Sunset and Rainbows in your kiss as you return to camp; you just finished working so hard like a soldier. Oh! But! Ethan Miller is on the mic for opening ceremony! Good music starts! You rock down to electric avenue to find your friends! You soon get distracted by the chosen two frogs in socks performing in the metro area... No, Wait, What?!... Shit, you realize you're tripping way too hard. You are lost in the party. You twist around so many people talking and motoring around. As you run, no, as I ran between moments of enthusiasm and moments of obsession. Afterall, you can only ran past tense, someone wise told you that once... Where did the time go? Were you in control? You may have made a show with those, um, cats and hats? What was that all about anyway? Where's your phone? Can someone call me, please? Where'd Karma Patrol go with those starburst? Well... Fuck that then, we're on a raw mission to lost and found through acid neverland, or was this just a plastic dream? It feels like you've been wandering all day, but then you take a shy look at the lights. Omg, the lights!!! Could heaven ever be like this? 

We got your friendly vibes, chopped up vocals, feelings of badassery, swampy breaks, flirts with trance, happy peaks, dark troughs, deep mixes, and happy little accidents throughout your journey. But don't worry, lover, you have music in your eyes. You'll find us in the end, on the inside and the outside, because wir sind kinder :) 

Intro/outro samples from Ethan Miller's opening ceremony speech. 
Photobooth by Justin Winokur

As always, no looping or syncing was used in this recording, just questionably deep mixes ;) 

And... even though it's already posted above, here's a clearer tracklist:
01 - Electric Avenue - Tone of Arc - A
02 - RMM Special Dub - Metro Area - Bm
03 - The Chosen Two - Frogs in Socks - Bm 
04 - Obsession - Mishell - D
05 - As I Ran - YAME - C
06 - Enthusiasm - Claude VonStroke, Walker & Royce - Df
07 - Cats & Hats - Made in TLV - Df
08 - Motor - Marc DePulse - D
09 - Controller - Walker & Royce (W&R remix) - Dm
10 - Twist - Mishell - G
11 - Make a Show - Marc DePulse (Malandra Jr rmx) - Em
12 - Call Me - Genish - E
13 - Plastic Dreams - The Cubed Guys (Cubed rms 2020) - Cm
14 - Raw Mission - Savas Pascalidis - Af
15 - Acid Neverland - Tunnelvisions - G
16 - All Day - Nackt (Michael Claus rmx) - 
17 - Shy Look - Mz Worthy - Bfm
18 - Lights - Tuff City Kids - 
19 - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This - Idris Muhammad (Walker & Royce rmx) - Dm
20 - Wir Sind Kinder - Valentin (Nicone rmx) - Dm
21 - Inside the Outside - Pardon Moi - G

Magic in your Eyes

Music In Your Eyes - Dao & Pwny - FnF 2023

1-2pm at the 10th Annual Brass Tax Bouncy Castle Party in Golden Gate Park. A sunny beautiful day under the eucalyptus trees with amazingly silly friends and levity in our hearts. This mix is meant to be a light-hearted romp through the forest, churning the energy up to the funtastic energy of the adorable Brass Tax crew. We think it feels like a grassy afternoon with laughing friends in a deep party vibe.

Tracklist:
1) Quest To The West (bonus edit) - Sage Armstrong
2) Your Feet - Bruno Furlan
3) Fat Gash - wAFF
4) Are You Ready - Used Disco 
5) The Block - 
6) Get Dirty - Dj Glen
7) pwny track tba
8) Dry Wet - Bruno Furlan
9) kiwi - llama
10) Warm Up Voice ft Snidevarious (Chris Ratliff rmx) - Rod Fussy
11) Tilt Forward - Joyce Muniz
12) Function (VIP rmx) - Justin Martin, Ardalan ft Party Patty
13) Heft - Kevin Knapp
14) Get It Right ft Tanika (Claude VonStroke rmx) - Catz n Dogz
15) Tight - 
16) Go (Claude VonStroke rmx) - Chemical Brothers

Voice Samples from, duh, the Princess Bride (c) 20th Century Fox

Dao & Pwny's Brass Tax Bouncy Castle Siege 2016

Following the opening ceremony, Dao and I were thrilled and honored to start up Saturday night at FnF XX! We wanted to keep things a lil simmering before Monty Luke and Galen took the decks after us. We couldn't be more happy to have shared the 20th anniversary with the best community one could ask for. 

Tracklist
01 - Clapping Song - Soul Clap
02 - Are You Ready? 
03 - Disco Surrender - Dionigi
04 - Broke the Law - Sascha Robotti & Justin Jay
05 - RMI Is All I Want (Erol Alkan's Extended Rework)- The Emperor Machine
06 - Neanderthal - Doorly ft Marshall Jefferson
07 - Appetite for Destruction - Dionigi
08 - Your Everything - Danny Daze ft Louisahhh
09 - Here Comes The B - Claude VonStroke
10 - Who's Afraid of Detroit (10 Yr Anniversary mix) - Claude VonStroke
11 - Check Your Bell - Born Dirty
12 - Pounce - Thomas Gandey & Zeb Wayne
13 - K.O. - Bruno Furlan
14 - Train No. 1 (Frogs in Socks rmx) - Dusty Kid
15 - Ritual - Pavlov Petrov
16 - Forever - (Danny Benedettini rmx) - Miro Pajic
17 - Pandore (Tim Paris Rmx) - Idioma

Dao & Pwny - Live At FnF XX - 2016

4am is such a delicate timeslot; it crucially requiring engagement from a crowd growing tired, yet us also sensitive to overstimulation. This is a taste of how we do 4am. For this set, our vision adjectives were Tough, Techy, & Tickling.  I used a crop of older stuff from my coffer, Dao brought the new funk, and it turned into a fun time!  

Natema - It’s All Right
Flatless - Inside Out
Objekt - Theme From Q
Dennis Cruz - Shake It
Dennis Ferrer - Red Room (Obj Voc rmx)
German Brigante - Hey What’s Up?
Jeff Swiff - B Funk
Dakar - Woobly
Jens Lewandowski - Bone Shaker
The Glitz - Snow Maker
Nikola Gala - Get Down 
Ven Lochenhoer - Get Down to This
Flatless - Mirror Artist
Tigerskin - Full of Acid
Style of Eye - Hide
Mat.Joe - Positivity ft Fiona 
Rigopolar - Start From Beginning
Holtoug - Stay In Love (Acid Pauli's Bone Drone rmx)

Dao & Pwny - 4am Mysteries

Live set from FnF Campout XXI in the dark at 3am: We were beyond stoked to play under the Radiant Atmosphere lights on Know:Audio's full rig. Our intentions for the set were Badass-tech, Swampy curveballs, & evocative energies. We were trying to summon primal energies and ancient archetypes. For years we've wanted to use Ministry's "So What" in a set and we basically framed this whole energy upon that anchor/pivot. We can't stop dancing to these tracks and hope you enjoy 'em as well!

01 - Inflagranti - Zebra Centauri
02 - Greasy Beat Ft. Bootsy Collins - Claude VonStroke (Robag Wrhume rmx)
03 - Vakho Jaja - Leon, Greenbeam (Someone Else rmx) Dao Edit
04 - Discotico Plexico - Rebolledo (Maceo Plex Rmx)
05 - Caminho De Dreyfus - Red Axes, Abraxo (Rebolledo Rmx)
06 - So What (Dao Edit) - Ministry
07 - Tzantza - Nicola Cruz (Simple Symmetry Rmx)
08 - Low Key Goddess - Sacha Robotti
09 - Free Your Mind - Groove N'Hat
10 - Creatures - Kyle Watson
11 - Moonface - George Vala (Basti Grub Rmx)
12 - Rabbit Hole - Justin Martin (Lenny Kiser Rmx)
13 - In My Hood - Hausent (Mrln Rmx)
14 - Non Sense - Maximono
15 - Wuvulu - Seumas Norv
16 - Odyssey - Justin Martin (Kyle Watson Rmx)
17 - Animal Empire - Noema, Dreems
18 - Who's Afraid of Detroit - Claude VonStroke (10 yr anniversary Rmx)
19 - Theme from Q - Objekt

Pic by Master Sean Casey

3am Invocations - Dao & Pwny - Live at FnF XXI 2017

I’m honored to have been asked to submit an exclusive set for Faultline, the only Bay Area crew still earnestly holding down the breakbeat vibe. I’ve been playing breaks since the late 90’s and I strove to incorporate a wide spectrum of Swampy breakbeat from downtempo, through cross-genre House flavors with modern Bay Area bass vibes, through late 00’s energy, ending on my 90’s DJ origins in progressive breakbeat. This is one of my favorite cohesive mixes I’ve done; I hit all my targets and think the vibe is just delicious, hella Deep, and a bit moody for winter vibes. I open slow and moody while the last five songs all have relationship vocals to my current struggles and bear relevant soul; while the middle drops fav jams from all eras. And y’know, you can dance sexy to it all too. I hope you take time to listen well and enjoy! - Dao

01 - Revolution (AMB remix)
02 - Lion (Jaime XX remix) - Four Tet
03 - Sunday - Walker and Royce
04 - My Own Thang ft. Sophiegrophy - Walker and Royce
05 - All Day (Michael Claus remix) - Nackt  
06 - Swamp Beats - Frogs in Socks 
07 - Undergroove - Paul Mad
08 - Yours - Delta Tapes 
09 - Everything (Frogs in Socks Dub) - Justin Jay 
10 - I Wanna Back - AlexVin
11 - Cloudy Day Beat (SolC remix) - Michael Claus
12 - Drunk Faxing - Munnibrotherz
13 - Warpaint - Claude VonStroke
14 - Naked Piano  - Kill Frenzy
15 - Heard That - Eats Everything
16 - Bad Habit (Stanton Warriors remix) - AFTC
17 - Go to the Mo - Kill Frenzy, Sacha Robotti
18 - Role Models ft. OnCue - Walker and Royce
19 - Legacy (Junkie XL remix) - Infusion
20 - Angel - Lost Tribe

* Intro Sample: Terrence McKenna “Who Are We? Lecture 1
**No song sections were looped. All were mixed deep; and yet, many needless small sections were cut out in post-production for pacing purposes. The songs & set are better now, Trust.

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Sunday Pwnage part 3:
9am-Noon. A fun sunny romp in a field of friends on a sacred sunday in the woods. We teased a spectrum of genres out of each other and served the crowd curveballs while they served champagne and bacon. We used a lot of vocal sample easter eggs to giggle at upon relistens and had a great time pulling off the final 3+ hours of spinning for sunday smiles (we'd just wrapped up a 3 hour pre-dawn set at FRC campout up the road from Sanctuary 6). We had an absolute blast and thank Strategik for making magic!

Tracklist:
01 - JustusPeterBob - Radioplay
02 - Pwny TBD - Dionigi
03 - Heat - African Day ft Nomfusi Milk 
03 - Historia Mundi - Aki Bergen
04 - Jelly - 
05 - When a Man Sings on a Track - Douglas Greed (The Glitz Rmx)
06 - Survivor - Kevin Knapp
07 - Babbel Net - B-Ju
08 - El Sueño - Dennis Cruz ft. Martina Camargo
09 - Cyclone - Feygin & Samuel Dan
10 - Pwny TBD
11 - The Opposite - German Brigante
12 - Tip Tapping - Dillon
13 - Best Track Ever - Walker & Royce
14 - Pwny - TBD
15 - Arp Symphony - Bess Maze
16 - Pwny TBD
17 - Cool Guy Sounds - Lenny Kiser
18 - The Weekend - Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner
19 - Big Poppin - Sven Lochenhoer
20 - Mmm Hungry - Lenny Kiser
21 - You Play - Maelstrom
22 - Friday to Sunday - Sebastopol
23 - Perpetrating - Wildkats
24 - Kill Shot - Matt Fear
25 - Elevant - Township Rebellion (Moritz Hofbauer Rmx)
26 - Pwny Maceo TBD
27 - A Cherry Blossom - Martin Eyerer
28 - Tell Me Why - The Cutler (Tranquility Bass Rmx)
29 - Sunday - Walker & Royce
30 - My Own Thang ft. Sophiegrophy - Walker & Royce
31 - Smokers Delight ft PillowTalk - Soul Clap
32 - Swamp Beats - Frogs in Socks
33 - Llama - Kiwi
34 - Bonita - Ninetoes
35 - Pwny TBD
36 - In My Hood - Hausent (Mrln Rmx)
37 - Big Ride - Mark Henning
38 - Floating - Martin Waslewski
39 - River's Fate - Frivolous
40 - Pwny TBD
41 - Just - Bicep
42 - Lolog - Alex Under
43 - Can You Pass That ft. Mr JPatt - Walker & Royce
44 - Role Models ft. OnCue - Walker & Royce
45 - Kaleidoscope - Mirror People (Psychemagik Rmx)
46 - After Laughter - Filtertypen
47 - Need You - Edit Murphy (PillowTalk Rmx)

Champs and Bacon

Dao & Pwny Show - Champs and Bacon - Sunday Pwnage 3 - Live at Sanctuary 6

Sunday Pwnage part 1: 
3:30-5am at Feather River Campout with an energetic crowd under the moon and trees. Followed by Dao through dawn til 6:30am before we rushed to Sanctuary campout to do a sunday sunshine tag set 9am-Noon. We're very stoked on the full 6 hour journey!

Tracklist:

01 - We Were Riding High - __ (Alternate Version)
02 - Spread Your Legs (On a Rhodes Trip) - Daniel Roth & Christian Burkhardt
03 - Backclap - Seth Troxler
04 - Friday to Sunday - Sebastopol
05 - Mutant Disco - Maceo Plex Ft. Maars
06 - Give Back - Christian Burkhardt
07 - Where It's At (Johnny Aux Rmx) - Shit Robot Ft. Reggie Watts
08 - Dontstop - Christian Burkhardt
09 - Doubledub Remaster - Christian Burkhardt
10 - Street Kings 2.0 (Zombie Disco Squad Rmx) - Hanne & Lore
11 - Too Much Fun at the Temple of Doom - Simple Symmetry
12 - Bongos & Tambourines (Simple Symmetry Rmx) - Autarkic
13 - Isobar (Johnny Aux Rmx) - The Helmholtz Resonators
14 - Metallik Cages (Acid Arab Rmx) - Etienne Jaumet
15 - El Sueno Ft. Martina Camargo - Martina Camargo, Dennis Cruz
16 - Noom - 
17 - Eggo - Fritz Carlton, RYBO

Predawn Moon - Sunday Pwnage 1 - Pwny Live at FRC 2018

Sunday Pwnage part 2:
5-6:30am at Feather River Campout. Pwny just slayed the crowd with an amazing hands-in-the-air set, the kind where you can barely concentrate cos everyone wants a hug and high five. I was teased about how to follow That set; I smirked and did this. I'm not sure who won the bets on the better set, I love this set, but I think she still won. (Def check out Predawn Moon, Sunday Pwnage part 1, on her page!)

We couldn't stick around for the debate though, we had to bounce down the river to finish up the 6 hour sunday journey 9am-Noon at Sanctuary 6 for champagne and bacon hour with verdant shady sunshine vibes, Champs and Bacon - Sunday Pwnage part 3. Stuck the landing too, I think ;)

Tracklist:
01 - Turn it Around - Walker & Royce, Ardalan
02 - Ay Caramba - Pilocka Krach, The Lost Amigos
03 - Late Eighties - Abba Zabba
04 - Bliksem - Dirty Doering
05 - Sultan - Sam Shure, Cairo Steps
06 - Dogs Are In This House - Pilocka Krach (Dirty Doering rmx)
07 - You Play - Maelstrom
08 - Keep Up - German Brigante
09 - Elevant Moritz - Hofbauer Rmx
10 - House of Lords - Gunjah
11 - Minimonsta - Marcus Meinhardt, Khainz
12 - Don't Stop - Westend
13 - What I Love - The WIG, Panooc
14 - Sunday - Walker & Royce
15 - Miles to Go ft. Hogni - Andhim
16 - River's Fate - Frivolous
17 - JustusPeterBob - Radioplay 
18 - Kaleidoscope - Mirror People (Psychemagik rmx)
19 - Keyano - Dan Dale
20 - Cloudy Day Beat - Michael Claus (SolC Rmx)
21 - Tell Me - Andre Crom (David August rmx)(Dao edit)
22 - Creatures - Budakid & Formel (Olaf Stuut rmx)
23 - A Cherry Blossom - Martin Eyerer

Venus Dawn - Sunday Pwnage 2 - Dao Live at FRC 2018

“So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest. Saturday, FnF poolside 12:45, 2019. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.” -Quint from Jaws. The sharks swam vigorously, the ravers ignored them, apparently good vibes repel sharks. Dao and PWNY sent their sexy shark house through human and marine cartilage alike. UV rays pounded through the ozone on FnF pool inhabitants and after a taxing Friday night many looked to the soundwaves for healing and invigoration. The music funked and jived through the mid 120 bpms. Floaties spontaneously combusted and the beat carried the party through the + 90° hotness. Some shopped at the clothing swap, some enjoyed massages, everyone heard the duo hold the afternoon. Dao and PWNY have toured the lower 48 for 10 years now, mostly via rideshare and short bus. Their head and booty bobbing beats have become an FnF staple. Whether opening, closing, in the day or at night, everyone eats their green egg breaks and hambone house. They brought the dome over the pool down with their finishing track “baby shark dance.” Hundreds of closeted opears, nannies and dad joke offenders came out of the woodwork with that family friendly heater. As always Dao and PWNY meant business Saturday, as Quint says best “I’m not talkin’ about pleasure boatin’ or daily sailin’, I’m talkin’ about workin’ for a livin’, I’m talking about sharkin’!” ... Raver Tip #80: Apparently good vibes repel sharks.

Tracklist:
01 - Here I Am - (Nicone Diskone rmx) - Dirty Doering
02 - Controller - Channel Tres
03 - Breakin - (Audiojack rmx) - Seb Zito
04 - Sonne Park Und Sterni - Rampue
05 - Last Dance - Giom
06 - Swaggin - Beatamines
07 - All U Writers - !!!
08 - New Religion - (Marcus Marr rmx)
09 - Harry Got Some Moves - Betoko
10 - If I Can't Get Down - Mike Dunn
11 - Near Me - Malente, Lars Moston
12 - Bump - Lyndon Kidd
13 - Pancakes - DJ E-Clyps
14 - Forever (Kyle Watson rmx) - Chunda Munki
15 - The Philly Jam - Antonio Giacca
16 - Lovework - (DJ T Rmx)
17 - Sweat - ZDS
18 - Work This MF - DJ Deeon, DJ Puff
19 - Black Magic 
20 - Utopia ft. Janelle Kroll - (Nick Monaco rmx)

Photo by Karl Doyle
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Dao & Pwny - FnF Poolside 2019

Beautiful people dancing by the pool. Beach balls, inner tubes, mimosas, bikinis, merkins; and that one chode in the banana hammock, gah! Slip this on at your favorite campout poolside and watch the booties and smiles. 

We were going for 'summer', 'humid', & 'sexy' with this vibe here and wanted to shake up genres like a cold mixed drink.  real talk ;)

Deep Bikini

There are relationships that provoke the best in one another, that constantly challenge each other to be their best.  Dao & Pwny, both old school veterans, started a collaboration in 2008 that would change both them and their audience.  Their divergent style influenced each other into a cohesive Deep sound.  They shun the narrow term Deep House, and instead embrace everything bassy & Deep, creating a cohesive amalgam of deep house, deep breaks, deep tech, and cerebral emotive grooves that defy genres.  True musicians, their unplanned live dialogue is tethered by harmonics and key changes primary to beats and groove.  Yet, they're locked into the crowd and rule the groove, with songs changing phases often and evoking somatic soulful dancing. They entice, they tease, they hit your g-spot, and we all come together.  Their love is palpable and their stage presence is deep in it with the dancefloor.  A genuine treat for both your hips, ears, and soul.

The full list of artists they've shared events with over 20 years is far too long, however, notable artists they've directly opened for or followed are:

Mark Farina
Danny Tenaglia
DJ Dan
Soul Clap
Andhim
Julio Bashmore
Thugfucker
Jay Tripwire
Wolf + Lamb
EVil Eddie Richards
J. Phlip
Ardalan
Slow Hands/Worst Friends
Nico Stojan
Jozif
Kevin Knapp
Sunshine Jones (Dubtribe)
Jesse Saunders
Christian Martin
Jason Kendig
Tone of Arc
Sergio Santos
Jenö
Solar
Nick Monaco
Frankie Bones
Ambivalent
Paul Mad

Be on the lookout for their first release Swamp Age, out on Play House Records in October on Juno!

www.soundcloud.com/djdao
www.soundcloud.com/pwny
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/daoandpwny

This is only a combined page for us, our individual pages with full bio & music are mmmya... www.soundcloud.com/pwny & www.soundcloud.com/djdao