


The staff is very friendly, which is refreshing, and the music is loud and clear from all angles. I have deeply mixed feelings about Output. Its no-photo policy and lack of promotional interviews, as well as its talent buys, clearly mark it as a destination spot, as does its Funktion-One sound system, widely (though not unanimously) considered the best in the biz. Their schedule is a who's-who of the international DJ scene, either via the club's own bookings or through external promoters such as Bryan Kasenic of The Bunker, which throws its parties regularly at Output Q-Tip has a regular DJ gig there as well. Output is a club in Brooklyn, open one year, and the hub of Williamsburg's increasingly robust dance-music presence. Not that anyone was expecting too many surprises - a lot of hard, hiccuping beats and jackhammer bass, trap and dubstep and Dutch house, the lingua franca of mainstream nightlife the last few years - in short, what people mean by "EDM." for Skrillex's appearance, so I felt ready for anything. It had been snowing all day and raining all evening when the doors opened at Output on Friday night right after 10 p.m.

Skrillex on stage at HARD Day Of The Dead on November 2, 2013.
