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Saying he wants the Trocadero to be London's Berghain
It's all well and good London having a Night Tube at the weekends, but the UK capital will never be a true 24-hour city until it has club venues that stay open all weekend long. You just have to look at Berlin to see how to do it properly. Ravers from across the world flock to the German capital to spend hours and hours on the Berghain dancefloor, sweating out to relentless techno or witnessing the daylight magic of Panorambar. The closure of East London nightspot Dance Tunnel sparked the business wires of Four Tet last year, tweeting that he wanted to buy closed LDN entertainment complex Trocadero and "turn it into the London equivalent of Berghain". With it being located in central London, we doubt it being a techno club would be too viable. He was also invited to City Hall by London Mayor Sadiq Khan last September, so big love to him for defending the capital's nightlife.
Making a playlist of music from "Trump's banned countries"
When United States President Donald Trump outrageously said he would be banning immigration of Muslim-majority countries, Four Tet spun the negativity into a playlist of positivity. Hebden had collaborated with Syrian musician Omar Souleyman on 'Bahdeni Nami' in the past, but pointed out that it wouldn't be able to happen again if Trump's order was successfully passed. With that in mind, he decided to go on a hunt of music from countries including Syria, Yemen and Iran and share them via a playlist. He said on Twitter Folkways Recordings was a main location for his search and you can check out his finds here. BTW, the playlist has now been updated with a bunch of other tracks including his new one 'Two Thousand And Seventeen'. Bonus.
