RIDING THE SPECTRUM
This weekend, we’re throwing a banging all-night launch party with Spectrum Waves, one of the hottest queer club nights in Paris. David Le Naour is the 31-year-old Frenchman who founded it eight years ago, together with globetrotting deejay Léa Occhi. The mega-soirée unfolds over both grunge-glamorous buildings of La Station – Gare des Mines, with a line-up that’s not to be missed. Plus lots of sexy Parisians, including David. We checked in with him first for some Spectrum lore….
Why did you decide to start Spectrum Waves?
Growing up in Bretagne, I didn’t really have access to the spaces I needed, so I created them in my head first. We never really had a ‘vision’ for Spectrum Waves in a strategic sense, it was more of a need to create a space where everyone could exist fully!
If Paris is La Ville de l’Amour, where in the city is love most likely to happen?
Somewhere between the périphérique and a strobe light.
How would you describe the Spectrum Waves community?
Spectrum Waves feels more like a family ritual than a party. The crowd is quite mature, but not in a cold way, more in a conscious, caring way. There’s something very instinctive on the dance floor here. It’s not about showing off, it’s about letting go.
What’s the most likely phrase you’d overhear in a bathroom stall at the party?
“Wait…don’t go. I wasn’t finished yet!”
You publish a poem every time you throw a Spectrum night. Why is that?
For Léa and me, poetry is a way to create, to explore, and to externalize emotions that are sometimes hard to name. It lives in the way people look at each other, in the bodies, in the light on the dance floor. Here’s a few words for those around me, the ones who will recognize themselves:
Sitting on that cold leather couch,
I was looking at you,
right in front of me,
with that burning desire to hold you close.
Cigarette smoke in the air,
I felt alive beside you.
Your eyes carry promises
that only the night can hear.
