The first part of my research explores Noise: The Political Economy of Music by Jacques Attali. It is a discourse on music as a reflection on Marxist production theories, where four stages of music represent societies’ modes of production at different points throughout history. The section I find most striking is its ideas around sacrifice. It explores the idea of ritual sacrifice as a means to avoid and channel potential general violence in society and music as an act of murder and violence to redirect power. This is a strong framework to examine current deconstructed club music whose mutilated and distorted aesthetic can reflect individuals’ struggles with modern society and anxieties around human atrocity and manipulation by technology. It specifically talks about creating and soothing anxiety as a rhythm and exercise of power within music. I found this phenomenon in my experiences with underground club scenes in Tokyo and London. By providing examples of modern club music that express these same intentions, I can bring the idea of sacrifice and reclamation of power as a perspective to explore the genre and its conventions (or lack thereof).