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Hard techno with a vested interest in melody and rave <3 A crushing mix from Chicago deejay k.oz @chaosiskoz <3 A mix for the club, after the club and before the club too, tbqh. 

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Thisket - What's It Like?
DJ Fuckoff - FUQ DIS
Verbos - Nightmare Session
DJ Boss - Kombucha (A1)
MARUSHA - GIRL I HOUSE YOU
DJ DISRESPECT - TRANSITION (ATHLETIC MIX)
Michael Burkat - Cockfosters
Rahel - Restless (Joey LaBeija and False Witness Remix) 
Bad Boy Pete - XTC LSD Kokane
RAAB - Work This (Tess Remix)
Cozmic Spore - Destruction
Glenn Wilson - Blueprints (Chris McCormack Remix)
Russian Roulette - Look'n Like A Woman
dj genderfluid - nervous excitement 
Textasy - Burning Diesel
DJ Rush - Club Freaks
Unknown - NRG (SPLASH005)


@chaosiskoz

Rumors Mix Series #066: k.oz

live hardware techno for Heavensware @ Elastics Art Chicago, IL April 16, 2022
TR8S RX5 TD-6 SH-01a TD-3 ES-1 DSD-3

HW.4.16 MNCH 01

k.oz on Club Initiative Livestream Chicago, IL May 22nd, 2022
TR8s ES-1 DSD-3 Nemesis Delay SQ1 Werkstatt SH01a TD-3 Mic

CI.5.22 MNCH 02

PORT 15

Hybrid Set on 25 March 2023 @ Podlasie Club Chicago, IL USA with Akua and Makeen.
TR8S TB303 SH01a ES-1 Montron Nemesis Cathedral

k.oz @ Podlasie Club Chicago 3.25.23

k.oz Hardware set @ The Listening Club, Chicago, IL 9/30/23
Eurorack, Tr8s, ES1, Nemesis Delay, Cathedral Reverb, T-Resonator, Boss BX-8

k.oz @ The Listening Club Chicago, IL 9.30.23

For our 50th podcast episode of FRiends and Family, we have a live hardware set by Chicago's @chaosiskoz . Performing at clubs like Podlasie Club and The Listening Club in Chicago and releasing mixes for @rumorschicago , @komfortloch , @researchndevelopment , and @kaltblutmagazine , playing parties like @bwanz 's H.O.T.H., Joel is interwoven in the underground scene. I started following their sound a few years ago...they understand that hard has to have funk, that madness has groove. 

Strap in and lock in to the peak-paced machine-torque techno that's hard-hitting, groovy, bubbly...this is music that reacquaints you with your body...focusing in on a sound, an instrument, and really working it til you're lockstep with the motif....when I first listened to it, the weekly tornado drill sirens in my city went off right in time with the set within the first ten minutes. And the break about 3/4's into the set...cyber-divine. Get into it!

K.oz: FRiends and Family Ep. 50

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Hello! We are once again proud to bring you another installment in our mix series! This time we have a special episode dedicated to showcasing the beauty of live electronic performance! Both our host, DØN, and guest, k.oz, are bringing you a full hour of live PA performances from their home studios! Please listen with both open ears and minds, it's experimental, it's weird and it's fire! 

Read more about today's guest below:

Give us a brief description of yourself!
My name is Joel (he/him/his), but I go by the name k.oz (chaos) for music and I am based in Chicago. I primarily perform improvised live hardware sets, though I sometimes DJ. I DJed for a while but eventually moved into production. Out of curiosity, I began buying hardware and quickly realized I was quick with it, which led me to perform live hardware sets. My setup is a Eurorack, 909, a sampler, and some pedals. My influences are 90s and 00s American house and techno.

What inspires you as an artist?
Community. Having a sense of belonging pushes me to be creative. Without sharing common interests with others creativity feels isolated and less meaningful.

What have YOU been listening to lately? Attended any shows recently?
I've been listening to a lot of mixes by Akua and Stojche lately; they're always in my daily commute playlist. I've also been really vibing with an artist named Tan Tan. I have no idea who they are, but their music truly moves my soul. The discographies of Sonic Mind and Black Nation have been keeping my ears busy.

Advice/words for new artists?
Don't be afraid to go against the grain. You'll find your way eventually.

016 - k.oz

t r a c k l i s t :
Qrion - Bring Back (onlytom remix)
Kelela - Rewind (Air Max '97 More Uptempo Remix)
Lil Texas - I'm Yours
Dro Carey - Rollcage
Pusher - Shake Down (X&G Remix)
Zora Jones & Sinjin Hawke - No Shame
SUNSHIP x BRANDY - CHEQUE ONE DOWN
Champion & Teresa - Red Light (Original Mix)
Fisky- Domestic Complex
Ultrademon - Milan Punks
Black Uhuru - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

im crying in the club

COBRAH - Icon x Heuy - Pop, Lock, Drop It

CLUB TOOL 1

DJ Zirk - Lock Em In Da Trunk x DJ Spinn - Bounce N Break Yo Back
music to make you ass shake

Club Tool 2 (LOCK DEM UP IN THE TRUNK X BOUNCE N BREAK YO BACK)

im just here to fuck it up

Tracklist-
Lil Louis & The World - I Called U (But You Weren't There)
System 7 / Derrick May - Mysterious Traveller (Groovy Intent Mix)
Air Max '97 - Paroxysm
k.oz - Club Tool 3 ( Three 6 - Tear the Club Up x HA x Firecraker)
Born in Flamez - Talking To The White Noise (Quest?onmarc Remix)
Millia Rage feat. Michael Aurelius - BDU
Laurence Guy - Wildlife
ubahnrider - cardio 2004
RAW TAKES - SHAKE UR ASS
Chief Keef - War (Bagge 4 Floor Mix)
Mehen - Avalanches Of Compromise
Chicago Loop - You Don't Stop(B)
Takkyu Ishino - Polynasia
Toni Moralez - Ghetto Techno
Von Bikräv - Knuck if u Buck
WILL WEB - D PLAYAS
Firedrill feat. DJAO. - CLUB NAP (original mix)
Sex/Ed - Tie Me Up When I'm Down
LSDXOXO - women eat their men
Textasy - Acid Eater
Jesper Dahlbäck - Untitled (B2)
Mijk Van Dijk - High On Hope (1992's Long Hot Summer Mix)

ENDENDEND MIX SERIES #2

Three6Mafia - Tear da Club Up '97
Masters at Work - The Ha Dance
Mijk van Dijk - Firecracker

Club Tool 3 (Three 6 - Tear The Club Up X HA X Firecraker Blend)

Possession

Anna

Decline

Hurt Me

Kreuzberg

Decline (MORENXXX Remix)

Jan. 16 2021 mix for n/shrike's radio show There, a Sound on verge.fm. Breaks and techno

k.oz

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