Eagles & Butterflies
Parc Montsouris in Paris, France for Cercle
Welcome to Cercle, where the locations are always historical and the crowd is always impossibly good-looking. You’ve got Parisian influencers in vintage sunglasses pretending they haven’t been practicing their subtle head-nod in the mirror for three weeks. It’s the ultimate flex for techno tourists who prefer their kick drums served with a side of 19th-century architecture and a chilled glass of natural wine. The Eagles & Butterflies at Parc Montsouris in Paris, France for Cercle set transforms the lush park into a chic, open-air salon of immaculate grooves.
This Eagles & Butterflies live set maintains a remarkably tight 121.6 BPM, keeping things strictly in the pocket. Locked heavily into the 2A Camelot key, the Rominimal energy arc is a masterclass in restraint, floating on buoyant basslines and subtle, jazzy percussion. The mixing style is elegant and understated, perfectly tailored for a crowd that wants to dance without spilling their drinks. The Eagles & Butterflies Parc Montsouris in Paris, France for Cercle tracklist is a bizarre and brilliant crate-digger flex.
Casually dropping Mano Negra’s "Sueño De Solentiname" is a properly mad move, while Golden Bug's "Accroché à moi" keeps the Parisian chic levels dangerously high. Things kick off smoothly with a mysterious "Unknown" opening track that instantly sets the sophisticated tone. The set reaches a beautiful, sun-dappled peak when Diass's "The Sacred Dance" takes control of the park. Bizarrely but brilliantly, he wraps it all up with the commercial crossover closing track, Philip George's "Wish You Were Mine", leaving the hipsters wonderfully confused but smiling.