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

contact: jamesaxon.management@gmail.com 
DJ & Musician 
Resident & Co-Founder of Planet Love    
Resident of Dublab, "Hearing Color" 1st Wednesdays 10pm-12am PST


RA profile: https://ra.co/dj/jamesaxon/biography 

James Axon is the cofounder & resident of the queer underground party Planet Love, and a resident of Dublab with his radio show "Hearing Color" -- both platforms he dedicates to underground dance music. A lifelong pianist and classically trained musician, James Axon spent years in bands and orchestras ensembles before falling in love with the timeless sounds of house and techno while studying in Copenhagen and Berlin. With over a decade of collecting dance records since, Axon now draws upon his musicality and eclectic taste as a DJ that espouses an expansive vision of dance music, often mixing seamlessly between all shades of house, techno, italo, electro, disco, and breaks. Often drawn to the 'grey area' and hard-to-classify tracks, Axon's selections stem from a deep love and fascination with the infinite possibilities of synthesis and sound design. His sets are always colorful, eclectic, and intuitively reflective of the setting. Whether playing cosmic disco in an intimate loft or hypnotic techno in a dark foggy warehouse, he still finds a sound that is distinctly James Axon: melodic, driving, dreamy, and synth-heavy.  Axon's DJing has taken him to clubs both around the country and internationally, with recent appearances at Sunday Sunday CDMX, Good Room NYC, and Por Detroit LA
2025 dates: 
Jan 1st - Por Detroit, LA 
Jan 10th - Apotheke, LA 
Jan 19th - Akbar (all night), LA
Jan 26th - Le Bain, NYC 
Jan 26th - Night Moves, NYC
Feb 1st - Bottom Forty, SEA
Feb 6th - Agora Records, LA 
Feb 16th - Skyline Festival, LA 
Feb 16th - Akbar, LA 
Feb 21st - Avalon Emerson 9000 Dreams, LA 
Feb 22nd - Planet Love x Fast at Work, LA 
Mar 1st - [sic] club, CDMX 
Mar 15th - Topaz Deluxe, Monterrey MX 
Mar 16th - Riotvan Block Party, Monterrey MX 
Mar 28th - Another Castle, LA (*techno set) 
April 5th - Shelter, LA (*techno set)
April 26th - Homage, LA 
May 3rd - TBA, NY 
May 4th, TBA, Brooklyn 
May 16th - Planet Love w/ OK Williams & Massimiliano Pagliara 
May 24th - Basement, NY 
June 21st - Midnight Lovers w/ Soichi Terada &  Eli Escobar, LA 


2024 dates: 
Jan 1st - Basement, LA 
Jan 17th - Planet Love w/ livwutang, LA 
Feb 11 - Le Bain, NYC 
Feb 18 - TBA, LA 
March 8th - Akbar, LA 
March 9th - Guadalajara, MX w/ Hercules & Love Affair
Apri 5th - SMD w/ Chris Cruse, LA 
April 26th - Young Hearts @ Catch One, LA 
May 17th - Planet Love w/ Massimiliano Pagliara, LA 
May 25th - Desertopia, Palm Springs
June 8th - Nightbreed,  LA 
June 23rd - Sunday Sunday, CDMX
June 30th - 99 Scott, Brooklyn, NY
July 26-29th - Camp Caftan, CA 
August 23rd -The Drum Machine, NYC 
August 24th - Animal NYC
September 14th - Planet Love w/ Alex Kassian + Jason Kendig
September 20th - Night Moves, Brooklyn
October 17th - Good Room all night, Brooklyn
Nov 22nd - Sensory Signal w/ Jordan Nocturne, LA 
Nov 23rd - Planet Love w/ Paramida, LA 
Dec 1st - Lot Radio, NYC 
Dec 6th - Animal, NYC 
Dec 31st - Por Detroit w/ Carry Nation, LA 

2023 Dates:
Jan 15th - Planet Love, LA
Feb 3rd - Harder, BK, NYC
Feb 11th - Void, Philadelphia, PA 
Feb 18 - Akbar, LA 
April 2nd - Tom of Finland Fundraiser, LA 
April 8th -  TBA, LA 
April 21st - ESP Institute, Mojave Desert
April 27th - Le Bain, NYC
April 29 - Night Moves, NYC 
May 6th - Lights Down Low x Pegasus w/ Blessed Madonna & Derrick Carter 
May 7th - Sunday Sunday, CDMX 
May 29th - Desertopia, Palm Springs 
May 30th - TBA, LA
June 17th - Stuntsz Pride, Silo Brooklyn 
June 22nd - TBA, NYC
July 2nd - TBA, LA 
July 16th - TBA, LA 
August 1st - TBA, NYC
August 5th - TBA, NYC 
August 11th - Planet Love w/ Chris Cruse, LA
August 25th - TBA, LA 
September 15-17 - Camp Caftan Festival, CA
September 21 - Sensory Signal @ Bean Radio, LA 
October 2 - Dublab, LA 
Oct 8 - TBA, LA 
Oct 28 - Por Detroit w/ Zombies in Miami, LA 
Nov 18- TBA 
Dec 7th - Machine Club, LA 
Dec 16th - Lights Down Low w/ Peach 
Dec 31 - Basement, LA

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GhostlyCast #81: Nark - Break Up With Everyone

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