As a mashup of Rihanna’s “Kiss It Better” and Luther Vandross’ “Never Too Much” plays over the speakers, a perky instructor guides us through 20 squat jumps.
“It’s only with friends that you can open up.” He then gives me my second unprompted sober-rave hug of the day. Once a signifier of unsanctioned parties, the word rave has never been more ubiquitous. While there are still echoes of its subversive origins in the current Brooklyn DIY scene, warehouse nights listed wit
On a quiet Arts District block beneath the 6th Street bridge, a gutted former Lot 613 is being reborn as Origin, an ambitious indoor-outdoor nightclub and live music hub.
Veteran rave promoters envision Origin as a 1,000-capacity, Blade Runner–style warehouse with modular patio stages, offering daytime community events that transition into intimate Afro-house and hard-rave nights.
Opening later this summer, the independent venue bets on L.A.’s booming electronic scene to lure wary Angelenos back downtown and help restore nightlife, business and street-level energy. Imperial Street was eerily quiet on a recent Tuesday afternoon in the Arts District.
The scrim from the Lineage cold storage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, just across the L.A. River, hung over downtown. The only pedestrians passing by one vacant dirt lot near 6th Street were a couple of teens on BMX bikes wearing smoke-blocking face masks. In a few months, this vacant lot will be a very different scene.
It will soon become the outdoor patio of Origin, an ambitious new indoor-outdoor nightclub and live music venue from two veteran promoters in L.A.’s underground electron
A rave (from the verb: to rave ) is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music.