Wild City #249: Paloma
27 May 2025
In its first quarter itself, Paloma's Wild City mix connects the low-end rattling bass of Joy Orbison's 'Flight.fm' to the tribal house of Nick Léon's 'Xtasis' before proceeding to the melodic runs of Charanjit Singh. This itself clues you in on the quick genre-hopping that the DJ, surfer, model and TV host does on the mix, which reels dancers in with the popular, more accessible numbers before going on to deeper cuts of acid house, melodic techno and adjacent styles.
Taken from her performance on New Year's at Sri Lanka's Closenberg Hotel, the regular spot for Tropical Wax, the party-throwing and lifestyle collective co-founded by Paloma, the mix progressively echoes the shifting of night into the morning, turning the mood gradually to the introspective as the psychedelic textures of Floating Points' 'Fast Forward' usher in the final quarter of the mix.
"It was 6 am at the 1860 Closenberg mansion. A steel blue twilight electrified the sky, while the gentle ocean breeze swayed the palm trees and kissed our skin. The sun started to rise over Hanuman’s mythical Rumassala mountain, and glistened up the water in Dewata bay below. A dancefloor full of ravers enthralled in Unity, Mother Nature and my journey through bass, acid and techno." – Paloma