"Out in the wild" (live recordings)

Recording of my set at Club Cosmos in Leeds....a special place with a special vibe in an old re-purposed mill....super chilled with people lying around on beanbags, tons of dry ice and lovely kaleidoscopic oil slide projections on every wall. Space IS the place!

Oh and set was recorded using vinyl, USB and Ableton Live...a real mish mash of formats!

Follow @clubcosmos and if you're in Leeds....go there!

GK Machine @ Club Cosmos, Leeds (26.02.23)

It was a joy to play the warm up set at Optimo's New Year's Day party in The Berkeley Suite earlier this month. The night started at 8pm (until 4am...so a long night) and the room took a while to get busy so I felt it was completely acceptable to veer into the stranger atmospheric territories of my record collection. By half an hour or so in, people had started arriving and dancing so things pick up around halfway through but I still keep the tempo down for a leisurely build. Artists featured include: Beige, Mauoq, Peter Power, C.P.I., Renaldo & The Loaf, Alek Lee, James Holden & Maalem Houssam Guinia, Froid Dub, Olta Karawane, Killing Joke, Mugwump, Girls Chat Room, CatCat, Alterleo, Lust Pattern, Ballistic Mystic, La Bottine Souriante & Legion Of Green Men, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Aiku. If you can't ID anything leave a comment and I'll answer asap. Peace! x

GK Machine @ Optimo, The Berkeley Suite, Glasgow (01.01.24)

Just a little warm-up mini-mix.

I played these tracks from 8pm-8.30pm before Tony Morris came on. I did play a longer set after him too, but the DJ booth was up in a pulpit in the corner of the room, had no monitor and the sound sounded really bassy from up there so although I got compliments for the music, it's far from a perfect mix with several shonky mixes and some transitions that just go on for far too long, so that part is being scrapped, alas. Hope you like this little brief taster.

GK Machine @ Mild Peril, West Port Oracle, Edinburgh (26.07.24)

A pleasure to warm up for the master of bass himself, Mr Jah Wobble.
Vinyl only...excuse the crackle and the occasional skip.
Hit me up in comments if shazam's not doing the do.

Warm up for Jah Wobble @ St. Luke's, Glasgow 27 Apr 2025

Warm up set (21.00-22.30) at The Rum Shack 25 May 2018

GK Machine / Invisible Inc @ The Rum Shack, Glasgow (25.05.18)

Final moments of January's Invisible Inc night. The live set by Krokakai went on later than expected which was followed by Dark Mart and finally I had 35-40 mins to play with. So I went for it.

Features Red Axes & C.A.R., Mondowski, Benedikt Frey, Joakim, Rebolledo, Sister Sledge (via Betty Botox) and The Fall

GK Machine closing set @ Invisible Inc (27.01.18)

Warm-up DJ set at Vague Terrain (@vagueterrain) at Underground SF, San Francisco, 6 April 2018 prior to @gel-set and @group_rhoda playing a couple of live sets.

Such a great party and vibe.....run by some very nice people.....I heartily recommend to anyone passing through SF!!

Though normally I prefer vinyl, for this live mix, I was just using my laptop and Ableton plus a few effects plug-ins....and because the interface I was given only had 2 outputs I wasn't able to do any cueing over the headphones which is why every so often you'll hear tracks coming in and then leaving again and something else coming instead, because only once hearing what was coming in through the monitors would I realise the tracks maybe didn't work so well and quickly tried to correct things. So apologies for the noisy, messy, discordant sections!! Regardless, fun was had. I hope you enjoy this recording too.

Thanks to @ynvynv for having me over to play and for managing to record the whole night.

My second set which closed the night can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/vagueterrain/vague-terrain-12-gk-machine-invisible-inc

GK Machine @ Vague Terrain (Part 1), San Francisco (06.04.18)

4 hour DJ set recorded at the INVINC 20 launch night at the Dancehall at The Rum Shack.

Lighting by Jack Wrigley.

GK Machine, 21:00-22:30 (vinyl only)
Natural Sugars; 22:30-00:30 (vinyl & other bits and pieces)
GK Machine; 00:30-01:00 (vinyl, a space echo pedal & way too many beers)

For track IDs, please comment and @naturalsugars and @g-k-machine will try to respond if they can remember details

Natural Sugars & GK Machine @ INVINC 20 album launch, The Rum Shack Dancehall (10.08.18)

It was a pleasure to be asked to play at the Humana Familia (@humanafamilia) presents Voodoo Plateau at Kelburn Garden Party this year. Humana Familia's @neil-templar and I shared the stage up high on the Beech Plateau overlooking the gorge from 3pm to 7pm. Here's the first 40 minutes of music, which is just me. It's recorded in mono while we waited for some audio gear to arrive after which point we swapped connections and continued to record in stereo. The second half, which comprises the majority of our set (2.5 hours) will be coming soon!! Enjoy

Humana Familia present Voodoo Plateau w/ GK Machine @ Kelburn Garden Party, 2019

GK Machine: body mechanic since 1994.
Managing @invisible-inc since 2014.
Turning knobs and banging metal with @komodokolektif since 2016.
Fader flipping @wrongparty since 2021

DJing/Live around and about:
2025
18/01/25 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
15/02/25 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow w/ Accident Machine (Live)
15/03/25 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
26/04/25 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
17/05/25 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
24/05/25 @ Ryan's Bar, Glasgow
13/06/25 @ Invisible Inc 10th Birthday w/ Dreems & Ravelston, The Flying Duck
21/06/25 @ NSA w/ Zombies In Miami, Bongo Club, Edinburgh
21/06/25 @ NSA Afterparty, Paradise Palms, Edinburgh
04/07/25 @ Kelburn Garden Party
20/07/25 @ Optimo Music Foodbank Fundraiser, Queens Park Arena, Glasgow
01/08/25 @ Back Doune The Rabbit Hole
06/09/25 @ Passenger, Adventures On Arran Festival, Arran

2024
01/01/24 @ Optimo, The Berkeley Suite, Glasgow
17/02/24 @ Wrong Party, Brunswick Cellars, Glasgow
01/03/24 @ Invisible Inc w/ guest Krokakai, Brunswick Cellars, Glasgow
16/03/24 @ Wrong Party, Dannsa, Glasgow
13/04/24 @ Wrong Party, Brunswick Cellars, Glasgow
26/04/24 @ Slay with African Head Charge, JD Twitch & Hometown Soundsystem, Glasgow (postponed to Nov)
14/06/24 @ Optimo Stage Takeover, Eden Festival
15/06/24 @ Wrong Party, Brunswick Cellars, Glasgow
07/07/24 @ Kelburn Garden Party Festival
20/07/24 @ Wrong Party, McNeill's, Glasgow
26/07/24 @ Mild Peril, West Port Oracle, Edinburgh
17/08/24 @ Wrong Party, McNeill's, Glasgow

2023
21/01/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
18/02/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
26/02/23 @ Club Cosmos, Leeds
18/03/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
15/04/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
20/05/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
02/06/23 @ The Berkeley Suite, Glasgow
10/06/23 @ Wrong Party with Anatolian Weapons, La Cheetah, Glasgow
08/07/23 @ Boxhub, Glasgow (7pm-midnight)
08/07/23 @ Symbol, Glasgow (1-3am)
11/08/23 @ The Poetry Club w/ Mutant Radio meets Clyde Built Radio, Glasgow
12/08/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
02/09/23 @ The Berkeley Suite with Vladimir Ivkovic, Glasgow
16/09/23 @ Counterterraism, Upstairs, Inverness
23/09/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
21/10/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
18/11/23 @ Wrong Party Second Birthday w/ Dirt Brooks (live), Glasgow
27/12/23 @ Wrong Party Festive Freakout w/ Jamie Paton, Glasgow

2022
19/02/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
19/03/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
21/05/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
18/06/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
03/07/22 @ Kelburn Garden Party Festival
09/07/22 @ The Old Hairdressers, Green Door Studio Birthday
14/07/22 @ Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival (as Komodo Kolektif)
16/07/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
17/07/22 @ Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival
19/08/22 @ Piedicavallo Festival (IT) (as Komodo Kolektif)
04/09/22 @ Watching Trees Festival (as Komodo Kolektif)
10/09/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
15/09/22 @ Africado Festival, Glasgow
15/10/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
18/11/22 @ Aqualarre Nights, Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
19/11/22 @ Wrong Party 1st Birthday w/ Kusht (live)
10/12/22 @ Opal Nights, The Flying Duck, Glasgow
17/12/22 @ Komplex, Glasgow

2021
29/07/21 @ Bandobar, Queen's Park Arena, Glasgow
20/11/21 @ Wrong Party! at McNeill's, Glasgow
03/12/21 @ Electric Goldmine, The Rum Shack w/ Ty Lumnus + Womensaid (Live), Glasgow

2020
25/01/20 @ Pickle Factory, London (UK) (as Komodo Kolektif)
21/02/20 @ Freak Out Club, Bologna (IT)
04/04/20 @ Knotwilg Festival, Brussels (BE) (as Komodo Kolektif)(Cancelled)
08/04/20 @ Golden Pudel, Hamburg (GER) (as Komodo Kolektif)(Cancelled)
11/04/20 @ Fort Superposition, Lyon (FR) (as Komodo Kolektif)(Cancelled)
12/04/20 @ Dynamic Range, Amsterdam (NL) (as Komodo Kolektif)(Cancelled)
30/05/20 @ Netil Radio 3rd Birthday Weekender (as GK Machine)
26/06/20 @ Pop Mutations Virtual Festival (as GK Machine)
11/07/20 @ Mutabor, Mosco (RU) (as Komodo Kolektif) (cancelled)

2019
19/04/19 @ Invisible, Inc., The Rum Shack, Glasgow
25/05/19 @ Vocal or Version, The Rum Shack, Glasgow
05/07/19 @ Kelburn Garden Party, Beach Plateau
07/07/19 @ Kelburn Garden Party, Landing Stage (as Komodo Kolektif )
12/07/19 @ tbc (Komodo Kolektif live set)
21/07/19 @ Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival
16/08/19 @ Invisible, Inc., The Rum Shack with tbc (live)
21/09/19 @ The Flying Duck, Glasgow (as Komodo Kolektif)
21/09/19 @ Late / early secret location
29/09/19 @ Bar á Vin (Convenanza Festival Debrief), Carcassonne (FR)
01/11/19 @ Invisible, Inc., The Rum Shack, Glasgow with Cantillate (live)
16/11/19 @ Z-Bau, Nürnberg (as Komodo Kolektif) (DE)
23/11/19 @ Sameheads, Berlin (DE)

2018
27/01/18 @ Invisible Inc, The Rum Shack with Krokakai (live), Glasgow
09/03/18 @ Platform, The Arches, Glasgow
16/03/18 @ Invisible Inc, The Rum Shack w/ Komodo Kolektif (live)
06/04/18 @ Vague Terrain, San Francisco (US)
12/04/18 @ Zebulon w/ Dublab + Secret Circuit, Los Angeles (US)
25/05/18 @ Invisible Inc, The Rum Shack with special guests Double Discone (live)
01/07/18 @ Kelburn Garden Party, Highlife Stage
21/07/18 @ Lunacy Module, Glasgow
04/08/18 @ Five March, Glasgow
10/08/18 @ Invisible Inc at The Rum Shack w/ Eva Geist (live) + Natural Sugars
25/08/18 @ Rum Shack w/ Adrian Sherwood + Lo Kindre
21/09/18 @ Convenanza Festival, Carcassonne (as Komodo Kolektif) (FR)
28/09/18 @ Lunacy Module w/ Alexander Robotnik, Glasgow
29/09/18 @ Flying Duck w/ Kid Congo Powers, Glasgow
09/11/18 @ Invisible Inc at The Rum Shack, Glasgow
17/11/18 @ Love Inn, Bristol (UK)
14/12/18 @ Freak Out Club, Bologna (IT)

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