The Independent Electronic Music Party Scene/Circuit in São Paulo: A Panorama of the 2010s.

Resumo (EN)

The independent electronic music scene/circuit in São Paulo – techno, house, and their subgenres – migrated from clubs to street parties or venues in central areas of the city in the 2010s. This scene/circuit has a strong political bias, focusing on the uses of urban spaces, LGBTQIA+ rights, corporeality, and aestheticization. The ethnographic study of the activities of four collectives highlights their forms of occupation and reclaiming of the right to the city, as well as the diversity and temporal dynamics of the circuit. The independent electronic music scene/circuit in São Paulo (techno, house, and their variations) migrated from clubs to street parties or venues in central areas of the city in the 2010s. This scene has a strong political vision, emphasizing the uses of urban spaces, LGBTQIA+ rights, corporeality, and aestheticization. The centrality of music and its communicational and political dimension is evident: dance, body, and identities allied to the construction of ways of being together and occupying the city. A methodology centered on the ethnography of four collectives and their festivals, focusing on their collaborative/self-managed forms and ways of occupying and claiming the right to the city, as well as the diversity and temporal dynamics of the circuit.