The Path of Least Existence. Illbient, Post-Industrial Dub, and Dark Downtempo w/ Thomzilla from Zillas On Acid.

The Path of Least Existence w/ Thomzilla - June 2025

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:
8/23 - System Activate, VT
9/19 - Making Time, PHL
9/27 - TBA, PHL
10/10 - TBA, PHL
10/11 - TBA, PHL
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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 and Basement), dingy holes, roaring renegades, broadcast booths, and festivals (The Great Beyond '23, '24, and headlining in '25, Honcho Campout '24) - 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

The "Stock" series is dedicated to leftfield electronic music and is curated by Canadian academic (and former Resident Advisor contributor) Stéphane Girard. He is the author—among other books dedicated to contemporary experimental French literature and Cultural Studies—of "Poétique du mixtape" (Les Éditions de Ta Mère, Montréal), a semiotic investigation of the artistic practices of DJs and of their recorded performances.

Further considerations can be found on the academic Web portal "Pop-en-stock" (hosted by l'Observatoire de l'imaginaire contemporain in Montréal).

Philadelphia-based label, Internet radio and streaming A/V sessions. We document the grit. 

Label Catalogue [digi available for all releases via Bandcamp]
GRCR-001 - Jason Carr - Athletic [12"]
GRCR-002 - Tony G - Tous la Part le Même Sort [12"]
GRCR-003 - _moonraker - m_type [12"]
GRCR-004 - _moonraker  - remota instruere [12"]
GRCR-005 - Westov Temple - Messiah Drugs [12"]
GRCR-006 - Dan Trevitt - The Missing [12"]
GRCR-007 - Dan Trevitt / Westov Temple  - 2.2 mi [12"]
GRCR-008 - M//R - Gathering Response Data [12"]
GRCR-009 - Chaperone - P O N D [12"]
GRCR-010 - Mid-Atlantic Death [2x12" label comp] 
GRCR-011 - WOLF DEM - Hydrophobia [12"]
GRCR-012 - THRIVE - Nested Structure [12"]
GRCR-013 - Prefix Moniker  - Plasmas [LP]
GRCR-014 - Chaperone  - Snapback Balaclava [12"] 
GRCR-015 - M//R - Among The Methods [LP] 
GRCR-016 - Heckadecimal - Murder Tape  [12"]
GRCR-017 - Radere - I Do Not Want What I Have [LP]
GRCR-017R - Radere - I Do Not Want What I Have Remixes [DIGI]
GRCR-018 - M//R - Forever Intended [DIGI]
GRCR-019 - WOLF DEM - Chatter From A Dying Planet [DIGI]
GRCR-020 - Westov Temple - What's Left [DIGI]
GRCR-021 - M//R - Slo Cerebral [Cassette]
GRCR-022 - Chaperone / WOLF DEM - Live August 14, 2021 [Cassette]
GRCR-023 - Grant Bouvier & Simon Martinez - Live at Passages [Cassette]