Body And Soul 15 Years - exclusive interview with Francois K, Danny Krivit and Joe Claussell

How would you say that the house music/club scene has changed in NYC since you started Body & Soul?

It got more and more gentrified and real-estate reached stratospheric prices, which pushed out all of the colourful characters that were making parties special, all the freaks, weirdos and misfits have now been relegated to suburbia, and a lot of the new venues in NYC have to make a lot of money to break even. So quite a lot of them resort to ‘bottle service’, where in order to get in you have to reserve a whole table and agree to buy an entire bottle of liquor. This is a completely different business which attracts a completely different crowd, and although it has thrived during the last decade, this may well change as things come back to a more normal pace because of the current economic situation - which in time will bring lower rental prices for new clubs that want to operate on a more underground level.

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