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Late last night while scooping the spam out of Crossfade’s constantly clogged inbox, we spotted a shocking subject line: “Bar Is Closing.”
WTF? It’s been barely a year since OHWOW‘s Aaron Bondaroff and Al Moran ran a blitz on the 2009 Basel scene by remaking the former PS14 space into a near-replica of NYC’s Lower East Side hipster institution Max Fish. And it hasn’t even been a full calendar annum since the place reopened under the superminimal moniker, Bar.
Anyway … Is our fave downtown hangout going out of business? We immediately emailed Moran to get the official story.
“[The rumor is] 100% not true,” Moran insists. “The only thing going on is that the building is changing hands so we’ll be sending our rent check to a new owner. That’s it.
“We have our one-year anniversary coming up with our friends from No Age spinning,” he continues. “We’re also gearing up for WMC and have already confirmed parties by Diplo and Mad Decent, Busy P and Ed Banger, Spank Rock, and the Do-Over.”
And just so you know that shit’s totally, absolutely, definitely not changing, Moran concludes: “Never a cover on any of these WMC events. As always.”
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