Inside LA’s quietest warehouse occasion — the place attendees commerce glow sticks for blankets

On Saturday nights in downtown Los Angeles, one warehouse occasion is buying and selling EDM for ambient music, and glow sticks for blankets.

At the “Remember Those Quiet Evenings” on July 11, friends arrived with pillows, settled onto the ground and spent the night time listening to Tibetan singing bowls, modular synthesizers and effected guitar. 

Before the principle efficiency, attendees ate, talked, journaled and ready to do one thing that may really feel more and more uncommon on a weekend night time in Los Angeles: stay nonetheless.

For some, that was exactly the attraction.

“It just sounds like a really good alternative to going and getting drunk tonight,” one attendee stated. “So, just doing the reverse today.”

The gathering was organized by Adam Weiss, a longtime Los Angeles occasion promoter who beforehand threw underground warehouse events. But after 17 years of sobriety, he stated the standard occasion setting not felt in line with the life he was constructing.

“The more I leaned into my sobriety, the more the warehouse parties didn’t actually feel aligned,” Adam stated. “And so I started being like, ‘What else can I do? What are the events to make people connect?’”

His reply was to start organizing what he calls “wholesome events” centered on meditation, reflection and neighborhood. “Remember Those Quiet Evenings” combines these concepts with the ambiance of an underground music gathering.

Once friends had organized themselves throughout the warehouse flooring, dialog pale and the dwell efficiency started. Adam performed singing bowls and chimes alongside musicians performing atmospheric synth and guitar, creating an expertise that attendees in comparison with a sound tub — however with a fuller dwell musical part.

One visitor stated the mixture of frequencies and devices made the occasion really feel totally different from different sound baths she had attended. Another described leaving “well-rested” and extra in contact with himself.

For Adam, the aim was easier than any formal definition of the occasion.

“The whole idea of this is just an invite to slow down and pause,” he stated, “and invite in stillness.”