Venezuelan-born, Miami-made, Paris-based. The founder of PL0T on the DJs, rooms and nights that shaped her.
Becks is one of the nicest, and coolest, girls I met in Miami. She still inspires me with her creativity and her ideas.
When we did this interview in 2009, PL0T was two years old and she was bringing DJs to Miami that most of the city hadn't heard yet. She was also designing shoes and working in fashion, and she talked about all of it with the same appetite. Today she lives in Paris and makes images. Reading her answers again, I can see where that started.
Citizen of the world. Born in heaven. Rebeca Lange aka “Becks” does it all, from shoe design to fashion merchandising to PL0T at night.
I don’t limit myself when it comes to inspiration. You could get inspired out of pretty much anything. There are many times you sit with a blank piece of paper in front of you and don’t feel inspired at all, but once you draw the first two or three lines, boom, you have inspired yourself to keep working on that piece of art.
Every night has its own magic. PL0T has let me live so many experiences and meet so many people I will never forget. But if I had to choose one, it would be “Don’t Worry Everything is Going to be Amazing.” It was meant to be a family party and that was exactly what it was.
It was the event where we gave more than a hundred percent. Probably the most complex logistics of anything we had done, but also the most satisfying. Seeing everyone, industry or not, with those big smiles and impossible-to-believe expressions on their faces gave me the biggest satisfaction. And hearing from people all over the world that it was the party of their conference made us very proud.
I want to take the opportunity to thank the artists, B4Bookings, Like That-La Villatek and, of course, our favourites: the guests. It wouldn’t be the same without you.
Once you draw the first two or three lines, boom.Becks Lange, 2009
Hmm, this is a tough one.
- Marco Carola
- Alexi Delano
- Paco Osuna
- Ricardo Villalobos
- Adam Beyer
- Gaiser
- Matthew Dear
- Alejandro SabPL0T resident
- WeekendBerlin
- WatergateBerlin
- Club 4Barcelona
- DC10Ibiza
Miami is a very unique city with a very hard to predict market. One day they like this, the next day they like that. We have all worked very hard to make Miami a must-stop destination for artists.
I think the fact that people have become more open-minded, that we are able to have successful events introducing fresh talent and not only artists with heavier names, is what makes Miami unique. And what makes it even more unique is that I am a part of it. Ajajajajaj.
You would be surprised, it’s actually not music related. It has to do with my other passion, which is fashion. One would be to produce a Givenchy or Alexander McQueen fashion show. They are works of art. The second, to have my shoe collection in stores. Stay tuned.
Ryan Elliott, the Detroit techno DJ, and one Becks couldn’t stop talking about. She left us with his line:
“The bass line is everything. It’s what moves women’s hips.”
Ryan Elliott, as quoted by Becks
She left Venezuela at fifteen, Miami New Times reported, and started PL0T with friends because the parties she wanted to go to didn’t exist in Miami yet. This is what happened after our interview.
- 2007A party out of necessity
PL0T’s first booking was Soul Clap at White Room, now 1306. An early bill put Seth Troxler in an art gallery. (New Times)
- 2007–12Firsts for Miami
PL0T brought Nicolas Jaar, Wolf + Lamb, Maayan Nidam, Bruno Pronsato, Margaret Dygas and Tale of Us to the city’s underground.
- 2012Life and Death at Art Basel
Six consecutive Art Week parties with DJ Tennis and his label, Life and Death. They grew from 300 people in 2012 to 5,000 by 2017. I wrote about the 2012 edition: Tale of Us, DJ Tennis & Thugfucker.
- 2016XY
A series with Poplife in places Miami didn’t use for raves, from a Wynwood warehouse to the Olympia Theater. (Mixmag)
- 2017Rakastella, and Best Promoter
A day-into-night party on the water at Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, made with Innervisions and Life and Death (Mixmag). The same year New Times named her Miami’s Best Promoter, and Red Bull Music filmed her for Inspire the Night.
- 2021Back where it began
After moving to Paris, she closed the chapter with a last PL0T night in Miami on 30 July, at ATV Records, the same address as the first party.
Fashion taught me precision.Music taught me emotion.Photography taught me to notice.
Becks Lange
The three things she talked about in 2009, fashion, music and the look of a night, are now one practice. The Negative Club is her Paris studio for creative direction, photography and project leadership across fashion, music, culture and hospitality. She brings in independent collaborators for each project, and works on AI cinematography with Orb Studios.
In 2026 TREIZE Gallery in Brussels hosted Becks Lange: The Space Between.
The shoe collection hasn’t reached stores yet. I’m still waiting.
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