Heard but not seen. The gentrification of Black music and the whitewashing of dance music history have created spaces which are codified as white, that is, spaces in which Blackness is heard, but not seen. The Black roots of dance music genres such as House and Techno have been progressively phased out. Capitalist enterprises have promoted a form of white hedonism which favours instant gratification over community building, preying on partygoers’ inherent desire to experience a sense of belonging. Recent efforts have been made not only to understand neoc… Lees meer