@kiernan-laveaux

Introduce yourself? Pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself?

Hey! Thanks for these thoughtful questions
My pronouns are She/Her or They/Them
I currently reside in Pittsburgh, PA
I eat strawberries whole :)

How did you get your DJ name? 

So one night when I was 18, I was at a Los Crudos show at the venue that a lot of friends and I would later throw parties at in Cleveland (shout out to Martin and any Limp Wrist fans reading this too!). The venue is next door to a terrible gay bar, I went there randomly (weird for me because gay bars are hell on earth 99% of the time) and ended up meeting a group of queens who said they were from the House of Laveaux and that I was their daughter now. They said I needed a name, and the name they chose for me was Kiernan Laveaux. I never saw them again after that night, but a few months later I began to go by the name when I started DJing. It’s become a part of my being in a way I couldn’t have imagined, and also a way of expressing my inner voice in hopes that it reaches the inner voices of others too - and maybe we all start to sing together.  

Who/what currently inspires your music-wise that has nothing to do with music?

Everything is musical & leads back to music for me no matter what, but recently leaning into the fact that I’m the oldest of a handful of young people on the paternal side of my family has been a really inspiring perspective shift of life. The potential of being a supportive & loving older person in the lives of younger people fills me with an infinite amount of joy.

I’ve been discovering more about Jewish heritage of mine that’s been attempted to be erased (as it goes), and in turn learning/reading more about Kabbalisitic thought & ways of being - engaging in magic in my own ways has been expanding my perspective on music/DJing the past several years. 

I’m far from any kind of expert on kabbalah, but the way energy flow & manifestation is written about and practiced within it has been validating to read, in music but as well as the way it feeds back into life. Even just the ability of the word “kabbalah” to translate to “reception”, “tradition”, or “correspondence” <3

Dream line-up?

System of a Down, Nissenenmondai, Cities Aviv, Devo, Mwandishi, The Body, Madam Data, Model Home, Obnox, Neon Phusion, African Head Charge, Cindytalk, Maurice Fulton, Via App, Cyrnai, Rakta, Plack Blague + all the homies DJing for a week straight

What was your best moment on the dance floor?

I’m thankful a lot of meaningful ones come to mind when I think of this - 
the one I always jump to with this question is the first time I saw Titonton Duvante & Bill Converse dj in May 2016, somewhere in Ohio. Both are definitely some of the first people who helped me see how unique & personal you can really be with DJing, Bill’s set that night especially helped show me how deep you can traverse the wormhole. It was just like this completely enveloping & beautiful psychedelic phenomena for me. I don’t remember a lot of the music, but I’ll never forget how it made me feel. Eternally grateful to have any of these experiences in life to help me smile and still feel coursing through my DJing to this day.

Do you have any upcoming releases/gigs?

Lots of ideas swirling in my mind to manifest for the future, but as of right now…

I’m playing in NYC Friday Sept 24 at Nowadays with 
Azu Tiwaline & DJ Voices :)

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

A complete & utter overhaul of the ways we create space, express ourselves, and love one another.

Check out the A/V set to Kiernan Laveaux's 363˚ mix here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAFVqE6tdn8&ab_channel=KiernanLaveaux

For extended Q&A + OG pi pi pi game please visit the website ------> pipipi.life <--------

Kiernan Laveaux - 363˚

In celebration of the new The Trilogy Tapes clothing arriving in the shop this week last night we took a couple of our TTT collections down in to the basement and went one for one for a couple of hours. You won't find too much mixing here, we were pretty loose when we did it so there will be imperfections but we reckon that it doesn't really matter when the music is this good. We could have gone on for hours but we still haven't paid for a premium Soundcloud account and we have managed to squeeze it in just under our limit. Wrap you lugholes around this.

Tracklisting:

All Trilogy, buy as many of the cat numbers as you can.

OOJ ALL TTT MIX AKA SHOP MIX OO3

Juanita's Mix 83 with NAP @napmusick

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Colombo-Canadian male, 33 yrs old, 5’11 ft, 170 lbs.

Q. How long have you been a part of the Mexico City music scene?
A. I’ve only been here since last March and feel that I’m just starting to get to know the city in general. The positive energy that I’ve felt from everyone from the techno to the cumbia scenes here is what has made me want to stay and get to know the city and country more. I’ve also been lucky enough to meet people like DJ Guccichotas, Joyce Musicolor, Jasmanic, Irma Ruiseñor and the EXT crew who have all welcomed me into their scenes and shown me so much love and support. 

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. This mix was recorded in the 15th floor of Torre Zacatecas in Tlatelolco, Mexico, after having just moved into a new apartment. We had cdjs for the weekend after my roommate had rented them for her birthday so I took a shot at recording something with Juanita's in mind and it was honestly one of the most natural and fun sessions.

Juanita's Mix 083: NAP

@nessimmm

Welcome to our 100th episode in our mix serie! Can you believe this? Thanks for listening and discovering with us. 
This mix is by Nessim, and to say the least, a very impressive one. Through residencies on Bethlehem's Radio Alhara & Amsterdam's Echobox Radio, Nessim has cultivated sounds that lean towards the aqueous, percussive, and expansive sides of experimental electronics, breaks, jazz, and ambient.
This mix for Knekelhuis is an ode to experimental dance/electronic music scenes of the 1990s, from Illbient to IDM & breakbeat techno.

Keep listening. Stay curious.

Knekelhuis # 100 - Nessim

NAP @ The Lot Radio  02-13-2023

Oakland’s DJML turns in the latest Third Place show. In his own words:
An hour of stuff I dig and find inspiring: live drumming, 'where's the downbeat'-type tracks, crispy drum machine presets, FM bass and more.

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Third Place w/ DJML - February 2023

Bristol based Noods resident, Junior, trudges us through an hour and a half of what he describes as the fruits of "a years worth of procrastination" that he would have named "Delay and Deliberation" had it not clashed with the title formatting tradition we've established. Dive in.

Forecast 064: Junior

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Further Back and Faster with Amelia Holt and Yumi @ The Lot Radio 03-23-2023

Elena Colombi helps to keep Mondays weird - expect a diverse range of up-and-at-'em records: from techno to post-punk, through EBM, industrial and -wave...

https://www.nts.live/shows/elena-colombi/episodes/elena-colombi-hannah-pezzack-27th-june-2023

Elena Colombi w/ Hannah Pezzack 270623

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recording of ivan (kantarion sound) at murmur, 12 November 2021

artwork by juna horstmans

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ivan (kantarion sound)

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@laksauk

"HAVING JUST FINISHED A SOCIAL WORK MASTERS, IT FELT FITTING TO REFLECT WHERE MY HEAD’S AT IN THE AFTERMATH, BOTH MUSICALLY AND THEORETICALLY. THIS MIX IS A STREAM OF TEMPOS, STYLES, RHYTHMS, EMOTIONS AND IDEAS. MORE THAN ANYTHING, I HOPE IT CAN GIVE SOME SOLACE TO YOUR TIRESOME DAILY COMMUTE.

SOUNDS AND THOUGHTS FROM THE LIKES OF; DISCWOMAN, ZAM ZAM SOUND, DUBSTEP-ESQUE BASS WOBBLE, ELIJAH AND SKILLIAM, PHOTEK, BFTT, ME, HONEY DIJON, NEINZER, BEN VINCE’S SAXOPHONE, TTT, TOMAGA, BIGGA BUSH, DAVID GRABER, GAUNT, ETCH, PIPPA GRANGE, EMOSH PADS, TIMEDANCE.

PLEASE BE AWARE THERE IS A SOCIAL WORKER DISCUSSING SUICIDE IN THE MIX, FOR THOSE WHO MAY FIND THIS A TRIGGER. THIS QUOTE IS FROM RESEARCH I CARRIED OUT IN MY FINAL YEAR AND I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO USE THE QUOTE AS IT CAPTURES THE REAL-LIFE TENSIONS AND CONFLICTS EXPERIENCED WITHIN A SOCIAL WORK ROLE.

HERE’S SOME READING TO COMPLEMENT THE MIX AS WELL. ALL PART OF THE STREAM IN SOME WAY X"

https://subpixel.space/entries/diminishing-marginal-aesthetic-value/

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