It’s a big World Pride celebration for Take 5, as the party comes to Australia for the first time and on the same weekend at Mardi Gras. Music (and dance music in particular) came from queer culture, and queer clubs are some of the most welcoming and magical spaces in the world.

So it’s fitting to have a woman who has found herself in the clubs, Take 5. HAAi was born and raised in Australia, but has made her name in music in London, where over the past decade she’s been dj-ing and refining her sound. Last year she released her debut, it was a soaring, dense, otherworldly, and beautiful record that was one of 2022’s best.

HAAi is back in Australia to play the Mardi Gras afterparty, and so I invited her to Take 5 with pride. Her embrace of this scene, and her invitation for us to travel inside these clubs will have you gripped till the end… I loved this conversation, it felt like I was hanging out with a mate. And from Skatt Bros to Sylvester, this chat will have you strut dancing too.

• Skatt Bros - 'Walk The Night (Cratebug edit)'
• Felix Da Housecat vs. Pop Tarts - 'Money, Success, Fame, Glamour'
• Bizarre Inc - 'Playing With Knives (Quadrant mix)'
• N-Joi – 'Anthem'
• Sylvester - 'You Make Me Feel'