This Saturday, Razzmatazz‘s Electronic night Human is bringing Berghain to Barcelona, celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Berlin-based label, BITE. Established by Loverboy favourite & Berghain resident, Phase Fatale, BITE has released some huge post-punk/industrial/techno releases from Pablo Bozzi, Compromat and of course the label boss himself since 2018.

To celebrate turning five years old, Phase Fatale will be taking over Human on Saturday night, along with Jealous God founder, Silent Servant & Spain’s own Reka who has released via Fleisch Records and of course, BITE. Loverboy speaks to Pere & Lucas, the duo behind Human, to find out more about what the future holds for the club and the importance of inclusivity.

Guys, congratulations on the first eighteen months of Human! What did you want to accomplish with the night?
Thank you! We wanted to separate Human from the big room at Razzmatazz to be able to offer a medium size electronic club in Barcelona, something that’s missing right now in the city with this kind of program. That helps having a proper audience and environment to enjoy a clubbing experience.

What have been some of your personal highlights so far?
Well, we already had a huge amount of amazing nights, but probably the most special ones are the extended events we do starting in the evening. “Journeys” are the ones for long DJ sets and “Pre-Human” for nights with a lot of names including live acts, a kind of a minifestival 🙂
We did a Journeys event 2 weeks ago with a Berlin collective called Herrensauna and it was amazing, a lot of queer audience came to the club and I think they felt comfortable.

BITE celebrates its 5th Anniversary with Human on Saturday night. What can we expect?
You will find the finest dark and industrial techno this Saturday at Human’s main room with BITE’s label night. Also, at Lolita we have another label night, Curtis Electronix, this one focused on electro.

Phase Fatale comes from the legendary Berghain, famous for its union of techno and the  Queer community…
Yes, techno and the Queer community have a long story together that started in Detroit. In that time it was musically mixed with ‘House’ and ‘Disco, even the proper Detroit Techno was. Our idea of techno these days maybe fits better with what is happening in Berlin more recently.
As a booker I think it’s interesting to notice what happens to the music experience in a club when people are looking for a safe space to dance. It’s so clearly related. When a queer audience feels comfortable in a dancefloor it also means that all kinds of people can be focused on music in that same space. Respect makes everything work.

Are there any local Techno queer artists playing Human that we need to be aware of?
There are a lot of local queer artists that play at Human but now that I’m thinking about it, they’re not strictly techno. We’re doing queer local collectives like MUSA, Caliente or Me Siento Extraña, but they’re more focused on trance, hardstyle, house and other music styles. I think young artists in Barcelona don’t play that “traditional” techno we’re talking about, like in Berlin for example. I don’t know why, honestly but it would be great to see a change here.

What kind of crowd do you tend to see at a Human night?
I think people come to the club for the music and that’s so important. Also, we’re reaching a more respectful crowd every time, but we’re still fighting to avoid some attitudes we don’t want to see and we’re thinking everyday in new methods to be as close as possible to a safe environment. It’s not easy because we have a 1000 capacity but we’re detecting a lot of changes lately between the youngest collectives and the crowd that makes us feel optimistic.

Telll us about inclusivity and Human…
It’s so important and we’re talking about this in the office all the time. We have an awareness team in the club right now in collaboration with the “Observatori contra l’Homofobia”, also our security are  receiving training in that direction. Now we’re also working on a new communication campaign aimed at raising awareness among the audience about how they should behave in the club. It’s delicate to tell people how to behave but we’ll try it to do it in a subtle way.

What else is coming up for HUMAN? 
In fact, there’s something that fits perfectly here. We’re working on a new techno project with Human for Sunday evenings that’s very much oriented to the Queer community. I can’t say more at the moment but we’ll announce it soon 🙂

Phase Fatale, Silent Servant & Reka play Human at Razzmatazz this Saturday, 21st October from 01h00 Sunday morning.

Tickets are onsale now at www.salarazzmatazz.com