"Across the expanse of time existed a place so rich in amphibious lifeforms that it continued to challenge and mystify its invaders well into the surrounding planetary transformation. An order of diviners had predicted this place would shapeshift, changing its identity and turning on those who continued to shelter in its dense core. However, that never happened. Even as the invaders seeked to halt, divert, and capture the place's energy arteries and flows, its integrity held, buoyed by the impossible fecundity of unruly life itself. The place's offspring penetrated the minds and paralyzed the bodies of the invaders themselves who realized that their brutal fetishes and charms would inevitably decompose. As that suffocating superstructure fell, its limbs were swallowed, becoming one with the very place it had sought to dismember and destroy."

@konifer
IG: @benja.konifer

Cartographer/artist based in Los Angeles, USA; co-founder of Rhizome Records. Resident for Makes Me Human (Seattle). Lover of all things humid & wavy.

Distant Signals 064: Konifer

Received transmissions from the outer reaches of an exquisite corpse universe

A native of Macedonia and longtime resident of Seattle, Kinjo contributes to the Pacific Northwest music community as a DJ, producer, promoter, and record label head. His sound has morphed through the years, yet an aura of psychedelia lifted through space by futuristic rhythms and basslines remains his consummate passion. Along the way expect teasing vocal samples, trippy twists & turns, and trancy grooves on a minimal tip.

Describing his journey through music: “The desire to play music to friends and acquaintances brings you from the dance floor to the DJ booth. The desire to see and hear how they respond to music, keeps you in the booth.” It all began with small private events in Macedonia, leading to clubs, festivals, and the Beatnex party brand in Skopje. Once in Seattle, Kinjo supported production of the venerable Decibel Festival and eventually established Grounded alongside then-local Miles Mercer. Across several years Grounded provided an unparalleled space in Seattle’s music culture for up & coming, genre-bending local DJs and premieres of touring acts such as Frank & Tony, Dorisburg, DJ Dustin, Chaos in the CBD, Toshiya Kawasaki, Palms Trax.

Alongside long-time friend and b2b partner Konifer, Kinjo launched Rhizome Records in 2018. Rhizome created a platform for introducing West Coast producers to International remixers specializing in minimal and eclectic dance music. With 2 vinyls and 6 digital releases already in its catalog, the future looks bright for Rhizomeiros everywhere. 2022 saw the emergence of the Makes Me Human events series, marking a new chapter in Kinjo’s engagement with the Seattle music scene through a monthly introduction to the international underground circuit’s finest talents including Sepp, Mihigh, Janeret, Alexandra, Cosmjn, Amir Javasoul, and an ever-growing list of must-hears.

Words by Benjamin Kantner.

upcoming...
2025.07.26 LINEA Collective @ Bravo Toast / West Hollywood

memories...
2025.05.17 Makes Me Human ft. Raphael Carrau @ Diffusion / Seattle
2024.12.20 Makes Me Human ft. Voigtmann, Succubass @ Monkey Loft / Seattle
2024.08.17 Makes Me Human ft. Mathew Jonson live @ Diffusion / Seattle
2024.03.30 Makes Me Human ft. Priku @ Diffusion / Seattle
2024.03.15 Rhizome pres. REFLEXO @ /CO, São Paulo / BRAZIL
2024.02.23 Global Warm / Vila Container, Belém / BRAZIL
2023.09.06 ATMOS @ Ammar, Belém / BRAZIL
2023.07.07 @ Flor de Lúpulo, Belém / BRAZIL
2023.06.24 @ Belchior, Belém / BRAZIL
2023.05.24 @ Flor de Lúpulo, Belém / BRAZIL
2023.04.28 E.X.O @ Flor de Lúpulo, Belém / BRAZIL
2023.03.10 De Boca En Boca @ Croft Alley / Los Angeles
2023.02.05 MMH afters, Mérida / MEXICO
2023.01.13 De Boca En Boca @ Croft Alley / Los Angeles
2022.10.07 Makes Me Human 1-year anniv ft. Mihai Pol @ Kremwerk / Seattle
2022.08.28-09.05 Burning Man, Black Rock Desert / NV
2022.08.05 Makes Me Human ft. Amir Javasoul @ Kremwerk / Seattle
2022.06.03 Deep Sexta @ Ammar, Belém / BRAZIL
2022.02.19 Pleasure Makes Me Human ft. Direkt @ Hour House / Seattle
2021.12.03 Makes Me Human ft. Mihigh @ Kremwerk / Seattle
2021.08.06 Drop ft. DJ Tennis @ Monkey Loft / Seattle
2021.07.30 b2b Kinjo @ Woodsky's / Seattle
2021.07.24 Luminosity, Shelton / WA
2021.07.17 b2b Kinjo @ Woodsky's 10th Anniv / Seattle
2021.06.22 Dose the Swamp EP release party @ Kremwerk Livestream Series
2020.10.16 Rhizome takeover @ Kremwerk Livestream Series
2020.03.04 b2b ELLEM, Art On The Rocks @ Pioneer Square / Seattle
2020.01.26 Beijos do Mar @ Re-bar / Seattle
2020.01.18 Harborbar 2020 @ Gig Harbor / WA
2020.01.01 b2b Kinjo, The Breakfast Club @ Monkey Loft / Seattle
2019.11.30 b2b ELLEM (Mirror&Web), Ke Society @ Re-bar / Seattle
2019.11.10 Flammable @ Re-bar / Seattle
2019.10.19 Seacompression 2019 / Seattle
2019.09.22 Kremfest afters / Seattle
2019.08.25-09.02 Burning Man, Black Rock Desert / NV
2019.08.16-18 ECHO, Cascade Mountains / WA
2019.07.21 SunseTy Eco Alter @ Ty, Alter do Chão / BRAZIL
2019.06.15 Mothership @ D-EDGE, São Paulo / BRAZIL
2019.05.18 Ty / Alter do Chão, BRAZIL
2019.05.04 Ty / Alter do Chão, BRAZIL
2019.03.23 Poraquê @ Ôvibe / Belém, BRAZIL
2019.03.05 secret forest party / Alter do Chão, BRAZIL
2019.02.22 Shisa Lounge / Belém, BRAZIL
2019.02.09 Poraquê @ Ôvibe / Belém, BRAZIL
2019.01.26 Sob Detroit / Belém, BRAZIL
2019.01.25 Poraquê @ Ôvibe / Belém, BRAZIL
2018.12.21 Traffic House / Belém, BRAZIL
2018.11.22 @ De Bubuia / Belém, BRAZIL
2018.09.23 w/ ELLEM @ Tremulant showcase, Kremfest SEATTLE
2018.09.08 Macedonian independence day SEATTLE
2018.08.26-09.03 Burning Man @ Black Rock Desert NEVADA
2018.08.10 Blue Spectral Storm ft. David Hohme @ Re-bar SEATTLE
2018.08.03-08.05 SAND BAR @ Mt. Hood OREGON
2018.07.27 Research Turns 3 w/ Mor Elian @ Complex SEATTLE
2018.07.20 b2b Kinjo: Robot Voices @ Timbre Room SEATTLE
2018.07.03 Timbre Room 2 Year Anniv @ Timbre Room SEATTLE
2018.03.23 b2b Kinjo: Goodlife pres. Matthew Dekay @ Re-bar / SEATTLE
2018.03.10 Honor the Earth: Winona LaDuke @ Open Space / VASHON ISLAND
2018.01.20 Lusio Lights w/ subMerge @ Volunteer Park Conservatory / SEATTLE
2017.11.25 Complex ft. ASC @ Kremwerk / Seattle

demos: info@rhizome.us

A shared space for developing connection and community between individuals passionate about exploratory music and complimentary design.

I long to enter the magic with you.

- 9.27.25 Bathhouse Disco @ Wash

Raised by drag queens on acid house and disco between Detroit and Chicago, spaceotter moved to the West Coast and found his voice DJing at radical faerie gatherings, Burning Man and the underground clubs and warehouses of the Pacific Northwest.

cuddly apex predator // lotsa fur, lotsa eyes // dust in the interstellar wind // "we put the extra in extraterrestrial"

art/ecology/activism concept by Konifer + ELLEM

upcoming by Mirror&Web artists:

2025.07.26 Konifer @ LINEA Collective/LOS ANGELES

past Mirror&Web curated events:

2022.08.29 & 09.02 Astral Intentions @ Black Rock Desert/NEVADA
2018.06.01 Mirror&Web x Tremulant pres. Mira @ Timbre Room/SEATTLE
2018.03.23 CCL, Goetic Mirror, Paris, ELLEM @ Timbre Room/SEATTLE
2016.06.26 In2Deep, Naimur, Konifer, ELLEM @ All Due Respect/SEATTLE

Okinawa tidepools and topanga canyons
Reflections on new relations

Together we weave themes of social justice, deep ecology, and mysticism through art and music. The concept encourages participants to see themselves in the Other and feel the Oneness of all things. Mirror & Web is balance between the masculine & feminine, inner & outer worlds, and form & formless. All this is best grounded in kinetic community, dancing with humans and more-than-humans alike.

A state of the mind and way-of-being inspired by days & nights camping on the Olympic Coast, exploring the Ryukyu Islands, and grooving in the Black Rock Desert

wild, present, organic, ecological. We are committed to celebrating life, Nature, and self-expression.

Distant Signals 064: Konifer

DISTANT SIGNALS