"A utopian,
bright striver, turns their dial,
hears woven, strange sounds.

In resonance they
vibrate to the transmission
and recognize that

every return
implies the journey before:
past adreads present.

Time glimmers ahead,
but also trails their escape,
reaches, pulls backward.

A stubborn relic,
internalized deserving,
haunts like history.

Our listener leaves
their old self behind, shedding,
cutting time's chords;

broken rope rings out:
no person earns punishment
nor deserves reward.

Throw stones at the walls,
striking old sequestration ––
do you hear great music?

Build bridges, not walls,
crossing inherited rifts ––
do you feel deep love?

Thanks for pulling me into the Distant Signals universe :) recorded
with a Xone + DD500. Vocals by @user-76549051
reading Ursula le Guin's The Dispossessed."

@ok-carty
IG: @ok_carty

Distant Signals 083: OK Carty

Received transmissions from the outer reaches of an exquisite corpse universe

⋆｡°✩ smooth, cheesy, and spicy genres, most likely downpitched ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

crew @ NeXo.dmv

Past:
07.12.25 @ Wilder als erwartet, Berlin
06.13.25 @ Jimmy Valentines, DC
04.26.25 @ Jimmy Valentines, DC
05.09.25 @ Nublu Classic, NYC
03.14.25 - NeXo @ 618 DC
02.21.25 @ Vagabond Basement, DC
11.16.24 - NeXo @ Zeba Bar (b2b Rudi Sorglos), DC
04.20.24 @ ESL (b2b Rudi Sorglos), DC
03.09.24 - Sorglos Fest @ ESL, DC
06.10.23 - SUPER @ Petworth, DC
04.01.23 - Spring Beauty, DC
03.18.23 - Sorglos Fest @ Petworth, DC

PAST
9-1-24 nyc
5-10-24 nyc
3-29-24 nyc
2-29-24 nyc
1-27-24 w/ lee cash, bisousbizous, baby's all right, nyc
2-10-23 k a i for Rinse After Light, black lace, pvd
11-20-22 dust radio, nyc
6-4-22 k a i b2b manton at dirt palace, pvd
6-11-22 synthetic pleasures w/ buzzi, isabella, midnight climax, manton
4-30-22 w/ cyberbully, nybor, celestine, adaa at black lace, pvd
3-18-22 castle in the sky w/ adaa, manton, cinquefoil, k a i
9-17-21 symposium records @ pvd fest
8-14-21 vertebrae w/ xiorro, k a i, br-1
6-5-21 second summer w/ midnight climax, vivian blush, manton b2b k a i
4-9-21 vertebrae stream w/ vivian blush, k a i

@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

Distant Signals 083: OK Carty

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