Last week, I found myself riding a chairlift to the top of a mountain in the middle of an afternoon rainstorm, eating sushi on a cliff at sunset, and laying on the beach at 3 a.m. At each moment, electronic music was blasting. I was in St. Martin for SXM Festival, held March 13 to 17, a high-end music festival that’s been bringing house music to the Dutch and French Caribbean island since 2016. I’m not evenOf course, I did have my reservations about attending SXM.
SXM successfully fulfills its concept of intertwining the life of the island within the familiar music festival framework. Each night, a beachfront area called Happy Bay became the heartbeat of the festival with two large stages, immersive art builds, and a plethora of vendors and VIP areas. By day, the parties spread: One took place on a boat, another at the top of a steep mountain ridge, the others at various beach bars and restaurants.
On my last full day at SXM Fest, as I hung over the side of an infinity pool with a ti’ punch in hand, my phone stopped working. Gone are my videos of the massive party villa I was at, my notes from my conversation with festival founder and DJ Julian Prince, and most tragically, the really great bikini pictures I’d managed to get on the patio of the Hommage Hotel. While I’m sad I’ve lost this media, to no longer have a phone on the trip was something of a blessing. I was in St.
Naturally, it had been useful in the three days of the festival prior: I communicated with fellow festivalgoers on WhatsApp, looked up the schedule on the festival app, and checked the entirely unreliable weather forecast. But never did I reallythe phone, and notably, so did few other people.
The villa party, where my phone broke, was the undeniable highlight of the fest. Frankly, I don’t even recall who performed — all I know is that I was rhum drunk and eating a burger in a swimsuit watching the sun fall into the Caribbean sea. I managed to make it back out to Happy Bay, staying up till 5 a.m. and still making my flight the next day, sans phone. And while I may not have all my pictures or my notes from Julian, I do at least recall one thing he said.
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