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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J In the early days it was the promoters pocketing most of the cash.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN In the 90's the promoters made out like bandits, some clubs and raves were charging £10-20 to get in and on big nights up o $50, yet top DJ's we paid £2000 for two or three hour set, and supporting DJ's or WArm Ups were typically £500 tops.

Interesting, didn't know that, maybe it was specific to the Uk though? In any case, it seems like that relationship is now almost inverse, where promoters get the short end of the stick since even more popular underground artists will often have outrageous booking fees that will swallow most of the revenue made on the night with covers and drinks. I remember one of the guys from Concrete (probably the biggest underground clubs in Paris the last 6 or 7 years) talking about how fees for many artists have almost doubled each other for the past few years.

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June 2018 mix