I found about Tecktonik when I was looking for electronic music online about a year ago. It was just by accident that I came onto a French blog with loads of Tecktonik videos. Being a massive dance fan already, I took to the idea straight away, especially the off-beat style and the clothes. Through Tecktonik I've made new friends. We get together to talk about what's going on, swap dance moves, teach each other steps. We've created our own team and we were even in the weekly Moroccan newspaper Le Reporter. Reactions to our entourage are quite mixed. Lots of people say it's a gay dance, but that's not true at all. Just because it's fashionable to dress well and take care of your appearance doesn't mean you're gay. Our families don't particularly love our new dress-sense, but they don't mind it either, as long as it doesn't get too crazy and stays respectful to others. Nothing has stopped the phenomenon get so big. Loads of young people do it and everyone knows about Tecktonik."

Despite insults from conservatives who think tecktonik is ridiculous and gay, it’s getting bigger and bigger in Algeria. I think that the movement is even more important here than in Morocco. The first official tecktonik night to take place outside Europe was here, and well-known dancers from France came over for it.