Sympathies is Furtive’s eclectic series of self-published original albums, showcasing an extensive multi-genre catalog of colorful and exploratory production and deft dancefloor sorcery. The eighth installment adds some delightful new twists and novel directions to Furtive’s expansive body of work while revisiting some familiar ground with new intentions, keener ears, and a pointedly precise approach to dancefloor dynamics - the result of measured and open-minded genre-agnostic exploration and considerably more dancefloor experience dutifully won through Furtive’s residencies at off-the-books Philly DIY venue Bounce House, their radio residency at scene mainstay Great Circles, and a string of stand-out gigs.

https://furtivetrax.bandcamp.com/album/sympathies-viii

Production, mixing, and mastering by Furtive
Vocals on Body and Mind by emme 
Album artwork by Furtive
Descriptive novelization by Furtive
Starry-eyed romantic rambling/tedious self-important grand-standing, etc. etc. also by Furtive, as usual.

Sympathies’ name references a body of work made during a debauched steamy summertime studio session many years ago - once a true sentimental touchstone of identity, and now a long-surpassed, beautifully, blissfully outclassed memory, a pleasant smile in the existential rear-view, a warm breeze in the gale of history. 

Sympathies is a blur of emotions, experiences, sensations, relationships, and the psychedelic fragments between, given meaning through sound waves and motion, through riotous adventures, bright lights, and the unexpected plot twists that shape life.

Kiln

GiGi FM - Live at Coppi Berlin

A breath holds time, calibrates space,
The quiet hum of an ancient place.
Petals bloom with power and grace.
The self we hide, the depths we know,
Through shadows deep, the seeds will grow.
A falling leaf, the wind’s soft lift,
Letting go, we rise anew,
Then strength will shine through.
GiGi FM 
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This set was recorded live at the beautiful community space Coppi in Berlin, where I was invited by my dear friends from the Brandwerk collectif. 
🐚 I took the opportunity to craft a sonic journey filled with some of my favorite vinyls, musicians, and labels ~ music I turn to when I’m at home, spending days reconnecting and realigning my spiritual forces. 

🌀🪷 It’s a trip to my safe space (which is the garden of my mind ~ where I prune the leaves that need care, check in on my inner trees, flowers and roots ~ aka my mental wellbeing)
I meditate, dance alone in my living room, laugh, sometimes cry, write, read, cook, question the world and myself ~ everything.

🧿 This mix begins as an invitation for us to start our inner visit together, exploring our personal safe spaces. May it guide you to some depth within and, hopefully, help you find the strength to face your battles and the freedom to be your true self.
♾️ 
Music from @astralindustries, Evigt, @tokifuko, and @box_5ive.
@phi-psonics @rebecca_vasmant @ancestralvoices, @nzenze @djbigleg,  @alex-cortiz 

I hope you enjoy this journey as much as I loved creating it. 

~ With love & gratitude ~
GiGi 💌

GiGi FM ~ Live At Coppi Berlin

https://soundcloud.com/simictacoma
https://soundcloud.com/accessoryrecords

Outsidecast 52 | Simic

hello there, here I present to you another recording of my closing set: a very special one, for @ankali birthday weekender, 17-18th May 2024.

It was an honor to be invited amongst all the amazing artists, and even more so to be able to enliven the dancefloor one last time, until the sun was almost at its peak, the tiredness from weekends' worth of dancing palpable, and it was time to actually close down. 

Have never played for 4 hours straight before - an intense and beautiful experience, and I've decided to give you not only a sneak peak, but a full blown 4,5 hour meal. 

Again, SO grateful for the opportunity and the organization, sending hugs to everyone present, may this recording serve as an ever-lasting memory <3

frujty - closing set @ Ankali 7th Anniversary (Planeta Za)

A new mix by Gi Gi, who is known for making music between ambient, downtempo, dub and trip hop.

For this mix, however, he increases the energy & tempo considerably, while maintaining the sense of texture that informs his music.

He recently put out an album on Quiet Time Tapes in September, and has previously released on Good Morning Tapes, INDEX:Records, and Ways Inner Pass.

it's a recording from a club set at a friend's diy space in nyc last september, from the release party for my last lp that just came out.

@gigigigigigigi

www.discoesencia.com

Esencia 090 - Gi Gi

yan b2b frujty [New Year's Day @ Planeta Za]

Tracklist: https://wkdu.org/playlist/66085

A ravewraith hailing from the DIY lairs of Philadelphia (currently Bounce House), DJ Anarres plays sets inspired by the psychedelic experience, the work of Ursula K LeGuin and the rich expanse of music history. Their monthly radio show on Great Circles, Transilience, is defined as “the function of rhythm that makes being.“

tracklist

Freak Flag | DJ Anarres | 2025-01-08

Dark Entries reissues archival and contemporary gems that prove to be crucial to our modern idea of bodily music that exists out of time. Electro, italo, cold wave, new beat, house, techno from a one-of-a-kind digger who visits dusty basements to rescue lost tapes. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/dark-entries-record/episodes/dark-entries-record-9th-january-2025

DARK ENTRIES: TRIBUTE TO DAX PIERSON W/ JOSH CHEON 090125

A special liquidtime set from one of my Favs @napmusick live and direct from liquidtime kwia :) 

𝙡𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 #13 ft NAP: lava mística @refugeworldwide (LIVE)

Next up in our series, we’re excited to welcome Mary Yuzovskaya, a DJ and producer whose surgical sense of the groove and love for minimal sound structures have become trademarks over the years. At the helm of her own record label, Monday Off, Mary puts in the same precision and effort she dishes out through all of her vinyl-only DJ sets. Stripped-back and highly cerebral, her style sits at the junction of heavily dubbed-out psychedelia, liquid abstraction and post-industrialism, and this mix doesn’t differ. Enter Yuzovskaya’s mazy new vinyl exclusive mix with crumbs of bread in your pocket and some red thread, for we’re yet to know where the labyrinth ends. But does it even have an end?

soundcloud.com/bananamilk

Reclaim Your City

Reclaim Your City 626 | Mary Yuzovskaya

Plaster Fe Presents:  Andrea Burns (andrea_andrea) @andrea_andreaaa

A patient breath - 5 seconds in, 8 seconds out - on continuous loop, permeating all that is phasing life into alignment.  

Andrea Burns' Corolla Blues releases 1/31/2025.  
Preorder her new album here:  https://plasterfe.com/album/corolla-blues

PFP01 - Andrea Burns

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:
1/1 - Bounce House, Philly
1/25 - Basement NYC for Wrecked
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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), dingy holes, roaring renegades, broadcast booths, and festivals (The Great Beyond 2023 and 2024, Honcho Campout 2024) - 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