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As the surprise guest DJ he has a big entrance in store. Meanwhile, high in in the sky above the venue, tech house and electro pioneer Felix Da Housecat is circling in the helicopter.

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The people below whoop and cheer as six of the air hostesses make their way onto the platform and perform a mock pre-flight routine to song and dance, advising people how to enjoy the ‘flight’ ahead. When the music stops and the elevated stage is cleared, the buzz in the venue is electric. Little do they know, that the best is yet to come…īy 11pm the hangar is packed and the beautiful people of Santiago shake in unison to bass-heavy tech house cuts, alongside dancers dressed as pilots and air hostesses, who smile and gyrate on the sidelines. People stream through the tunnel underneath the DJ in their hundreds, each double-taking at the scale of the venue. At the back of the hanger are two illuminated bars, backlit with gold equalisers which pulsate in time with the beats being served up by the DJ who is on a raised platform between the bars. We pop one open and start to take in our surroundings. Inside, the hangar is dark and industrial, and the entrance is marked by columns brimming with ice-cold Millers. We hand over our Miller Luminocity ‘Night Flight’ boarding passes (the only advance clue of the night’s theme) to the air hostesses who guard the entrance, beneath a glowing gold Luminocity sign, and we are rushed through a short tunnel into the venue. And the Luminocity crew have that covered - and some! We walk past the fighter jets towards the entrance to the hanger, holding on to loose items of clothing as the gust from the helicopter’s rotaries swirls around us. When you don’t have the outdoor summer heat, you need other ways to make the party rock. And while the weather and location are miles apart, the events are unified by their high-energy atmosphere, and the drink of choice, provided by the event promoters - Miller Genuine Draft. Tonight’s Luminocity - on the outskirts of Santiago in Chile - is the winter cousin of that event.

The sun shined hard during the day and the night was warm and alive. This is clearly no ordinary party…īack in January, we travelled to Punta Del Este in Uruguay for Luminocity - a surprise event with Fedde le Grand in the grounds of a millionaire’s mansion. Helicopters circle above us, searchlights surveying the Tarmac below. In the distance - through the darkness and the mist - lies a vast aircraft hanger, flanked by two fighter jets.

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Our driver speaks quickly in Spanish to the guard and the barrier lifts, allowing us through. The snow-capped Andes Mountains surround us on three sides and the lights of the centre of Santiago glisten beneath them. The car we are travelling in swerves off road and towards a military checkpoint. The night is black and the mist hangs low over the motorway.

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