Mix by Nark
@nark
Artwork by Michael Willis
http://mwillis.eu

Nark, aka Kevin Kauer, founder of Bottom Forty and Nark Magazine, has devoted his life to dance music and club culture. For the last decade, he's helped cultivate Seattle's queer community, running a kaleidoscope of above and underground nightlife events including party/political movement Dickslap, a series of annual alternative Pride festival weekends, and the programming at Q Nightclub where he served as resident and creative director. For GhostlyCast #81, Nark delivers a marathon mix that serves as an emotional release and celebrates a recent revelation. "This year was about realizing I'm already exactly where I want to be and surrounded by boundless talent and energy here in the Seattle scene," he says. "Over the years of traveling the world and playing all these cool parties and making new friends and colleagues, I've only to come to realize how hard it is for anyone to separate friendship from competition; it puts a heavy emotional toll on so many people in the scene that builds exponentially, and it can really bring you down. For me, making this mix was about representing myself exactly the way I feel, not up to anyone else's standard. It's about letting go of the things I thought I wanted to chase after and instead, being in the present with myself, our scene and the people around me who need and support me as much as I do them."

TRACKLIST

die Reihe - Side A
Fruit - Words
Polejam - Liking You & Your 48mm (W)heels
Shedbug - Swim
Privacy - Miss U
DTROY - Blank Canvas
Øall Håtes - ƒlux $†até
Low Tape - Escape From Acid Reality
Stratton - Scrabble Dub
DJ Moonbeam - Apogee
Abe Toshihiro - Kappa
Falcon Black Ops - Two
SCØPE - Rose to the bait
Ben Sims + Paul Mac - The Solution
Norwell - Transz
Keita Sano - Drum Wick Version
Nature Boy - Ha Ha
Keikari - Johtua
Joton - LTK3
Low Tape - Magic Oldschool Synthesizer
A. Morgan - Transform
Fugal - Parallels
No Moon - Acid IX
Joton - Everything is False
Bakunin Commando - Void Desire
Aos - Violent Light
Mirror People - What is Luv?
Baltra - Fu2uR3
Simic - Discussion of Interests
Brame & Hamo - Club Orange
Banker - Loaves
so.mind - Togo Dance
die Reihe - Side B
Toyin Agbetu presents Shades of Black - Make U Mine
Baltra - Fantasy
Brian Ring - He’s a Part-Time Player. She’s a Full-Time Hustler

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GhostlyCast #81: Nark - Break Up With Everyone

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GhostlyCast #81: Nark - Break Up With Everyone

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