Hardpop Life: Clubbing in Juarez, Mexico Chris Parkin - The Red Bulletin
go to original January 13, 2014

Midnight in Juarez tells the story of the Hardpop Bundesbar, an international nightlife destination in the heart of the former murder capital of the world: Juarez, Mexico. (RedBullMusic)

Midnight in Juárez explores why the Hardpop club is thriving in Mexico's most deadly city.

Ricardo Tejada's club, Hardpop, is thriving. Every week world-famous DJs play to a packed venue. Thanks to the relationships he forged during his time living and promoting in London, Tejada is able to attract big, blockbuster names to a club that dominates the scene in Juárez.

But that's not the whole story. What makes the club's success so special is its location. As the film from The Red Bulletin above shows, Juárez is one of Mexico's most dangerous cities – a place where the murder rate at one stage in the near past was 5.8 per day and where drug cartels do their worst.

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