektif musik dansa arus pinggir di Jakarta kembali bergema. Kolektif baru biasanya didirikan oleh kalangan muda berusia 20 hingga 30-an sekaligus penggemar atau kolektor piringan hitam. Sebagian dari kolektif itu—misalnya Diskoria, Pleasure, Scrubs, HDYLW?—masih mencintai irama disko dan membuat beragam jenis lagu disko kembali eksis bahkan diminati ribuan anak muda generasi milenial dan gen Z.
Disko di Jakarta
Sebetulnya musik disko selalu eksis dalam ranah pesta dansa Jakarta. Namun, sejak masuk ke ibu kota pada 1970, nyalanya terang-redup, persis putaran bola lampu disko.
Sepengamatan Merdi, naik turunnya disko ini ada hubungannya dengan tren musik di luar negeri dan juga apa yang dikonsumsi orang saat berdisko. "Ini konteksnya di klub ya. Dulu kan kita sering denger istilah kalau mau 'hacep' musiknya harus kenceng. Maka itu House, Progressive House, Trance, jadi populer. Kalau disko kan sebenernya beat-nya konstan. Jadi orang tuh ditahan aja di beat yang sama, enggak klimaks-antiklimaks."
Pria yang pernah bekerja di Aksara Records ini menyatakan  bahwa di Jakarta musik disko kembali bersinar pada pertengahan 2000-an. "Tapi bukan klasik disko, melainkan obscure disco. Yang aneh-aneh lah musik diskonya. Terpengaruh produser musik luar seperti Prins Thomas dan DJ Harvy. Terus jadi inspirasi kolektif disko lokal pada era itu misalnya Quirk It! dan Another Disco Dimension. Kolektif ini jadi inspirasi munculnya kolektif lain yang membangkitkan disko underground." Masa terang disko terjadi pada dekade pertama kemunculannya di Jakarta, salah satunya lewat berdirinya Tanamur, diskotek independen yang didirikan Ahmad Fahmy, anak pedagang tekstil di Tanah Abang, sepulang studinya dari Jerman. Ia ingin membuat satu tempat hiburan baru yang belum ada di Jakarta: ruang pesta dansa dengan iringan musik dari piringan hitam yang memutar lagu disko.
Fahmy menyasar kaum muda dan orang-orang dari berbagai kelas sosial. Ia ingin membuat Tanamur terkesan “ramah” dan bisa dinikmati siapa saja, tak ingin seperti tempat hiburan malam pada umumnya yang ditujukan untuk orang-orang berkocek tebal.
Pria itu menata interior rumah kosong milik pamannya di kawasan Tanah Abang Timur dengan gaya eklektik: dinding dicat warna-warni seperti lampu disko, dihiasi lukisan batik dan kulit binatang, dan dilengkapi furnitur dari kulit kambing. Enrico Yoland, dalam skripsi bertajuk “Perkembangan Diskotik Tanamur di Jakarta (1970-2005)” yang diselesaikan di Program Studi Ilmu Sejarah FIB UI pada 2012, menulis Fahmy ingin Tanamur punya nuansa ‘Wild West’ sehingga bisa menimbulkan kesan hangat.
Ide Fahmy ternyata sukses. Setiap malam, Tanamur bisa didatangi 500-700 orang, yang melebihi kapasitas ruang. Kebaruan yang dibawa Tanamur menarik kalangan cukup luas seperti supir bus, mahasiswa, dan kaum pekerja termasuk para ekspatriat. Para selebritas gemar berjoget di diskotek itu. Tanamur pernah pula menggelar acara rutin macam Festival Diskotik dan Penari Soul yang formatnya mengingatkan kita kepada adegan film Saturday Night Fever (1977).
Faktor lain yang turut mendukung kesuksesan Tanamur adalah fenomena munculnya berbagai cabang perusahaan minyak asal luar negeri di Jakarta. Para pekerjanya getol mencari hiburan selepas kerja dan pada akhir pekan.
Memang, pada dekade itu, musik disko sedang diminati kalangan kaum muda di negara-negara Barat.
Sebelum membahas lebih lanjut soal disko, perlu diketahui sejak awal kemunculannya disko punya berbagai macam makna dan batasan bergantung dari orang yang menikmati atau pembesar atau penggerak disko. Secara terminologi, diskotek merujuk pada ruang yang dipenuhi piringan hitam. Disko adalah kegiatan berdansa dengan mendengarkan lagu dari piringan hitam. Definisi ini muncul pada 1940-an di Paris. Saat itu orang yang biasa berdisko adalah tentara. Kemudian, pada 1960-an di Inggris, media massa memakai kata disko untuk merujuk klub malam.
Di AS, disko lahir sebagai musik arus pinggir bagi mereka yang gemar berdansa dengan iringan piringan hitam. Di antara para pelopornya adalah orang-orang kulit berwarna dan kulit hitam yang memodifikasi tempo beberapa jenis musik seperti soul, funk, jazz; juga kaum queer yang menggamit musik disko dan diskotek sebagai ruang hiburan tempat mereka diterima dan bisa bersenang-senang secara leluasa.
Itu kemudian membuat disko tak cuma hadir sebagai jenis musik, tapi bermakna sebagai subkultur. Diskotek adalah ruang bagi kaum minoritas bersenang-senang. Dan, dengan musik yang membuat semangat itu, mereka berdansa dengan busana sebagus-bagusnya dalam ruang yang ditata seglamor mungkin—membuat para penikmat disko seperti tuan rumah yang paling berkuasa. Di AS, disko berkembang jadi budaya populer setelah diangkat layar lebar dalam Saturday Night Fever.
Di Indonesia, berdasarkan arsip yang terpublikasikan, sejarahnya cukup berbeda. Disko besar bukan karena seorang music aficionado atau golongan minoritas penggemar disko yang hendak membangun ruang mengekspresikan diri, tetapi dari orang yang menggemari keriaan disko: musik dan dansa yang energik.
Tanamur turut menginspirasi berdirinya diskotek independen di dalam negeri yang diadakan di luar hotel atau gedung perkantoran. Ini membuat radio lawas populer seperti Prambors terus-terusan memutar musik disko dan menginspirasi musisi dalam negeri membuat lagu berirama ceria. Fariz RM, Chrisye, dan musisi Indonesia lawas lain ramai-ramai mengeluarkan genre pop disco yang saat itu tengah laris. Demam disko ini juga secara tidak langsung berdampak pada munculnya kolektif musik dansa pada 1970-an, yakni Merindink Disko.
Anggota kolektif itu di antaranya Adiguna Sutowo dan Christine Hakim. Geng Merindink Disko masuk ke klub malam dan diskotek dengan membawa perlengkapan sound system dan lighting pribadi serta koleksi piringan hitam sendiri. Mereka rutin jadi penggagas sekaligus pengisi acara pesta dansa di dalam juga luar kota dan membawa musik yang mereka suka.
Sayangnya, tak banyak catatan soal kolektif disko tersebut. Nama kelompok itu meredup seiring meredupnya genre disko pada 1990-an. Disko dianggap musik jadul atau vintage.
Kolektif Musik Menyalakan Disko
Pada dekade kelima keberadaannya di Jakarta, disko masih dirayakan di bar-bar kecil oleh kolektif musik dansa.
Ketika disko kembali populer pada pertengahan 2000-an, Merdi turut membuat Hit Machine, program rutin pemutaran musik disko di salah satu klub di Jl. Iskandarsyah, Blok M, Jakarta Selatan. "Gue terinspirasi dari kolektif disko obscure yang muncul pada zaman itu. Ga cuma gue yang terinspirasi, DJ yang lain pun juga."
Pada 2012 Merdi bereksplorasi dengan memasukkan lagu Indonesia bernuansa disko ke dalam sesi permainan disko dan ternyata diterima publik. Dari sana ia semakin yakin membentuk duo musik Diskoria yang memainkan lagu Indonesia yang, meminjam istilah Merdi, "asyik dibuat dansa dan bernyanyi bersama".
Diskoria terbentuk pada 2015 dan sampai saat ini sudah mengeluarkan tiga single yakni "Balada Insan Muda" (2018), "Serenata Jiwa Lara" (2019), dan "Pelangi Cinta" (2020). Niat awalnya adalah mengolah lagu-lagu Indonesia lawas dan menyajikannya kembali dengan membubuhkan irama disko agar mudah diterima anak-anak muda.
Tak disangka, peminat Diskoria berkembang pesat. Jadwal manggung Merdi dan Aat masih selalu penuh. Klien mereka menyentuh ranah perusahaan retail. Publik mendadak tergila-gila pada irama disko dari musisi Indonesia. Ketika saya berbincang dengan Merdi dua tahun lalu, ia bilang jadwal tampilnya begitu padat dan perusahan-perusahan swasta besar mendekatinya dan berkata ingin mensponsori acara musik Merdi.
Saya percaya kolektif musik arus pinggir bisa terus bermunculan, apalagi di Jakarta relasi antar-kolektif cukup baik. Dan pertumbuhan ruang alternatif yang sevisi seperti Zodiac akan melanggengkan keberadaan mereka dalam subkultur ini.
Michael Killian mengenang sebelum ia meresmikan Zodiac pada akhir 2018, Pleasure rutin mengadakan pesta bulanan yang memainkan musik disko dan jenis musik lain yang tidak dimainkan atau tidak populer di klub pesta dansa besar seperti Colosseum, Dragonfly, Blowfish, X2, Jenja, atau Centro. Pada masa lampau, klub-klub itu tidak bisa menerima aliran musik disko ala anak zaman sekarang.
Jadi, awalnya pesta kecil-kecilan digelar di rumah teman masing-masing. Kemudian, karena peminat makin besar, mereka bisa menyewa tempat di bar atau restoran kecil di Jakarta Selatan seperti Yeyo, Bauhaus, Lola, Monopoli Hotel, Potatohead Garage (tempat-tempat itu berlokasi di Senopati, SCBD, dan Kemang; sebagian sudah hilang).
Mengapa Jaksel? Karena pemilik tempat-tempat di sana mudah didekati dan membuka diri.
“Mengapa tidak buka di Jakarta Utara, Pusat, atau Timur?” celetuk saya.
“Wah, sepertinya sebagian besar dari mereka punya referensi hiburan yang berbeda,” kata Michael.
“Pleasure ada karena beberapa teman saya ingin tetap punya hiburan seperti ketika mereka tinggal di London semasa kuliah. Hiburan yang kesannya lebih culture. Jadi kami bikin Pleasure waktu party scene di sini tidak seberagam sekarang. Belum banyak kolektif musik. Yang populer ya musik mainstream,” lanjut Michael.
Ia bilang akarkolektif musiknya adalah disco, house, dan jazz. Orang-orang yang datang ke pesta di bar kecil itu kemudian semakin banyak lagi dan Pleasure mendapat rezeki untuk membuka ruang sendiri yang sesuai identitasnya.
“Porsinya sekarang 50-50. Orang yang berasal dari lingkaran kami dan orang-orang baru,” ujar Michael.
Ruang yang tidak terlalu besar membuat Michael mudah menghampiri dan mengajak ngobrol “orang-orang baru”.Tidak semua dari mereka bekerja di industri kreatif. “Lawyer, dokter, staf finansial, pekerja di bidang politik. SCBD’s expats. Ada juga young market yang masih kuliah. Enggak nyangka juga. Kami bisa kedatangan 400-500 orang. Come and go.”
Saya lebih suka menyebut Zodiac sebagai ruang pertemuan lintas generasi pencinta musik dansa arus pinggir. Dua puluh empat tahun lalu, Anton Wirjono dan Hogi Wirjono mendirikan Future10 dan tahun ini mereka masih terlihat tampil di Zodiac; hal ini bukan hanya terjadi sekali. Begitu pula Merdi “Diskoria”, kolektif Studio Rama, dan beberapa individu penggiat skena ini seperti Belda, penggagas @nevertoodisco, yang punya slot reguler di sebuah klub bernama Safehouse.
Di samping itu, ada sejumlah DJ dari skena musik dansa arus pinggir di Tokyo yang tampil di Zodiac. Michael punya koneksi cukup erat dengan beberapa DJ di ibu kota Jepang itu. Koneksi itu terbangun secara alamiah. Berawal dari kecintaan yang sama terhadap koleksi piringan hitam, kemudian terjadi perkenalan dan berujung pada kerja sama. Michael jatuh hati dengan skena kultur musik arus pinggir di Tokyo yang berdenyut dan berharap Jakarta punya gairah serupa.
“Komunitas yang kuat itu kunci survive kami,” ucap Michael.
Michael membebaskan mereka memainkan musik yang mereka suka di Zodiac dan memberi ruang untuk tampil. Ia percaya, bagaimanapun juga, kawan-kawan penampil itu masih memiliki spirit yang sama dengannya.
Bagaimana Mereka Memandang Disko
“Manis, lirik soulful, energetic, uplifting,” Belda alias Imaginary Pirate, DJ dan penggagas program Never Too Disco, berbicara kepada saya tentang persepsinya terhadap musik disko. Lagu-lagu itu adalah lagu yang biasa dia dengar sewaktu kecil saat ibunya memutar kaset berirama disko di rumah mereka di Jakarta.
Belda pergi ke luar negeri untuk studi pada 1997. Ia menghabiskan masa kuliah di San Fransisco dan pernah menjadi anak rantau yang kebingungan mencari hiburan pada akhir pekan. Sampai satu saat, seorang saudara mengajaknya menghadiri pesta dansa underground di tempat-tempat seperti rumah kosong, bengkel kosong, dan ruang-ruang terbengkalai lain. Di sana ia menemukan musik-musik yang membuatnya tersenyum: house, techno, acid house, rock, dan tentu disko. Musik-musik itu dibawakan oleh berbagai komunitas musik di sana.
“Rasanya senang sekali. It brings back my childhood. Sangat beda dengan music scene di Ohio,” kenang Belda. “Waktu saya tinggal di Ohio, yang ada klub besar yang memainkan mainstream music: Top 40 dan progressive rock.”
Belda tak ragu untuk datang sendiri ke pesta-pesta itu. Di dalam pesta, para DJ bisa mengajaknya mengobrol; begitu pula para penyelenggara pesta dan para tamu. Suasananya cair dan membuka wawasan Belda. Ia yang semula kolektor kaset dan CD mulai mencoba mengoleksi piringan hitam. Di San Francisco ada begitu banyak toko plat.
Seorang kawan yang ia temui di salah satu pesta itu memotivasinya untuk mencoba jadi DJ. Ternyata Belda menikmatinya. Ia mulai tampil di online radio show, menyelenggarakan program pesta dansa rutin, dan manggung di sejumlah bar kecil.
Hal serupa ia lakukan ketika kembali ke Jakarta pada 2010 di masa belum banyak kolektif musik dansa dan Belda belum sering tampil. Saya sendiri mulai familiar dengan Imaginary Pirate pada 2013 saat ia kerap tampil di bar Mondo Kemang (kini sudah tutup). Seiring waktu namanya kerap muncul dalam pesta-pesta di bar kecil seperti Safehouse, Slits, dan Zodiac. Ia membentuk kolektif musik dansa bernama How Do You Like Wednesday? (HDYLW?) yang rutin tampil setiap Rabu di berbagai bar.
“Sepengamatan aku, Jakarta ini advance dibanding scene sidestream di negara-negara ASEAN lain. Kolektif di Jakarta pintar cari lagu. Mereka bisa tahu dan in line sama hal apa yang sedang diperbincangkan di sidestream culture scene di Berlin atau AS,” ungkapnya.
Tiga bulan terakhir Belda memilih "istirahat". Seluruh program yang ia buat atas nama Never Too Disco, HDYLW?, dan Imaginary Pirate bisa dinikmati via platform Mixcloud. Ia tak cuma memainkan disko melainkan musik yang dipengaruhi oleh disko.
Januar Kristianto, pekerja di agensi kreatif dan music selector yang beberapa kali menjadi penampil sekaligus pelanggan setia di Zodiac, berkata kepada saya bahwa “disko adalah musik yang inklusif.”
“Ada energi yang tercipta dari situ. Ada ekspresi, semangat, variety of sound—disco house, classic disco, new disco, disco reggae.”
“Dan gue lihat tempat ini adalah opsi alternatif dengan spirit underground disco yang sebelumnya enggak ada,” kata Jan, yang juga personel band Vague.
“It’s also diverse. Roots gue sebenarnya punk dan gue melihat ada napas punk juga di disko. In terms of the diversity, lintas gender, everyone is welcome. Very open.”
“Enggak jadi 'terlalu Jaksel' dan hanya buat kalangan tertentu saja, ya?” tanya saya.
“Orang suka punya preconception yang bikin mereka pikir ini cuma buat kalangan tertentu. Mungkin ini terlihat sebagai kalangan tertentu karena kebetulan network-nya di situ. Tapi, basicly semua orang bisa saja,” jawab Jan.
Apa pun arti disko bagimu, yang jelas lantai dansa bisa terbuka untuk siapa saja yang ingin bersenang-senang. Kultur arus pinggir ini akan selalu ada selama kolektif terus bergerak.
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elcandelario · 6 years ago
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8 Transgender Athletes Explain What Fitness Means To Them
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8 Transgender Athletes Explain What Fitness Means To Them
Transgender people face a particular set of challenges when it comes to spaces where people exercise and compete. Here, eight athletes tell BuzzFeed Life about their experiences with fitness, movement, and competition.
1. The yogi
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“Every time I practice yoga I am choosing to be happy and healthy.” —Sparkle Thornton
Sparkle Thornton, 33, is a yoga instructor and massage therapist who lives in the Bay Area. Originally from Asheville, North Carolina, she started practicing yoga when she was 19 and became an instructor at age 25. This March she’s leading Yogay, a yoga retreat in California for queer and transgender people. Thornton shares how her yoga practice helped her realize that she wanted to transition, and how, almost 15 years since she started, yoga continues to be her source of emotional well-being and self-care.
When I started practicing yoga it started to really come up that I wanted to transition. Of course it was in there all along, the desire was there. I didn’t have the words for it but I knew that I wanted to grow up and be female when I was 5 years old. Yoga has this way of stirring things up, like whatever has been buried and whatever the things are that we are trying to ignore. For me that was that I was trans. It helped me to feel comfortable in my body. I really think yoga is why I’m still alive and why I’m happy and thriving now.
For me [practicing yoga] has always been mental health. I feel so much more able to face the world when I’ve practiced yoga. I don’t really trust myself to make good decisions until after I’ve done yoga. If I’m really worried about something or feeling impatient it’s probably because I haven’t practiced. It keeps my state of mind open and aware of what might be unfolding that I don’t have control over. So for me it feels like necessity. If I don’t do it, I suffer.
2. The running CrossFitter
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“I am actively in search of my body’s limits and I don’t think I’ve found them yet.” —Niki Brown
Originally from Iowa, Niki Brown, 30, is a web developer who lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He grew up running track and cross country and playing soccer. He’s still a runner — a half-marathoner and, since last year, a marathoner. He also competes in local fitness competitions. He tells BuzzFeed Life about how his transition impacted his mental toughness and his connection to his body.
I definitely think transitioning has made me stronger mentally. Some of the stuff I’ve had to deal with — people not handling it well, family members not talking to me — I have to get past it, deal with it, get stronger. I think that translates to the mental toughness of [running a marathon]: “OK, I have to be running for four hours and when your knee hurts saying nope, turn it off. Keep going.”
My whole life I felt disconnected from my body, so working out helps with that. I don’t even know if I have the words to accurately describe it. … It’s difficult to put into words. I am still getting used to being connected to my body in that way.
3. The MMA fighter
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“My strengths right now are my determination and my will.” —Fallon Fox
Fallon Fox, 39, is the first professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter to come out as transgender. Initially interested in learning martial arts for self-protection, she started training Brazilian jiujitsu in late 2007, picked up Muy Thai a couple years later, and less than a year after that started training in MMA, in which opponents fight using a variety of styles from Brazilian jiujitsu and Muy Thai to wrestling, judo, and kickboxing. She will be featured in Game Face, a documentary about LGBTQ athletes, set to be released this year. She talks about getting inspired to learn MMA by watching other women fighters, what happened when UFC host Joe Rogan made public comments about her gender identity, and how professional competition can be more inclusive of transgender fighters.
The thing that inspired me the most was other female fighters, these older style fighters before women’s MMA became popular. I was blown away because women were actually fighting. They were letting women fight. I’d never seen that intensity, that assertiveness, that skill. … I felt I needed that for my own assertiveness. I felt I was lacking that for my own self-protection.
[It would help trans people if] promotions [the organizations that produce MMA matches] hire trans fighters. Or they can punish their employees and fighters who say transphobic comments and slurs. That would help us out the most, promoting the perception of reality that we are who we say we are. I suppose it should be looked at like this. [When MMA celebrities] say transphobic comments, they kind of set the pace for the kind of negativity that fans might have. They stir it up. They light the fire under it. When [UFC host] Joe Rogan said those comments, the fans would come to me online or while I’m fighting and say they heard it from Joe Rogan. That affected me in the beginning. It affected me a lot. I wasn’t used to that. I had to get used to having names yelled at me while I was trying to do my job.
4. The track star turned weightlifter
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“I was a strong female, but not where I wanted to be, where I imagined myself being.” —Jordan Davis
Jordan Davis, 24, is a nursing student from Oklahoma City. He started taking testosterone in August 2014, but even before starting his medical transition, Davis says he always identified with guys and was almost always assumed by strangers to be a boy. In high school he was a state champion sprinter, but nowadays he’s more of a bodybuilder. He starts every morning with about a 20-minute high-intensity interval circuit of pull-up variations and pushups, and then, five days per week, spends about two hours lifting in the gym. He speaks here about how his transition has helped him feel more comfortable while working out, as well as how it’s impacted the way he thinks and feels about his body.
When you run track [on the girls’ team] the uniforms you have to wear are just totally not me. I was real uncomfortable; it felt like something I was forced to do. As soon as the race was over I would go put my clothes back on. I never really liked my body even though I was pretty cut up. Now my fat has redistributed, so it’s like my upper body is really big and I’m a lot more solid up top than I used to be, so it’s a lot more comfortable for me now that I am on T [testosterone].
I used to feel real self-conscious. I kind of still do because I’m still not as big as I want to be. I’m getting there…I have to kind of remind myself that most of the guys at the gym are cis male, so I’m like a 16-year old compared to them. I have to remind myself of that and look at where I came from. I keep my headphones in and focus on myself instead of looking around. It’s easier if you do it like that. [It’s better to] think about the goals that you’re trying to reach and not worry about people around you.
5. The CrossFit coach and competitor
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“I embrace every change that happens to my body…I love how my body feels.” —Chloie Jonsson
Chloie Jonsson, 35, is an Olympic lifter and CrossFit athlete and coach in Morgan Hill, California. She started CrossFit in 2010, and told BuzzFeed Life (and her lawsuit complaint notes) that in spring 2013 she was told by CrossFit Games general manager Justin Bergh that competitors must register under their original gender. CrossFit’s general counsel later confirmed that she would “need to compete in the Men’s Division.” Jonsson, who medically transitioned almost 20 years ago at the age of 16, is suing CrossFit for discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and unfair competition. She talks here about loving her body and using it to move heavy weight, and how CrossFit HQ’s competition ban has affected her.
I love the feeling of working out and using my body. Like during Olympic lifting, to move the amount of weight that I can, it’s a super empowering feeling knowing that this little tiny frame can make something so heavy move. I’ve never had that [self-consciousness when working out]. I feel my best when I am working out. I work out in barely any clothing. I don’t prefer clothing; if the world could be naked that would be amazing. I’m pretty comfortable with my body.
It was pretty heart-wrenching when [the CrossFit ban] first happened because I was not an out individual. I identified as trans, but was stealth; I came out publicly this past year. The reason was because CrossFit said “no,” so I found a lawyer. They told me if you want to move forward, your entire life is going to change. It took me 60 days to really get comfortable with the fact that my entire community would know about me being transgender. It was a pretty big step. I knew I had to do it because what they were doing to me was wrong, and if they were going to do it to me they were going to do it to other people.
6. The martial artist and bodybuilding enthusiast
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“I am definitely more aware of and in love with my body.” —Neo L. Sandja Neo L. Sandja, 30, is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and lives in Atlanta. He’s the president and founder of FTM Fitness World, the first-ever bodybuilding competition for trans men. He trains Korean Taekwondo and has studied karate and Brazilian jiujitsu. He dances zouk, salsa, kizomba, and other Latin dances, and does bodyweight workouts at home: pull-ups, pushups, squats, etc. He speaks about gaining strength from vulnerability and the confinements of the gender binary.
Every time I’ve been vulnerable and accepted it without trying to control it, I’ve come out stronger. I don’t think the issue is in being vulnerable, but in allowing ourselves to experience vulnerability so that we can learn to be strong. The more vulnerable you become, the stronger you can get. I’ve certainly experienced dysphoria in many situations, especially in the gym’s locker rooms; I realized that every time I make the step to get out of my comfort zone, life becomes easier and I become happier.
I think the barriers come when you don’t fit in a particular box when people expect you to. We still very much live in a dual world and we have a long ways to go before we can understand and accept gender fluidity. People still expect men to be and act a certain way and women to be and act another way. But I think that’s the beauty of being trans. We can see it as a chance to redefine what being a man or a woman is, not for the world, but for ourselves.
7. The fitness coach
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“I’m going to be me.” —Alex Gutierrez
Alex Gutierrez, 27, is a Florida-based fitness coach who plans to one day soon quit her day job to be a full-time personal trainer. She’s experienced numerous transformations over the last few years, from her 85-pound weight loss, to falling in love with exercise and deciding to make it her career, to starting hormone replacement therapy and undergoing her medical transition. She talks about how working out made her a stronger person mentally, and how it gave her the courage to transition.
Insanity [the 60-day, high-intensity workout program] built mental toughness that gave me determination. Once you go through the entire program you embrace the whole idea that small things repeated can lead to huge results at the end. The consistency, the discipline of doing simple little tasks can add up to a future. That can give you confidence that if you truly put your head to it and make a plan, you can achieve whatever the hell you want.
Because of working out … I went on hormones. It gave me courage. If it wasn’t for fitness, I don’t really think I ever would have transitioned. Insanity saved my life. It gave me the confidence I needed to make a final step to start hormones.
8. The triathlete and trans activist
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“There is a confidence that has come for me in being authentically myself.” —Chris Mosier
Chris Mosier is an NYC-based triathlete and coach. He founded transathlete.com, a resource for information about trans inclusion in athletics, and started GO! Athletes, a support network of current and former LGBTQ collegiate and high school athletes. Last year he won the Staten Island Flat as a Pancake Duathlon, his first overall win in the male category. He discusses how his love of competition impacted his decision about when to transition, and why he’s committed to being an openly trans athlete.
Being an athlete has always been a primary part of my identity. I delayed my transition for over a year because I wasn’t sure how it would impact my ability to compete and participate in the sports I loved, and that was something I wasn’t willing to let go of easily. I was uncomfortable — triathlon is a very body-conscious sport, with skin-tight kits, and navigating the swimming pool was a challenge. I thought that I would eventually become more comfortable after transition, but I was concerned about my ability to be competitive. At that time I was doing well in my races in the female category. … I felt so uncomfortable with the classification of the female category that I wouldn’t want to share my results with anyone.
Figuring out my own identity was a lonely journey; I did not see myself reflected in any example I saw in the media or in sports. As an athlete, I did not know of any other trans male athletes who transitioned and were competing at a high level, and that is what I wanted for myself. I don’t want any other person — particularly a young person — to be able to say that. That’s why I am committed to be an openly trans athlete, and to my work with GO! Athletes. The media has a tendency to elevate certain voices and ignore important intersections of identity. I am committed to making sure not only trans voices are included in athletics, but that the voices of women, people of color, bisexual athletes, and other identities are all at the table when discussing policy, inclusion, and equity in sports. Sport is for everyone.
Interviews have been edited for space.
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Niki Brown competes in local fitness competitions. The original post mistakenly said he competes in local CrossFit competitions. BF_STATIC.timequeue.push(function () document.getElementById(“update_article_correction_time_4890379”).innerHTML = UI.dateFormat.get_formatted_date(‘2015-02-06 17:39:24 -0500’, ‘update’); );
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The events described related to Chloie Jonsson all took place in 2013; rather than having qualified for the 2013 CrossFit Games, Jonsson was, she says, invited by a team to join them as an alternate. And, according to her lawsuit complaint, it was actually in spring 2013 that she was told by CrossFit Games general manager Justin Bergh that competitors must register under their original gender. CrossFit’s general counsel later confirmed that she would “need to compete in the Men’s Division.” An earlier version of the post mistakenly said it was the 2014 CrossFit Games Regionals, that Jonsson qualified for a highly competitive spot as a team alternate, and that it was at that time that CrossFit HQ told her she’d have to compete in the men’s division. BF_STATIC.timequeue.push(function () document.getElementById(“update_article_correction_time_5083706”).innerHTML = UI.dateFormat.get_formatted_date(‘2015-02-25 10:03:43 -0500’, ‘update’); );
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