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After a Historic Year For Their Music Scene, Electronic Music In Cuba Is Here to Stay
In the the third installment of the series, we head to Santiago de Cuba, to see how dance music’s path through the decades has resulted in the scene’s most vibrant moment.
Here’s How Cuba’s First DJs Turned Economic Turmoil Into an Underground House and Techno Movement
In the economically devastated early 90s, DJs like Djoy de Cuba, Wichy de Vedado, and DJ Jigue, found catharsis in a new community of parties, clubs, and sounds.
Inside a Fetish Kennel in Upstate New York
A pup invited me to his sprawling "kennel" near the coast of Lake Ontario to photograph him wearing his functional fetish gear and get a rare look inside his pup haven.
Meet the Electroacoustic Pioneers Who Inspired Cuba's Dance Music Scene
Decades later, their work inspired a younger generation of DJs who helped push the island's burgeoning dance music community.
What I Learned About Britain From These Rare Documentaries on Youth Subcultures
The new BFI online archive 'Other Grooves' collects films about historical youth movements, from the founders of Carnival to pissed-up punks and 'long-haired layabouts'.
Watch NYC Icon Danny Krivit Reflect on Paradise Garage, Jimi Hendrix, and 45 Years Behind the Booth
In our latest THUMP Specials, we even get a look inside Krivit's 80,000 strong record collection located across multiple storage units.
The Men Who Transform into Living Latex Female Dolls
On this episode of 'VICE INTL,' we meet the people behind female masking, a curious subculture in which heterosexual men dress up as latex female dolls.
Furries Explain How They Developed Their 'Fursonas'
"Mukilteo was my first furry character, I had gotten this costume as a trade with another fursuit maker. This character is the bad dog. He wears a shock collar and he's a dog party advocate."
The MUNCHIES Food Census of Great Britain
MUNCHIES presents the first ever Food Census of Great Britain: a comprehensive mapping of 2016’s key food tribes and what they’re eating.
A Hazy Night at The Weed Eater’s Underground Book Launch Party
I was attending a not-very-legal book launch party, held in a downtown Brooklyn loft last week, for David Bienenstock’s new book, How to Smoke Pot (Properly): A Highbrow Guide to Getting High.
Why Cybergoth Refuses to Die
Too creepy for the ravers, too neon for the goths, cybergoths occupied a new space entirely, but as their numbers decline, what's next?