Name: Nark @ Honcho 5-4-13 - Pittsburgh by Honcho in Live Sets
Duration: 2 h 25 min 12 s
Description: Seattle's Nark threw down this heavy hitting set of house and disco gems at the May edition of Pittsburgh's Honcho party. Find out more about Nark and absorb good blog posts at www.bottomforty.com. Find out more about Honcho at www.facebook.com/honchopgh

This whole mix is stellar. I'm kind of pissed I missed it

Live Sets

Live at Desertopia 2022 at AsiaSF in Palm Springs, warming up for Jason Kendig.

KK/Nark Sets

KK/Nark Live at Desertopia 5/28/22

Back in the wilderness twirling in a disco-barn-theque among queers. Enjoy.

Bottom Forty

Nark - Saturday Night - Close Friends Campout 2023

Nark live at Massive 1.27.24 (w/ Que Sakamoto)

Live at Massive

Live at Massive 001 : Nark

Detroit might be synonymous with techno, but it also has a rich house tradition. And Rick Wade—FKA Big Daddy Rick—is one of Detroit house's key players. Along with the likes of Keith Worthy, Theo Parrish and the late Mike Huckaby (who Wade had a lifelong friendship and friendly rivalry with), he created a hybrid sound that is both techno and house, effortlessly soulful, sculpted and glowing—and Midwest to the core. As Tajh Morris said in a retrospective review of one of his classic records, "growing up in Buchanan, Michigan, meant that Wade was much closer to Chicago than he was to Detroit."

Many of Wade's best records were released on Harmonie Park, his era-defining label that also featured plenty of work from Huckaby. Those EPs still sound fresh and timeless today, qualities that extend to Wade's RA Podcast, which features 90 minutes of smooth-as-butter house old and new. Over the years he's kept the flame burning for the smouldering sounds of Detroit house, working in sounds from younger producers like Folamour along the way. Enjoy listening to a master at work.

@rick-wade

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/923

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RA.923 Rick Wade

We are straight outta the bank holiday here at Phonica and right back into business with another killer mix in our Phonica series from one of our all time favorites of late; Spotlight Records and Panorama Bar regular Chris Cruse.

We are straight outta the bank holiday here at Phonica and right back into business with another killer mix in our Phonica series from one of our all time favorites of late; Spotlight Records and Panorama Bar regular Chris Cruse.

Chris has been a predominant figure in the queer dance scenes in America and in Europe over many years having represented his mainstay party, now label, Spotlight from L.A., the Club Toilet Crew from Detroit and now residing in Berlin the last couple of years where he holds down regular slots at the city's major clubbing institution Berghain / Panorama Bar (most notably the party Snax which takes place there). Chris has dug deep  and worked hard with these residencies to showcase the queer roots of house, techno, disco, and other forms of dance music.
For Phonica 118 Chris takes us on a heated, hot and heavy club ready mix which would get anyone out to party. We sat down and had a lovely chat with Chris about his mix, his approach to DJing and what he has got up his sleeve for the future.For Phonica 118 Chris takes us on a heated, hot and heavy club ready mix which would get anyone out to party. We sat down and had a lovely chat with Chris about his mix, his approach to DJing and what he has got up his sleeve for the future.

Phonica Mix Series 118: Chris Cruse

Went into this closing set a bit more open sonically. Wanted to hit the "anything goes" button being it's a Sunday afternoon on Easter weekend and people have people been partying 40+ hours. It's not often you get a crowd that's up to dance to everything ... from Dexter to No Doubt to Calle 13 to 2008 stage diving electro lol. Thank you New York, that was awesome! Enjoy =)

Recorded @ Nowadays on March 31st, 20204

Live @ Nowadays (Nonstop) [Closing Set]

Move D live three hour set at Machine Soul, FORGE Warehouse, Sheffield on Friday 5 April 2024.

Machine Souls 002 - Move D at Machine Soul on 5 April 2024

Move D @ The Lot Radio 04-16-2024

Some of my fave jams from recent months and beyond.

http://www.instagram.com/midlandsound

Midland @ The Lot Radio 04-25-2024

Join me while I play unreleased music from my vault of personal productions.

http://www.instagram.com/matthewdear

Matthew Dear: UNRELEASED MUSIC HOUR @ The Lot Radio 04-27-2024

Stella Zekri (@stella-zekri-ouiddir) is based in Berlin but her sound defies the usual expectations of those who dance in the city best known for house and techno. Her sets instead are instead led by soul and emotion and reach far and wide into the worlds of hip hop, house, new beat, trance, jazz, disco and bring rich colours and exultant vibes to the scene. She often likes to play long sets and isn't afraid of twisting and turning through diverse tempos and rhythms along the way, which is something she also does at the Body Language events she founded with Camilla Rae and Caitlin Russell in 2021. They have brought something all new to the queer scene in Berlin, while her monthly Breakfast Show on Refuge Worldwide and her studio work with 80s zouk and boogie band Stella and the Longos are further creative outlets that make Stella a new school star.  

All of this is reflected in the sixty-minute selection Stella has put together for us this week: it's a celebration of her eclectic collection that is powered by outgoing pianos, emotive vocals and gleeful grooves. There are old school house jams and silky soul-laced depths, happy 90s tracks and plenty of sensuous voices that all prove Stella Zekri's ability to keep the good times flowing is second to none.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 464 - Stella Zekri

People tend to remember the first time they see BEIGE DJ—and a lot of the times after, too. One RA editor described them as "doing some crazy shit" after seeing a set. The Detroit DJ is all about playing to party rock, but also gently subverting expectations. It's a cliché now that good DJs can make whole new tracks out of blending existing songs together. Few embody this as easily or effortlessly as BEIGE, who loves to take sounds you already know and present them in a context you've never heard them in before.

BEIGE started DJing after they moved to Detroit roughly a decade ago, and has since become a vital DJ in the Motor City's ecosystem, bridging gaps, scenes and genres. Their DJing style is adaptable and versatile, but you can count on a few things: a techno foundation, rollicking drums, throbbing basslines and vocals coming at you from all angles. 

Their RA Podcast flows beautifully, with just the right amount of bumps and left turns to keep you from getting comfortable. And the edits? There's plenty of head-turning moments here, like DJ Chap's downtempo drum & bass remix of seminal emo band American Football, a 150 BPM version of "Energy Flash," a cheeky Skrillex flip from Darian and excellent weirdo beats from the freakier ends of the US underground, including producers like Davis Galvin, Alien D and the late Jasen Loveland.

@justbeige

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/939

RA.939 BEIGE

Young partygoers might know Man Power, AKA Geoff Kirkwood, as the earnest geezer going back-to-back with DJs like Ewan McVicar, Paul Woolford, La La and Skream—peak-time specialists with a fine line in boofy bangers and ravey techno. Kirkwood is also a dab hand at the kind of elliptical house and deep cut detours favored by '00s labels like DFA and Optimo.

In spite of a long track record as a producer and promoter, if you had to boil Kirkwood's work in recent years down to a single quality, it might be altruism. He hails from North Shields, a small town fringing the boundary of Newcastle in England's oft-neglected North East, and wears his heritage proudly. The Me Me Me label boss's involvement in a flurry of civic restoration, and no-filter paeans to the importance of working class involvement in culture, have become as central to his life as music-making itself. For an accomplished DJ who has played at nearly every good club you could name, that’s no small feat.

So which side of Man Power were we in for? The answer on RA.940 is: both. '60s free verse poetry, Zebra Katz, Gesaffelstein and John Carpenter in the opening stretch? Makes sense. Octave One punching through Rozalla? You got it. An extended Joe Claussell workout atop Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place"? Why not. In Kirkwood's hands, it all goes down as smooth as a pint of Newcastle Brown.

@manpower-1

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/940

RA.940 Man Power

Playing my dusty heart out to the desert this year at Burning Man 2017 as part of the @bottomforty Showcase on BAAAHS featuring Rebolledo, La Fraicheur, Spaceotter and myself, this set ran 3-5am just before sunrise at "The Journey" installation.

A Night in the Desert with Nark [Bottom Forty on BAAAHS Friday Night, Burning Man 2017]

Playing at Seattle's longest running weekly for the house heads, 25 years strong at Rebar!

Live at Flammable, December 2019

Seattle's Nark threw down this heavy hitting set of house and disco gems at the May edition of Pittsburgh's Honcho party. Find out more about Nark and absorb good blog posts at www.bottomforty.com. Find out more about Honcho at www.facebook.com/honchopgh

Nark @ Honcho 5-4-13 - Pittsburgh

Co-Owner and booker of Massive Club (Seattle), head of Bottom Forty Records, clumsy smooth brain

Nark // acid queen
KK // disco queen

Young Hearts
Desertopia
Bottom Forty
Massive

NEIN, 2MR, MR INTL, Get Up, Bottom Forty

Booking/Contact: kevin@narkmagazine.com
Bottom Forty Records : @bottomforty

Queer-oriented music collective at Pittsburgh's @hot-mass, residents at @nowadaysnyc, annual festival in the Pennsylvania woods (Aug 16-20, 2023). Resident DJs >> @humanaut-aaron  @clarkdprice and @dadhemar

Nark @ Honcho 5-4-13 - Pittsburgh

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