This has been my battery all afternoon, propelling all of my activity today. Coming up for air to say: Great Mix! :-)

This is a mix I've sat on for a long time - nearly an entire year! On a hot August day of biking many, many miles, some incidental sweaty hijinks, and after completing work on Sympathies VII earlier in the day, this was recorded during a rampaging late-night mix session at the then still-fledgling Bounce House, Philadelphia. All alone in the sweltering warehouse space, I used the usual dancefloor speakers as overkill booth monitors and romped, recording three mixes in one night, ending with this one. 

This is, in some ways, me operating at my finest, or at least showcasing my best tendencies as a DJ: a wide range of genres, intentional progression in energy and between genres, deliberate selection, seamlessly executed eclectic stunts, a flow-state of three of four decks. It's also special to me because I happened to recreate one such dramatic stunt that I improvised when I had played in NYC earlier in the year for my Mild Fantasy record release party during a particularly emotionally turbulent period of life. The gaping dramatic, emotional moment on the dancefloor shockingly didn't clear the crowd - something that has been instructive for my growth as a DJ. 

This mix is deliberate and methodical in progressing through vibes and genres, beginning with a gentle atmospheric bath and moving into bass and wiggly  material and sunshine-y rollers before settling into a full-tilt 3+ deck techno firestorm and easing back out into some surprises and delights. expect (or don't!) wormhole techno, drum & bass, dubstep, a handful of originals, and even a glint of hyperpop. 

TRACKLIST:
(artist - track title)* 
Kali Malone - Fast Goodbye
Supreems - Soft Spring
Stones Taro - Tiger
side II side - Stranded
Dubtek & Mouhc - Visionary
Dukwa - Jingle
Sweater & DJ Dre - Gang Gang
Kush Jones - Worldly Rhythm
Dustmite - Hiding
Albert Zhirnov - Old Malt
Guilt Attendant - The Icon is God
Furtive - Convoke
Blacklauren - Teocalli
Anthony Linnell - Falling into Form
Furtive - Voltaic Kisses
Flashe - Protocol
Giordano - Direction of Rotation
Marcal - Manta Ray
P. Lopez & Octavio - ONTO70
DJ Hockey - Take a Tumble
Cosmic Xplorer - Space Run
William Arist - Like Everybody Wants Now
Bop ft. Anastasia Basenko - Glancing Stream (instrumental version)
LUAP ft. Marsch - Unspoken Words
Modus - Plot Rider
Dold - Version (Newa Remix)
Yawning Portal - Minute Sun
otodojo - Tetsuo's Arm
Furtive - Question Accelerator (No Answers)
Presha - RATS (The Untouchables Remix)
Forest Drive West - Persistence of Memory #3
Furtive - I Always Try to Be This Gentle
Happa - Fever
Petal Supply & Himera - It's U (Diamond Version)

*the way it's supposed to be, you deranged freaks

Unvanquishable Summer (Furtive // Bounce House, August 2022)

Truancy Sessions S01 E06: DJ Drink Water (@dj_drink_water)

Artwork by Kushagra (kushlet on Instagram)

A devoted music enthusiast and integral member of Washington, DC’s dance music community, DJ Drink Water seeks to become a master in sonic versatility. Starting his DJ career in 2019, he has shared bills with top local acts like Juana, Soso Tharpa, and Black Rave Culture, as well as renowned DJs such as Kush Jones, DJ Voices, and Physical Therapy. DJ Drink Water has opened for Physical Therapy, Vladimir Ivkovic, Dauwd, and Doctor Jeep in the DMV area and performed b2b sessions with soso tharpa, Babypuff, yuzhuuu, and Jacq Jill. He has also DJ’d for event series such as 140+/FWB, Formula, Black Techno Matters, and Hast du Feuer. His sets, characterized by skill and passion, aim to create meaningful connections and memorable moments on the dancefloor, blending driving rhythmic rollers with ethereal vocal escapes. In 2022, he founded the DC-based party DOJO, CASINO, currently on hiatus, to celebrate local talent and stylistic diversity. This event featured lineups including Juana, Baronhawk Poitier, Sami, and Ari Goldman. DJ Drink Water also hosts a monthly Eaton Radio show, "WAVs," featuring collaborations with DJs like James Bangura, Ovid, Artemis.105, and Taylor Trostle. His musical fluidity and eclecticism appeal to techno devotees, seasoned international DJs, crate diggers, and dancefloor seekers alike, revealing an artist fully in tune with his craft.

You can download Truancy Sessions S01 E06: DJ Drink Water in 320kbps and view the full tracklist on Patreon here (patreon.com/truants). Your support helps cover all our costs, allows us to now pay our guests, allows Truants to continue running as a non-profit, ad-free platform and helps fund projects like this. Members will receive exclusive access to mixes, tracklists, and discounts off future merchandise. If you're desperately after any IDs however or money is tight, please leave a comment on the mix and either us or DJ Drink Water will get back to you :)

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DJ Drink Water

Truancy Sessions S01 E06: DJ Drink Water

THF Radio is a community radio broadcasting from the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin. Follow us: @thfradio

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@brandon-braun-506288682

THF presents: W133 special w/ Brandon Braun // 12.07.2024

Geoscope w/ Westov Temple. Unlimited data for introspection.
Listen live - first Sundays, 6-8PM ET at www.greatcircles.net

Case Logic Edition: 1993-96
All tracks ripped from CDs released between 1993 and 1996, all unearthed from my old CD books and wallets. 

~Tracklist~
Mouse on Mars - Elli Im Wunderland
Terre Thaemlitz - Fat Chair
Orb - Slug Dub 
Anouar Brahem - Khomsa (ecm comp)
Stereolab - Metronomic Underground 
Dj Krush -Meiso 
Differenz - Mind Movement (Abstract  / Shadow Records ) 
Laika - Lower Than Stars 
Beth Orton - Tangent (Trailer Park) 
Portishead - It Could Be Sweet 
Seefeel - Time To Find Me (AFX Remix) Polyfusia
Woob - Wuub - Woob 1194
Meredith Monk - Other Worlds Revealed (ECM) 
Short one)$
Cabaret Voltaire - Let It Come Down
Moonshake - Cranes
Beastie Boys - Root Down 
Funky Porcini - king ashabapanel 
AFX - Analogue Bubblebath 
Polygon Window - Polygon Window (The Dice Man) 
Future Sound Of London - Flak 
Mad Professor - Kunte 96 
Jazzmatazz feat. Bahamadia - Respect The Architect
Medeski Martin & Wood - House Mop 
Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Hyped 
Surrender To The Air - And Furthermore 
Air [Peter Namlook] - 1st Impression 
Sonic Youth  - Skink
Electric Company - electro amp cyclic
Spiritualized - Let It Flow 
Beth Orton - Touch Me With Your Love 
Orbital - Are We Here 
Future Sound of London - Dead Skin Cells
DJ Krush - Edge of Blue
The Orb - Montagne D’Or

Geoscope w/ Westov Temple - Case Logic Edition: 1993-96

Tracklist + Q&A: https://mixmag.net/feature/the-mix-030-significant-other-soundystem-new-york-interview-club

@significant0ther shares an exploratory, soundsystem-geared mix.

"I had a lot of fun recording this mix. It consists of road-tested favourites from the past year, new finds and some older go-tos. Recently I’ve been trying to incorporate more off-grid, non-dance music into club sets—playing around with layering unquantized styles to get that nice rough around the edges feel. I think it’s a good representation of what I try to do in a club setting — rapid cycling through different genres and styles in a way that throws you around a bit but remains danceable. All of it indebted to and geared towards the soundsystem. A lot of three-deck action and healthy dub siren usage throughout. Thanks for inviting me to contribute to the series!"

Tracklist + Q&A

The Mix 030: Significant Other

We are happy to welcome Pleaser (former Fibre Optixx) to our 23rd Herbarium episode. With various influences he showcases a tribal yet housy but technoid selection. We were amazed by many interesting audio experiments throughout his well crafted journey.

Pleaser chose the plant Datura Stramonium for his mix, here is why:
Datura Stramonium is a psychoactive deliriant traditionally used in folk medicine and occult ritual. The drug induces a state of total confusion and disassociation, with users reporting not knowing where they are for days at a time. Join me on this long strange trip.

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About Pleaser

Pleaser is the new musical project of  the Berlin based artist formerly known as Fibre Optixx. Born out of a desire to explore and abstract musical motifs from genres spanning from low slung chugged out disco or jacking machine music by way of Chicago and Detroit, to the gritty textural sounds of black metal, goth rock and hardcore. Under his Fibre Optixx moniker, he has released a number of EPs on KANN Records as well as a self release, and has a new album set to release towards the end of the year.

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Follow Pleaser
https://soundcloud.com/fibreoptixxx
https://www.instagram.com/__pleaser_/

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Artwork by @polygonia

Herbarium No 23 - Pleaser - Datura Stramonium

"This mix is a live recording of a warm up set I played at a LLIPS party back in April of this year. A little flirty, cunty taste of what our dance floor sounds like in the earlier hours. It starts off nice and bouncy and burns into rolling naughty grooves. So actually, I've found (through experience) it also works really well AFTER the club, when you get back to someone's place and want to sling on a mix and continue the laughs and chats. It’s perfect for when you wanna take the BPM down but the WPM (words per minute) go up ;) It keeps the party rolling for sure, so yeah, I would prescribe a good, long dose of after-partying.."


We catch up with @bellasarris on her life out and proud, juggling her party LLIPS,  mixing and producing alongside being a killer sommelier and eating well.

Read the full interview here: https://www.hueandsaturation.net/blog/bella-sarris <3

Hue and Saturation Mix #070: Bella Sarris

San Francisco’s Kudeki is fresh off of a year of creative milestones. Her new event series, Endzeit, has quickly become a Bay Area staple for long-form techno in unique spaces. She has also released on Berlin’s W133 Records, Martyn’s 3024, LA’s Delusional Records, and the bay area’s own AYLI Recordings.

https://www.instagram.com/_kudeki
https://soundcloud.com/kudeki

Dead Inside Society with Kudeki @ The Lot Radio 09-09-2024

Rumors Mix Series #118: Carly Zeng

@mui_muii

funisstilltransgressive.com
instagram.com/funisstilltransgressive
facebook.com/funisstilltransgressive

FIST Radio Playlist on Spotify: bit.ly/FISTME

FIST MIX 72 – Mui Mui

@callummagnum

funisstilltransgressive.com
instagram.com/funisstilltransgressive
facebook.com/funisstilltransgressive

FIST Radio Playlist on Spotify: bit.ly/FISTME

FIST MIX 73 – Callum Magnum

Producer/DJ/Promoter/Organizer/bonehead/etc - [Bounce House] -  they/them - 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:
none - get in touch!
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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

Unvanquishable Summer (Furtive // Bounce House, August 2022)

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