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Bastian Bux

 answer to a simple question a lot of us have been asking lately: when did house music stop feeling close?

Born in Barcelona, Petit Comité started as a party concept built around restoring the original values of the culture: real connection, intimacy, and the kind of dancefloor where the music doesn’t have to fight for attention. It’s not a nostalgia project and it’s not trying to out-produce anyone. The point is the opposite: strip things back to what matters, make the room feel personal again, and let the night revolve around groove, warmth, and community.

Behind it is Bastian Bux, a Barcelona-based DJ and producer who spent years building his name on international stages before choosing to reinvest his energy into something smaller and more intentional. If you know Bux from his elrow residency, you’ve seen how flexible he is behind the decks—he’s the kind of DJ who can shift from housier rollers to tougher, driving selections without losing the thread of the story. That sense of pacing is central to Petit Comité: it’s not about quick drops or gimmicks, it’s about the long game, where a set actually has space to breathe.

The project has already proven it’s more than a local party. Throughout 2025, Petit Comité traveled through Barcelona, Ibiza, Amsterdam, Miami, and Colombia. In total, it hosted 14 events across five cities and four countries, booking 19 DJs and welcoming more than 9,000 attendees. That growth wasn’t built off hype—it came from the fact that the concept is clear and repeatable: you walk in, you immediately understand what kind of night it’s going to be, and you stay because it feels good to be there.

Barcelona remains the anchor. Petit Comité has been consolidating a residency at Luz de Gas, one of the city’s most emblematic clubs, and the parties there have helped shape the identity of the brand. But the project has also shown it can translate outside the traditional club setting. Some of its events have taken place in unexpected spaces like flower shops and ice cream parlors, and it’s collaborated with major brands and collectives including elrow, Brunch, Snowrow, Soulstice Colombia, and UNVRS Ibiza.

In 2025, Petit Comité expanded into a label: Petit Comité Records. The label wasn’t launched as a side quest—it was positioned as a natural extension of what the parties already stood for. The music reflects the same idea as the events: soulful house, honest tracks, and no unnecessary artifice. And the early results have been loud in the most important place: the charts DJs actually watch. The label has released four records so far, and every release has entered the Beatport Top 10, with some staying there for more than 100 days.

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The releases have also landed with tastemakers across the spectrum. From the debut single “Good Things”—which became a summer soundtrack at elrow UNVRS—to EPs like Life in Circles and Only U, Petit Comité has built momentum without watering down its identity. Support has come from names like Carlita, Folamour, Jamie Jones, Mau P, and A-Trak, placing the label in a lane that’s accessible without losing its backbone.

What really separates Petit Comité, though, is how seriously it takes atmosphere. The experience is curated down to the details, with floral aesthetics as a signature visual element and warm, intimate lighting designed to make the room feel welcoming rather than industrial. It even has its own magnolia fragrance—used consistently as an olfactory marker of the brand. It’s a small touch, but it’s exactly the kind of thing that makes a party feel like a world instead of just another lineup.

The community side isn’t marketing fluff either. In 2025, Petit Comité built an international audience of more than 10,000 followers, and the project’s growth continued into 2026. That matters because the entire concept relies on a real base—people who return, people who travel for it, people who recognize the feeling and want it again.

At its core, Petit Comité of House is a reminder that house music doesn’t need to be complicated to be powerful. It just needs the right DJ, the right room, and a crowd that’s there for the same reason. Bastian Bux is building that space—city by city, record by record—without pretending it’s anything other than what it is: a party for people who actually love house.

If you’ve been craving nights that feel more human, Petit Comité is one worth following closely.

Petit Comité of House

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