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<h2 id="orgd1c868c">Premier Impact Retrospective</h2>
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<h2 id="org593803a">Premier Impact Retrospective</h2>
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<h3 id="org0ead2d0">Introduction</h3>
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<h3 id="org93f7a00">Introduction</h3>
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This is a retrospective on <a href="https://paris.reloadreset.net/"><i>Premier Impact</i></a>, a music event we held on the 10th of May 2025.
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<h3 id="org53cca80">Organisation</h3>
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<h4 id="org70230d0">Context</h4>
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<h4 id="org8cb35a3">Context</h4>
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A bit of context that&rsquo;ll help illustrate some of the organisational difficulties involved in the event:
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<h4 id="org652ad70">Motivation, Branding &amp; Concept</h4>
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<h4 id="org631c058">Motivation, Branding &amp; Concept</h4>
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The event theme was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doujin_music">doujin music</a> and generally <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-core">J-core</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakcore">breakcore</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_song">anison</a>, though in practice we gave DJs complete free reign as to what to play and the event was better characterized as &ldquo;we invite our friends to play good music&rdquo;; it&rsquo;s perhaps best understood in relationship to other similar events<sup><a id="fnr.2" class="footref" href="#fn.2" role="doc-backlink">2</a></sup>. These events are already common elsewhere, but not aren&rsquo;t yet established in France, despite there clearly existing a sizeable audience for them &#x2014; our aim was thus to start putting this on the map here in Paris.
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<h4 id="orga771c20">Searching for a Venue</h4>
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<h4 id="orge72d088">Searching for a Venue</h4>
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Since this was our first event<sup><a id="fnr.3" class="footref" href="#fn.3" role="doc-backlink">3</a></sup> we went into this without existing contacts and without a confirmed audience. Largely because of this<sup><a id="fnr.4" class="footref" href="#fn.4" role="doc-backlink">4</a></sup> we mostly committed to finding a venue that would let us host the event <i>for free</i>.
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<h4 id="orgbe1a224">Finding a Venue</h4>
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<h4 id="orgb45ba21">Finding a Venue</h4>
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We originally got a reply from <a href="https://les-amarres.org/"><i>Les Amarres</i></a> on <i>April 4th</i>, so we were in communication with both them and <i>Spot 13</i> in parallel, but we only got confirmation they&rsquo;d be available on <i>April 15th</i>. They let us hold the event in their venue for free, so accepting immediately was a no-brainer. They even gave our staff free drinks and meals<sup><a id="fnr.11" class="footref" href="#fn.11" role="doc-backlink">11</a></sup>!
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Only now that we had a venue we ready to formally invite guest DJs and start putting publicity out. Promo went out on <i>April 24th</i>, less than 2.5 weeks until the event.
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<h3 id="orgca019f6">Event Day</h3>
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<h4 id="org21d1484">The Venue; Setting Up</h4>
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<figcaption><span class="figure-number">Figure 4: </span><i>All set up. The big subwoofer in the corner took four men to carry up the stairs; on the way back down after the event we used the elevator we had then learned exists.</i></figcaption>
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<h4 id="org7feaee5">The Event</h4>
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<figcaption><span class="figure-number">Figure 5: </span><i>Ravers. This picture is in the midst of the TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES of next section.</i></figcaption>
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<h4 id="orgfc1ef47">TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES; Our Act</h4>
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<h4 id="org1a305e6">TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES; Our Act</h4>
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Those that were present around the end of the event might have seen Apt and I frantically faffing about with two DJ controllers, three laptops and a bass guitar. We ran into two kinds of technical issues during our set.
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Looking critically, behind the scenes&#x2014;and to some extend unfortunately also on the stage&#x2014;this was an organisational mess. Some of this definitely could&rsquo;ve been prevented &#x2013; Apt and I take full responsibility for the original error of failing to secure a venue in time. Other hecticness in the planning wasn&rsquo;t really preventable&#x2014;there&rsquo;s a reason this post opens with a description of our schedule&#x2014;but will be avoided in the future. It was a learning experience for sure.
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<figcaption><span class="figure-number">Figure 6: </span><i>And to all children, congratulations.</i></figcaption>
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<h3 id="orgeb3fca0">Set Rerecordings</h3>
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