"Summer of Solstice 3055: 

I’d just returned from a long stint working the orbital docks, preparing to settle back into the life cycle routine that was Valkor Zenith. The last thing I expected was to reconnect with three old friends from my days at the Echo House orphanage. Sora had slipped back from exile on Neoterra Prime. Rion had fled the undercity of Crysalis after a grav-bike race gone bad. And Omrin, who I hadn’t seen or heard of in more than a decade, had shown up out of nowhere as if no time had passed with a stolen data map and a proposition: we’d go find the Dream Beacon.

We’d grown up with the story. A myth, really. Some ancient alien relic buried deep in the sand sea, spoken of in hushed tones in level D bars and back-alley data centres. The promise was simple, if you could reactivate its signal with your own transmission, you’d be granted your most longed-for dreams and unimaginable wealth. No one had ever found it.

I’m still not entirely sure what made us set off and follow Omrin so blindly that summer. Maybe it was grief, maybe hope. Or just that need to move, to do anything but sit still. Each of us were adrift in our own orbit of longing and loss, and somehow, we collided again, drawn together like shards of a broken constellation.

We had left the neon haze of Valkor Zenith behind at sunset, riding the wide stretches of plasma rail to the outer edges as the city lights faded behind us. Nights were lit by twin moons and we passed the time listening to old mixes we’d recorded in our youth, our playlists humming through our comms as we hurtled across other-worldly landscapes at 200mph. In the two months that followed, we would laugh in the ruins of the Oblivion Cradle, party with rogue miners in bioluminescent fungi caverns, feel the cold rush of air as our bikes skimmed the ridges of the Halcyon Scar, be chased by Karn bike gangs through synth-storms, and save a lone settler named Joyce trapped in a dust pocket whilst traversing the Ash Spires. 

As we hurtled towards the promise of the Dream Beacon, I often wondered, was the beacon even real? And if it was, what would I even upload as my transmission? Maybe one of those old mixes we used to make. I’m sure all these questions flickered across all our minds, unspoken. But that summer, deep down, none of it really mattered. I would’ve followed those three anywhere..."

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Music imprint curated by a group of globally dispersed friends, contributing vibes to the internet since 2010.

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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:
8/23 - System Activate, VT
9/19 - Making Time, PHL
9/27 - TBA, PHL
10/10 - TBA, PHL
10/11 - TBA, PHL
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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) - 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.”

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🖤(an archive)🖤
❥ 8.2.25 - chrysalis w/ special guest dj, succubass, dj papaya, & yaka, PHL
❥ 7.12.25 - Les Libertines w/ Materia Hache, BLN
❥ 2.8.25 - Transwarp w/ chancleta, furtive, & vicky vicky vicky, the warehouse, RVA
❥ 2.2.25 - P.S. w/ liftgate & Ali Berger, PGH
❥ 11.23.24 - Polari Afters w/ Haiek, PHL
❥ 6.1.24 - Open Decks, Den Anden Side, CPH
❥ 4.26.24 - Grief in Glitter w/ DJ Anarres, Vox Populi, PHL
❥ 3.20.24 - The Listening Lounge, Tavern on Camac, PHL
❥ 3.7.24 - Diva Worship w/ doll redacted, Dolphin, PHL
❥ 12.9.23 - Bounce House w/ Furtive & Opheliaxz, PHL
❥ 11.10.23 - Party of Your Dreams, Basement, KBH
❥ 10.18.23 - the apple of your eye (vinyl), Dolphin, PHL
❥ 10.14.23 - void w/ Vicenta, Philadelphia
❥ 10.13.23 - Rumor Mill w/ Amylia and Security Dog, VAT, PHL 
❥ 9.28.23 - No Quarter w/ Furtive, The Dolphin, PHL
❥ 12.31.22 - bounce house w/ Security Dog, PHL
❥ 11.20.22 - void w/ Furtive, PHL
❥ 9.8.22 - AltSlut69 @ The Dolphin, PHL
❥ 8.13.22 - Bartram's Bday, PHL
❥ 8.5.22 - bounce house, PHL
❥ 7.30.22 - She.They.Dj @ Mood Ring, NYC
❥ 3.20.22 - The Dolphin (b2b with negative space)

I have no memory on my phone to store the music I buy, but this works. Mixing may not tho.

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