{"id":29652,"date":"2024-11-26T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=29652"},"modified":"2025-03-11T18:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:39:56","slug":"interview-narciss-morphena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/interview-narciss-morphena\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Narciss &#038; Morphena: &#8220;Dance music was always queer&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fresh in the energy of an unforgettable <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/amsterdam-dance-event-2024-2\/\">Amsterdam Dance Event<\/a><\/strong> week\u2014featuring packed panels, thrilling B2B sets, and a new release\u2014 we had the pleasure of catching up with <strong>Narciss <\/strong>and <strong>Morphena<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Partners both in music and in life, their shared passion for crafting emotionally charged, genre-blurring tracks has made them two of the most exciting names in today\u2019s electronic music scene. 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