"Stranded, not in space, but far below the surface of an otherworldly ocean. Breathing does not seem to be an issue here. Water, or a liquid that resembles it, surrounds you. Glimmers of light from unknown sources dance around the environment, allowing for just enough visibility to make out the landscape. A place where the lines between synthetic and organic appear to be blurred, where life slinks and flows like the domain it inhabits. The space around you seems to breathe with every step as you fumble in the dim light. Impossible to know friend from foe, bizarre lifeforms curiously approach, un-afraid, as they have no reason to believe there is any threat present. The existence of shapes, colors, and behaviors beyond conventional understanding piques your curiosity and fear. With no knowledge of how this place came to be or how to survive in it, you set off into the vastness that surrounds you."

“I’ve been having a ton of fun exploring the 90-100 bpm range as I haven’t historically branched into that realm. I thought that a lot of the music I was enjoying at that tempo fit the concept of the mix series, so I wanted to see what I could do with it. It was a fun challenge using tracks I wouldn’t typically play out on a dance floor. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it.”

@sideiiside_x
IG: @side_ii_side

I’m a dj, producer, and event organizer from Washington D.C. I find it very difficult to stick to a single style or tempo and I try to reflect that in all the work that I do. I’m incredibly lucky to be surrounded by so many talented, caring people that make up the dance music scene in D.C. and I find inspiration in that daily. In 10 years, I want to look back and know that I positively contributed to and deeply impacted the community that gave me chances to play music for them.

Tracklist:
Palm - Giant Swan
Iron Lighter - Henzo
Sick Pup - Facta
Mirage - Vardae
To - Ido Plumes
Eyes For Three - SSSLIP
Maudlin Lakitu - Toupaz
Metro Hexx - Angel Rocket
Slow Stings - Rhyw
Sixty Frames - Toma Kami
XN - Toma Kami
Fragile State - Commix
Mourning The Living - Sun People
Gas Burn - Taro
Salamanda - κρήνη της νύμφης
A Touch Of - Piezo
Nvivo - Skee Mask

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Received transmissions from the outer reaches of an exquisite corpse universe

Producer/DJ/Promoter/Organizer/bonehead/etc - [Bounce House] -  they/them - PHL - @bounce-house-phl
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For booking, production, remix work, promos, or any other inquiries, please write to: furtivetrax@gmail.com
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Upcoming Dates:
10/20 - Great Circles Radio Residency
11/2 - Belly Music w/ Cyrus for Particle.FM
11/12 - The Lot Radio
11/15 - TBA, Philly
11/17 - Great Circles Radio Residency
12/19 - TBA, Philly
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Furtive is a full-gonzo rave conjurer and relentless creative tinkerer, intractably committed to the rave as a Philadelphia-based producer, DJ, underground event organizer, and dancer. A shifting sonic chameleon, Furtive brings a scintillating, sentimental, and psychedelic touch to their artistry, rooted in wormhole-traversing technoid propulsion and dependably delivering riotous, slack-jawed whiplash moments of the delightfully unexpected. Their many polished and focused genre-spanning productions are informed by over thirteen years of experience in the studio, yielding a rich selection of tracks across their self-released discography, vinyl pressings, and contributions to compilations. A veritable product of the contemporary American underground, Furtive cut their teeth as a DJ and DIY event organizer in Washington, DC’s warehouses, where they once played a variety of turnkey roles in putting on some of the District’s more proper techno parties. Furtive co-founded and co-runs Bounce House, an intimate, blossoming off-the-books venue in Philly where they regularly hold court as a resident. Furtive is on broadcast monthly through Ashen Vanity, a radio residency at Philadelphia’s indispensable cultural mainstay Great Circles. As a DJ, Furtive has played hallowed halls (recently rampaging at Nowadays and Basement), dingy holes, roaring renegades, broadcast booths, and festivals (The Great Beyond '23, '24, and headlining in '25, Honcho Campout '24, Making Time '25) - always with eclectic selections and a steadfast focus on pacing and dynamics while regularly jumping genres to build moving and impactful sets, often alongside internationally celebrated, no-nonsense acts. Beyond the fog and speaker stacks, Furtive creates art in a variety of mediums. They're as unapologetic in their sincerity and flair as they are in being a die-hard True Believer in the rave.
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Learn more here: https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/introducing/furtive-the-astronaut-in-a-pool-of-mermaids/
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As a closing note: the journey can be summarized in their own words (or, a cheeky amalgamated existential portmanteau): “I aim for the stars, but sometimes I land in a pool of mermaids.”

https://furtivetrax.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/furtivetrax
https://www.instagram.com/furtive.sasha/
https://ra.co/dj/furtive

Groovy, bassy, mostly out of tempo.

1/2 of https://soundcloud.com/ostseeichgutaus - OIGA
Crew @ NeXo dmv

Soon and Recent: 
10.18.25 @ ESL
07.12.25 @ Wilder als Erwartet (Berlin) (OIGA)
05.09.25 @ Nublu Classic (NYC)
04.26.25 @ Jimmy Valentines
04.05.25 @ ESL
03.14.25 @ NeXo - 618
02.21.25 @ Vagabond Basement

11.16.24 @ NeXo - Zeba Bar (b2b Miss Q)
08.24.24 @ Klangkulisse (DE)
05.10.24 @ ESL
04.20.24 @ ESL (b2b Miss Q)
03.08.24 @ Gramophone 
02.10.24 @ ESL
01.20.24 @ ESL

12.01.23 @ Hast du Feuer - Republic Hall
09.22.23 @ Hive (Zurich) (OIGA)
08.19.23 @ Entropie Festival (DE) (OIGA)
08.13.23 @ Wilde Möhre - Umspannwerk (DE)
08.12.23 @ Wilde Möhre (DE) (OIGA)
07.22.23 @ ESL
06.10.23 @ SUPER 
05.26.23 @ Hast du Feuer - 618 
04.01.23 @ Spring Beauty
03.18.23 @ Sorglos Fest, DC
02.24.23 @ Hast du Feuer - 618
02.16.23 @ Eaton Radio DC

Good Memories: Ostsee Törn Up, Mecklenburg | Birgit Club, Berlin | Promenadeneck, Berlin  | Techno am Teich, Mecklenburg | Dogstar, Brixton | more complete with Ostsee ich gut aus

Feel free to connect here or through sorglos.musik@gmail.com

@tenderfullstop
our resilience is in each other


2023-02-16 @ Eaton Radio
2023-02-24 @ 618, DC
2023-04-01 @ Spring Beauty 
2023-06-10 @ SUPER
2023-06-17 @ Flash, DC
2023-06-23 @ Studio 52, DC
2023-07-04 @ Flash, DC
2023-10-13 @ Owl Room, DC
2023-10-20 @ Jimmy V's, DC
2023-10-20 @ Nocturnal Wax, WERA 96.7fm radio
2023-12-29 @ Flash, DC
2023-12-31 NYE @ The Compound, Baltimore
2024-01-06 @ Midwest Plenty's Eaton Radio
2024-01-06 @ Dew Drop Inn, DC
2024-02-09 @ Jimmy V's
2024-03-22 @ DC9
2024-04-26 @ Jimmy V's
2024-05-11 @ Malcom X
2024-05-31 @ 618
2024-06-07 @ Watermelon Seeds (Mutual Aid)
2024-06-21 @ Private Event
2024-07-12 @ tender. late-nigher
2024-08-02 @ Private Event
2024-09-20 @ ecobeat renegade
2024-10-26 Watermelon Seeds (Mutual Aid) @ Rhizome
2024-11-09 tender. @ Sinners
2024-12-07 TEMPO @ the Compound [Ambient set]
2024-12-14 tender. @ Sinners
2025-03-22 tender. @ Sinners
2025-05 Distant Signals @ Berlin
2025-07 Big Wub @ Berlin
2025-09 tender. @ sun's

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DISTANT SIGNALS