Vagator
Cliffside beach hollow once nicknamed Disco Valley, birthplace of all-night trance parties under the full moon.
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This guide to Vagator in Goa starts with a photographer's question from one full moon night in nineteen seventy-six: who was the shirtless man plucking a bass guitar on the sand? It follows him back to San Francisco's Family Dog ballroom and the Grateful Dead's all-night shows, and forward into the years he spent chasing that same communion on this beach, first on bass, then behind turntables, splicing hippie jam sessions with the electronic pulse of Kraftwerk and Depeche Mode. You'll hear how a private obsession with dancing until sunrise started drawing photographers down the cliff behind you. Climb the steps above the sand before you listen for the rest.
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