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Music ‘for the weirdos’: meet the DJs of Möth Agency, an LGBTQ collective in Hong Kong
- Möth Agency aims to create a safe space for Hongkongers of different gender identities to enjoy alternative music, one of six DJs helming the collective says
- But putting on raves is just one part of what members see as a community project that’s also focused on social welfare and solidarity
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When it comes to the most popular gay events in Hong Kong, parties in Lan Kwai Fong blasting the Billboard Top 50 in rooms full of muscular, sweaty men may be one of the first things that come to mind. But it does not have to be.
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Seeing a need for more LGBTQ spaces in Hong Kong, a group of creatives joined forces to form Möth Agency, which launched on March 30 with a sold-out “Möth Landing” rave in a secret Kowloon location.
While members emphasise the collective is a community project focusing on social welfare, solidarity and musical performances, Möth is currently being helmed by six DJs.
“Dance music was pioneered by queer people of colour; it still is,” says Iranian-born Ahura Mazda (he/she/they). “Around the world, we see the emergence of queer collectives with such energy and unity, but then we look around Hong Kong, and there was close to no representation.”
Ultimately, the Möth team wishes to create a space “for the weirdos to enjoy alternative music in a safe space for people with different gender identities”, adds Loveless (he/they), who took his DJ alias from his favourite album of shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine.
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He describes his eponymous record as “fast, hard and relentlessly loud”, much like his choice of “abrasive, aggressive and borderline unlistenable” music.
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