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“Let There Be Rave”: Shane Gonzales Throws Down in an L.A. Warehouse
Midnight Rave is back. The event collective—an offshoot of Shane Gonzales’ clothing label Midnight Studios—was born of a love for rave culture shared by the 22-year-old designer and A$AP Rocky, and has been organizing warehouse parties in the depths of Los Angeles since 2017. The gatherings, originally born of Gonzales’ admiration for the ’90s nightlife scene that inspired his punk-inflected streetwear designs, have since become something of a staple for insiders in L.A.’s nightlife circuit. Last Friday’s Midnight Rave was also the official afterparty to mark the beginning of Rolling Loud, and featured sets from the likes of Zack Bia, Siobhan Bell, and Gonzales himself. Below, the designer-turned-DJ offers us a glimpse inside Midnight Rave.
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Shane Gonzales.
GOD $AVE THE RAVE ! GO TIME !
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Shane Gonzales. Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
IF GOD I$ A DJ , LIF3 IS A DANCE FLOOR !
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Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
DON’T $MOK3 ! RAV3 !
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Shane Gonzales and the professional skateboarder Ishod Wair. Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
MY BOY SHODDY FL!CKIN M3 UP !
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Shane Gonzales. Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
TH3 CALM B4 THA $TORM !
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Shane Gonzales. Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
LET THERE B R4VE !
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Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
TH3 MANY BEAUTIFUL FACE$ OF THA MIDNIGHT RAVE !
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Siobhan Bell. Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
$IOBHAN GETTIN THA VIBES RIGHT ! ONE OF MY FAV DJS <3
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Pro Skateboarder Alex Midler and Shane Gonzales. Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
MY BOY MIDS ! THANX 4 COMIN !
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Denzel Dion and Rickey Thompson. Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
FLY3ST IN THA ROOM ! D3NZEL & RICK3Y !
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Zack Bia. Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
MY BROTHER BIA HE4DLININ THE RAV3 ! GO TIMEEEEE !
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Justine Mae Biticon and Sophia Alvarez. Photo by Alan Karaku.
MURD3R ON THA DANC3FLOOR ! JUSTINE N THA GIRLZ 🙂
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Zack Bia. Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
NO S!GN OF $LOWIN DOWN WE JUSSSSS GETTN STARTED !
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Shane Gonzales and Jermaine Kemp. Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
JAJA BOUT 2 BLE$$ THA MIC FOR US ALL !
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Zack Bia, Shane Gonzales, Jermaine Kemp, and Luis Cano. Photo by Lucas Chemotti.
LI$TEN ! S33 ! D3STROY !
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Ski Mask the Slump God. Photo by Alan Karaku.
