Collections

Not every grouping of sets is a genre or a channel. Some sets belong together because of a vibe, a place, or a feeling. That’s what collections are.

The idea. Hand-curated groupings with editorial descriptions. Cercle Sessions has 13 sets from the world’s most cinematic DJ performances. Burning Man & Desert has 5 sets recorded in actual deserts. Deep & Chill is for Sunday mornings. Peak Time Energy is for when you want the room to explode.

The design. The /collections index page has a full-width featured card for the first collection, with the rest in a numbered grid below. Each card has a cinematic thumbnail, a collection number (01, 02, 03…), and artist names along the bottom. It’s meant to feel like a magazine table of contents, not a grid of thumbnails.

The SEO angle. Every collection is its own landing page with unique meta descriptions and JSON-LD. People search for “best Cercle DJ sets” and “best Burning Man sets.” The existing competition is stale blog posts from 2020. We have a living, updated, interactive page with chaptered sets. That’s a real competitive advantage.

The data. A JSON file with a name, a slug, a description, and a list of show IDs. Nothing fancy. The show IDs reference existing files. Shows can appear in multiple collections. A set like Ben Bohmer at Cappadocia belongs in both Cercle Sessions and Scenic & Epic Locations. That’s the whole point.