In the the third and final installment of the series, we head to present-day Santiago de Cuba, where MANANA festival took place back in May, to see how dance music’s path through the decades has resulted in the scene’s most vibrant moment.

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SUB.Culture, THUMP's immersive documentary series, explores the past, present and future of local electronic dance music scenes from around the world: from the parties, festivals and artists who bring their local scene, global.

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SUB.Culture: Cuba (Part 3 Trailer)

[The final installment](http://thump.vice.com/en_us/video/sub-culture-cuba-part-three) of our three-part _SUB.Culture_ series on Cuba visits Santiago de Cuba to examine how efforts in the past are affecting the electronic music scene in the country of the present.

Thump Mix: Hieroglyphic Being

The Chicago native created this spacey, dense [new mix](https://thump.vice.com/en_us/track/thump-mix-hieroglyphic-being) for THUMP.

3\. Five artists on the lasting influence of _Paris is Burning_

Mister Wallace, Cakes da Killa, Shaun J. Wright, Bryndon Cook, Ghibli [discuss](http://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/paris-is-burning-25-year-anniversary) how the film influenced their personal lives and musical careers.

Stranger Things, Vol. 1 (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack) - Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

Stream the entire soundtrack from the hit Netflix show on Apple Music.

[Were mashups great](http://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/mashup-girl-talk-hood-internet-op-ed) or were they actually pretty terrible?

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Four years ago, Marea Stamper was ready to give up. Since her early 20s she'd been determined to make it as a DJ and a producer, and after years of doggedly pursuing this goal—teaching herself to play, taking every gig she could get, moving to Chicago from her hometown in Kentucky—she was certain she had failed. 

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Things have changed immeasurably since then. Not long after that hopeless moment, Stamper got a job as the talent buyer at smartbar, Chicago's best underground club. One thing led to another, and before she knew it she was traveling every weekend, playing gigs at many of the best clubs and festivals in the world. This was thanks to her personal resolve and her style as a DJ—party-rocking but smart, often blowing through disco, techno, EBM and '80s pop in a single set. But there was something deeper at play as well, which eventually made her a kind of house music icon. By rising through the ranks as an undiluted version of herself—an outspoken, queer-identifying liberal and feminist with a habit of sweatily rocking out in the booth—she gives the world of dance music a much-needed jolt, and her fans love her for it.  As we followed her on a string of gigs across Europe, we found her in the midst of a whirlwind, reeling from her chaotic new life but confidently charging through it, and still pinching herself that it was really happening.

Director - Patrick Nation 
Producer - Debbie Butts 
Director of Photography - Sim Higginson 
Dubbing Mixer / sound designer - Guy Clarke 
Colourist - Adam Clarke 
Production Manager - Lisa Telfer Brunton 
Executive Producer - Ryan Keeling 

Music in order of appearance / 
Hippie Priest - Mnoma [Argot] 2016 
Hippie Priest - Einn [Argot] 2016 
The Black Madonna - Exodus [Stripped & Chewed] 2014 
Hippie Priest - Cat's Sand Tomb [Argot] 2016 
Merle - You Make Me Laugh [Stripped & Chewed] 2015 
Garrett David & Adam Rowe - Space Jam [Stripped & Chewed] 2016 
The Black Madonna - We Don't Need No Music (Thank You, Rahaan) [Stripped & Chewed] 2014 
Hippie Priest - He's Drifting [Argot] 2016 
The Black Madonna - A Jealous Heart Never Rests [Argot] 2013 
Savile - The Only Rule Is Work [Stripped & Chewed] 2016 
The Black Madonna - We Can Never Be Apart [Argot] 2013

Between The Beats: The Black Madonna | Resident Advisor

We still believe. The honest, outspoken and fiercely talented DJ and producer is the latest subject featured on Resident Advisor's "Between the Beats" series.

Writer Kyle MacNeil [discussed](http://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/burial-essay) how Burial changed (and saved) his life.

Discwoman member UMFANG created an [exclusive mix](https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/discwoman-european-tour-mix) for THUMP in anticipation of their upcoming tour.

Resident Advisor [tracks](https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2716) the rise of Tokyo's Moko Shibata.

"Queen Elizabeth [Hoping](http://www.theonion.com/article/queen-elizabeth-hoping-she-dies-having-knight-any--53501) She Dies Before Having To Knight Any DJs"

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The Best Things We Saw on the Dance Music Internet Last Week

1. SUB.Culture: Cuba

2. THUMP Mix: Hierogylphic Being

3. Five artists on the lasting influence of Paris is Burning

4. The Stranger Things soundtrack

5. A look back on the mashup

6. Between the Beats: The Black Madonna

7. A tribute to Burial

8. UMFANG mix

9. Breaking Through: Powder

10. This headline.