By 3am, there might be 2,000 people inside — more than many licensed clubs can legally hold. Sometimes police stand outside while organisers invoke squatters’ rights. Sometimes they never arrive at all. The conventional night out might be dying a slow death, but the free party movement is thriving, whether inside London or in fields, forests or barns outside the city. Forget the polished, Instagram-friendly sound dominating much of today’s club scene. The music you’ll hear at these parties will span donk, psytrance, techno and tekno, a raw, fast-paced electronic music genre born out of the free party movement.
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