Name: 9/07/23 - Knotty (Burning) Jam @ East Bay Community Space by DJ Godiva in Knotty Jams
Duration: 1 h 26 min 35 s
Description: This rope jam took place the day after I returned from Burning Man in 2023, so inevitably my selects were highly influenced by the music I encountered on playa and the sum of my experiences in general.

Knotty Jams are my sets for the Bay Area-based Knotty Scouts, who throw play-positive rope skillshares at East Bay Community Space in Oakland. With these, I tend towards deep listening elements with broad genre variation, though they typically center around deep house selects.

Knotty Jams

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Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You (Distant Matter Remix)

This happened. Along with something else, which you can probably guess....

Carrie Lucas - Dance With You (Pete Le Freq Refreq)

This rope jam took place the day after I returned from Burning Man in 2023, so inevitably my selects were highly influenced by the music I encountered on playa and the sum of my experiences in general.

9/07/23 - Knotty (Burning) Jam @ East Bay Community Space

Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan (Distant Matter Remix)

Tracklist:
Childish Gambino - Stand Tall
Donate - L.U.V.
Björk - Unison
FKJ - Us
Groove Armada - My Friend
Pond - Paint Me Silver
Weather Report - 125th St. Congress (Dave Harrington Edit)
Janet Jackson - Rope Burn (Patrick PH Edit)
Flying Lotus (feat. Andreya Triana) - Tea Leaf Dancers
Janelle Monae - Lipstick Lover
Riyoon - As You Sleep On My Lap
Robyn - Honey (Pulli & Chomba Remix)
Justice (feat. Miguel) - Saturnine
LCD Soundsystem - oh baby (lovefingers remix)
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Deadly Valentine (SV Remix)
Soulwax (feat. Chloé Sévigny) - Heaven Scent (Deeweedub)
Mr. Twin Sister - In The House of Yes
Donald Byrd - Love Has Come Around
Róisín Murphy - Incapable (Extended Mix)
Odyssey - Hang Together
Chateau Flight & Marie Daulne - Superflight (Maurice Fulton Remix)
Martin Kenshaw - Keep on Pokin’
Thugfucker - Disco Gnome (Tomboy Remix)
Demon - Midnight Funk
Lifelike - Sexodrome
The Avalanches - Electricity (Harvey’s Nightclub Re-Edit)
Prince - D.M.S.R.
Change - Holiday (A Labor Of Lover’s Holiday Dub)
Tracey Chapman - Give Me One Reason (Lev Tatarov & Thommie G Edit)
Khruangbin - Feel Good (Mount Liberation Unlimited’s Reduced Funk Tripp)

6/13/24 - Knotty Pride @ East Bay Community Space

Tracklist:
Midlife - The Magnificent Moon
Kerala Dust - Moonbeam, Midnight, Howl
Timboletti - Shroom Room (Iori Pathfinder Remix)
Hraach - Delirio
Raidho - Whispers
Ouhana & Daniel Hokum - Timebender
Turzi - Colombe (Polo & Pan Remix)
Raw Main, Lunar Disco, & Sucré Salé - Winterfell
Be Svendsen - Decoy
Acid Pauli - Alambic (Geju Remix)
Rodrigo Gallardo - Uakti
Marsh - Belle (Extended Mix)
Dance Spirit - West of the Sun
Superpitcher - Monterrey Paris Texas
Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise If You Can See
Daniel Avery - These Nights Never End
Axel Boman - Slave To The Vibe
FEATHERED SUN - Mysth
Nils Frahm - All Melody (Mr. Lokomot Edit)
Sega Bodega (feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg) - Naturopathe
Max Cooper - Waves
The Juan MacLean - I Want The Night
Y.O.G.A. - Pain Makes Us Alive (Red Axes Remix)
Guy Gerber - Cameo
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - When The Lights Go
Jono Ma & Dreems - Can’t Stop My Dreaming of You
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields (Mojo Filter & Fear of Theydon Re-Imagination)
DJ Streaks - A City Where Nobody Knows Me

8/15/24 - Knotty {Pre-Burn} Jam @ East Bay Community Space

Tracklist:
U2 - Desire
MKHLSDRV - Midtechno
Devault - Intrusion
Flume (feat. KUČKA) - Numb & Getting Colder (Baauer Remix)
Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. (Monista Bootleg) [of original Skrillex remix]
DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Leygo Remix)
The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats
ZHU & Tame Impala - My Life (AWAY Remix)
Madeon - Imperium
LSDREAM - PHOENIX
Justice - Phantom Pt. II
DJ Snake - Westside Story
Gesaffelstein - Glass
Cat Passidy - Lust in the Dust
Polo & Pan - From a World to Another
FETISH - Trench
BRONSON - TENSE
Kelis - Milkshake (RULEXXX Rework)
Deathpact - Formality
ATLiens - Tantra (One True God Remix)
Gesaffelstein - Obsession
The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs (First Season Edit)
Max Cooper - Everything
Dominus - Pleasure
Deathpact - HIATUS
LSDREAM - SHADOW SELF
LICK (feat. Luna Aura) - BODY
Porter Robinson - Flicker
Jamie xx - Girl
G Jones - Everything All at Once

9/29/24 - Knotty Folsom St. After Party @ The Living Room

Event: Top Floor 38
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024
Location: Manhattan, New York City

Live Saxophone with Michael Ghegan
michaelghegan.com - www.instagram.com/michaelghegan/

DJs:
	
Upstairs	
10:30 - 12:00	Sapphira Solstice (India)
12:00 - 1:30	Kozlow (Grant)
1:30 - 3:00	Breezah (Bree)
3:00 - 5:00	Bad Jasmine (Jasmine)

TASCAM DR-40X

TF38 Sep 14 Upstairs 3am - Bad Jasmine

Tracklist: 
Medeski, Martin & Wood - Strance of the Spirit Red Gator
Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You For Talkin’ to Me, Africa
Gorillaz (feat. George Benson) - Humility
St. Vincent - Savior
Thundercat - Dragonball Durag
Little Beaver (feat. Jaco Pastorius) - I Can Feel It Baby
Billy Cobham (feat. Jan Hammer) - Red Baron
Steely Dan - Black Cow
D’Angelo - Chicken Grease > Feel Like Makin’ Love [Roberta Flack cover]
Cymande - The Message [tease]
Stereolab - Metronomic Underground
obli - Look
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Michael Jackson - Human Nature (Louis La Roche Remix)
Christine & the Queens - iT
LCD Soundsystem - Freak Out
Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song
Toro Y Moi - Millenium
The 1975 - Love Me
Orange Juice - Rip It Up
Jeff Beck - You Know What I Mean
Herbie Hancock & the Headhunters - Sly
Parliament - Funkentelechy
D’Angelo - Sugar Daddy
RJD2 - 2 More Dead
Anderson .Paak - Lockdown
Crazy P - Lie Lost (Maurice Fulton Remix)
Flying Lotus (feat. George Clinton) - Burning Down the House
William Onyeabor - Body and Soul (Whatever / Whatever Mix)
St. Vincent - Digital Witness
James Brown - Funky President (mikeandtess edit 4mix)
Hot Chip - Started Right (Joe Goddard Disco Remix)
Róisín Murphy - Murphy's Law (Extended Mix)
Change - A Lover's Holiday (N-You-Up Re-Edit)
L'Impératrice - Voodoo? (Lazywax Remix)
Boombox - Tonight
Surface - Falling In Love (Shep Pettibone 12" Mix)
Cola Boyy - Beige 70 (Domenique Dumont Bilingual Remix)
Jeff Beck - Come Dancing
James Brown - Papa Don't Take No Mess
Mtume - Juicy Fruit (“Fruity" Instrumental Mix)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Necessary Evil
Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long
Lettuce - By Any Shmeeans Necessary
Jaco Pastorius (feat. Sam & Dave) - Come On, Come Over
Christine & the Queens (feat. Dâm-Funk) - Girlfriend [Dâm-Funk Re-Freak]
Bombay Bicycle Club - Lights Out, Words Gone
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (Flight Facilities Remix)
Sister Sledge - Thinking of You (Dimitri from Paris Remix)
Fern Kinney - Groove Me
Kylie Minogue - Chocolate (Emo Mix)
Crazy P - Is This All It Seems? (Ron Basejam Instrumental Remix)
Folamour - Just A Lonely Night Eating Sushis
Soulphiction - When Radio Was Boss
Rhye - Taste [recorded live at Spotify Studios NYC]
James Blake - Limit To Your Love
DJ Shadow - Napalm Brain
Akua Naru - Poetry: How Does It Feel?
Parliament - Wizard of Finance
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (Dimitri from Paris Re-Edit)

10/17/24 - Funk Your (Rope) Burn [Knotty Birthday Jam @ The Kink Store SF]

Life's Been Good (Extended Interlude Version)

Been teasing this one for over a year... finally we get to enjoy it on Soundcloud.

Hope you guys enjoy. Threw a download link as well for all the DJs >:)

UPDATE: The song got officially cleared to come out on SPOTIFY with JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AS OFFICIAL REMIX – download link is off til the end of the month where it will be uploaded to Beatport!

Justin Timberlake - My Love (it's murph Remix)

Oscar Farrell - dh2 at Public Records

Featuring saxophone vibrations from @josh-rickert starting at ~1:04:00

Tracklist:
Glass Beams - Mirage
DARGZ - Lou’s Tune
Khruangbin - Mr. White (Thailus Remix)
DJ Shadow - Building Steam from a Grain of Salt
SBTRKT (feat. Little Dragom) - Wildfire
Sylvan Esso - Dress
Jamie xx - Obvs > Dafodil (feat. Kelsey Lu, John Glacier, & Panda Bear)
Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You (ill-esha Remix)
Underworld - Bird 1 (Chitoon Remix)
Nils Frahm - All Armed (Monvol Remix)
Antaares - Desayuno
Nicolas Jaar - WOUH
Romare - Down The Line (It Takes A Number)
Flying Lotus - Massage Situation
Toro Y Moi - Girl Like You
Daft Punk (feat. Panda Bear) - Doin’ It Right
Caribou - Silver
Maribou State - Beginner’s Luck (samples “Soul Serenade” by Aretha Franklin)
LEN (feat. Eva Gou) - 425
Big Wild - 6’s to 9’s (NEIL FRANCES Remix)
Pulli & Chomba - Ben Sento
Bobby McFerrin - Thinkin' About Your Body (Virgin Magnetic Material Remix)
Pshiuu & Riyoon - Slowmo Funk
Coss & Iorie - Cielo Azul (Arutani Remix)

This set got cut off early because the neighbors next door to The Kink Store leveled a noise complaint.

2/27/25 - Knotty Rope Jam @ The Kink Store SF

This is the set I played for the My Dad's House Fundraiser at The Faight in San Francisco. Excited to have the chance to play out some new music I'm working on and to have a couple burlesque performances from Blue Lightning!

I tried doing something a little different by mixing in some noise from the room recorded with a Zoom H1 to give it more of a "live" feel. 

RA Link: ra.co/events/2122244

My Dad's House: www.instagram.com/mydadshouse_/
The Faight SF: www.instagram.com/thefaightsf/
Blue Lightning: www.instagram.com/bluelightningbb/
Photo by Alex M: www.instagram.com/export.alex/

Tracklist:

Better On Mute (Poni Flip) [Blue Lightning Edit] - Sophie Powers
Hands Up - Ethanplus
Lean Back (Fabian Mazur Flip) - Fat Joe
Set The Flow - Nitepunk & Jon Casey
PS GFY (feat. Cherub) - GRiZ
Crazy In Love (Ricky Marano & Fabian Mazur Flip) - Beyonce
Pop That - ethanplus
BOUNCE TO THIS - BLVZE & Bagg
Break of Dawn - Effin
Can't Stop (Jurri & Tony Flip) - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Purple Hat (Dillon Francis Remix) - Sofi Tukker
Pink Pony Club (Bush Pilot Bootleg) - Chappell Roan
Horsey (Lazerdisk Party Sex Remix) - Diplo
Move Bitch (Hedegaard Remix) - Ludacris
Superstition (Monolith Remix) - Stevie Wonder
BaDINGA (ethanplus Remix) - TWRK
Get Low (SPORTMODE Flip) - Lil Jon
I'm Yer Dad [BLUE LIGHTNING EDIT] - GRLwood
Robot Rock - Daft Punk
Robot Rock (SANTO Flip) Daft Punk
Pressure - Florentino
Bang Bang (Original Mix) -Krafty Kuts
Sun Sala -MEMBA
XTC (Extended Mix) - Sam Collins & Sly Phil
Animal (Fake Blood Remix) - Miike Snow
Cross the Dancefloor (Lifelike Remix) - Treasure Fingers
When I'm On It - Bush Pilot
Nasty (G-Buck Remix) - Tinashe
Booty Bounce Feat. DJ Funk (Original Mix) - DJ Funk, GTA
Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time (BVRNOUT X MOONLGHT Remix)

My Dad's House Fundraiser DJ Set @ The Faight SF - 04.26.25

Evelyn King - Love Come Down (Cardiac & DJOKO Rework)

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love Virgin Magnetic Material Remix

DJ Godiva is Paul de KT (aka https://soundcloud.com/ambiensce) in his dance music and radio persona.  While his DJ origins extend back 15 years to eight semesters of college radio broadcasting, Godiva has been spinning live for three solid years now, racking up dozens of gigs per year within the Bay Area's underground arts and play communities and expanding to party scenes in LA, Brooklyn, and Black Rock City.

He has graced the airwaves at Torture Garden's SF debut, Burning Man 2024, Come Together Campout's final iteration in 2023, Top Floor (twice), and innumerable private funktions. DJ Godiva’s bittersweet, creamy confections contain an encyclopedic kaleidoscope of genre but always remain on-theme no matter the event or organizer. Take a bite and feel the theobromine spike...

Past performances:
2025
4/26 My Dad's Burning Man Fundraiser @ the Faight Collective & Underground SF
4/13 Renegade skate in Oakland, CA
4/12 Connect. Dance. Love. @ East Bay Community Space in Oakland, CA
3/9 Renegade skate in Oakland, CA
3/1 Private event in Oakland, CA
2/27 Knotty Jam @ The Kink Store in San Francisco, CA
2/8 Cluster* @ Mission Control in Oakland, CA
1/11 Top Floor in New York, NY

2024
12/14 Private event @ The Kink Store in San Francisco, CA
11/21 Knotty Jam @ The Kink Store in San Francisco, CA
11/15 Immersive Elevator Convention in Stateline, NV
10/26 Birthing Man @ Rainbow Creek Ranch
10/17 Knotty Jam @ The Kink Store in San Francisco, CA
10/12 Club Night @ the Continental Club in Oakland, CA
9/29 Knotty Scouts Folsom St. Fair afters @ The Living Room in San Francisco, CA
9/14 Private event in Santa Cruz, CA
8/26 - 8/29 5 DJ sets @ Burning Man in Black Rock City, NV
8/15 Knotty Jam @ East Bay Community Space in Oakland, CA
8/03 Private event in Oakland, CA
7/19 Private event in San Carlos, CA
7/13 Top Floor in New York, NY
6/27 Private event in Brooklyn, NY
6/15 After Dark @ Hacienda Villa in Brooklyn, NY
6/13 Knotty Pride @ @ East Bay Community Space in Oakland, CA
5/18 Private event in Oakland, CA
5/17 Les Fleurs du Mal @ Queen of Hearts in San Francisco, CA
4/27 Playgue Party III @ the Birdhouse in Berkeley, CA
4/11 Knotty Jam @ East Bay Community Space in Oakland, CA
2/24 Connect. Dance. Love. @ East Bay Community Space in Oakland, CA
2/10 Metas & More Ball by Bonobo Network @ East Bay Community Space in Oakland, CA
2/9 Enter the Dragon @ Heron Arts in San Francisco, CA
1/12 Ministry of Desire in Los Angeles, CA

2023
12/7 Knotty Jam @ East Bay Community Space
11/18 Queergasm by Bonobo Network @ Radiance Oakland
11/11 Immersive Elevator Convention in Stateline, NV
11/04 Cluster* by Bonobo Network @ Radiance Oakland
11/02 Knotty Jam @ East Bay Community Space in Oakland, CA
9/25 The Aftermath @ The Fuzzy Place (Folsom St. Fair afters)
9/23 Private event @ Vulcan Lofts in Oakland, CA
9/16 Ministry of Desire in Los Angeles, CA
9/07 Knotty Rope Jam @ East Bay Community Space 
8/03 Knotty Rope Jam @ East Bay Community Space 
7/23 Come Together Campout @ Mendocino Magic, CA
6/02 Private event in upstate NY
5/20 Private event @ Mendocino Magic, CA
5/04 Knotty Rope Jam @ East Bay Community Space in Oakland, CA
4/29 Private event @ the Phoenix Hotel in San Francisco, CA 
4/08 Cluster* by Bonobo Network @ East Bay Community Space in Oakland, CA 
4/06 Knotty Rope Jam @ East Bay Community Space in Oakland, CA
3/26 Queergasm by Bonobo Network @ East Bay Community Space in Oakland, CA 3/01 Private event in Tahoe, CA 

2022
11/12 Immersive Elevator Convention in Stateline, NV 
10/15 Private event @ Harbin Hot Springs, CA
2/24 Private event @ Lake Junaluska, NC

9/07/23 - Knotty (Burning) Jam @ East Bay Community Space

DJ Godiva

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