Originally created during COVID but still actively being added to, this is a playlist of favorite ambient/downtempo/whatever mixes that I've been using to set my mood right. Heavy on the petting, light on darkness and dance beats.

Mood-lifting mixes for positive home stays

Mixes & Sets

My opening set for Bonobo at The Rex in Pittsburgh. A bunch of slower tracks I've always wanted to play to a larger setting.

1) Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Pattern 1
2) Safety Scissors - Progress and Perseverance (Patrick Russell Mix)
3) Aquarius Heaven & Cesare vs. Disorder - Animals Club
4) Aerea Negrot - Miss You
5) Deep Space Orchestra - Outliers (Clean & Jerk Mix)
6) Michael Mayer - Mantasy (Will Saul & October Mix)
7) Herbert - Foreign Bodies (Plaid Mix)
8) Anton Romezz - Marzipan World (Lord Of The Isles Mix)
9) Frank Bretschneider - Black.Out
10) Lord Of The Isles - Laser Dream Sequence
11) Kruse & Nuernberg - Love Can't Break You Down
12) Lone - Risttowe

Aaron Clark - Bonobo Opening Set @ Rex Theater - Pittsburgh

Recorded 4am-6am – the wacky hours of the night. This set was meant to be an encapsulation of the different sounds of Hot Mass – the tiny club that has had an enormous impact on me as a DJ and on nightlife in Pittsburgh.

Tracklist:
Random Factor - Broken Mirror (Freaks Turning Orange Mix)
Benny Blanko - All The Way Down
Boris Dlugosch - Never Enough (Ian Pooley's Raw Dub)
Nina Kraviz - Love or Go (KiNK Mix)
Freaks - 2 Please U (Standing On A Cloud Dub)
Corrie - Blast 
Robert Dietz - Nostaljack
Anthony Shake Shakir - My Computer Is An Optimist
John Tejada & Arian Leviste - Hip Breaker
Move D - Sandmann (Maetrik Treatment)
FCL - Its You (MK Mix)
Lee Webster - Sick of the Same Thing (Jef K Mix)
Sauce81 - I See It (San Soda Remix)
Pirahnahead - AboutDat
Spektrum - Freakbox (LoSoul Mix)
Glenn Vernon - Tell Me (Norm Talley's Late Night Creeper Mix)
Gavin Herlihy - Krypton Factor (Delano Smith's Deep Space Mix)
Bedford Falls Players - Ballad of Hardrock (Ashley Beedle's Housin Vocal)
Sean Dimitrie - Close Enounters
DJ Hell - Take A Shot
Corrie - Stars
Blaze - Season of Love (Blaze Club Mix)
Playgroup - Number One (Black Strobe Instrumental Mix)
Austra - Painful Like (Peter Van Hoesen Mix)
Johannes Volk - Desert Labyrinth (XDB Mix)
Soul Phiction - Cheerleader (Poets of D-Ism Mix)
Tom Taylor - Theory of Everything (Dub)
Clayton Steele - Lost Sometimes

Aaron Clark - Love Letter To Hot Mass (Live At Honcho - Sep 2013)

Opening Set for Voices From The Lake @ Hot Mass PGH - 3.15.14

This recording is from the final morning of The Labyrinth 2022, Monday October 10, at Hodaigi Campground, Gunma, Japan.

Hiyoshi opened at 9:00 a.m., and then John Elliott followed with a one-hour Imaginary Softwoods live set. Instead of presenting these as two different sets, we are sharing as a single recording to represent the morning as it actually transpired, and as it was intended.

This is for all of you who could not join us last year, and all of you who were still recovering from the night before and didn't make it to the floor in time to catch these beautiful, peaceful hours.

As always from Mindgames, this recording is high-fidelity, high-resolution sound. Please enjoy.

この音源は、昨年のLabyrinthの最終日、10月10日(月)の朝、群馬県の宝台樹キャンプ場で録音された。

午前9時にHiyoshiがオープニングを飾り、John ElliottがImaginary Softwoodsとして1時間のライブセットを披露したが、この2つのセットを別々に紹介するのではなく、ひとつのセットとして共有することで、意図した通りの素晴らしい朝の流れを感じてもらいたい。

昨年参加できなかった皆さん、参加したにも関わらず、前夜のダメージからの回復が間に合わずにこの美しく平和な時間を体験できなかったみなさんも是非。

また、通常通りではあるが、Mindgamesの音源はHi-Fi、ハイレゾ音源で提供している。

The Labyrinth 2022 - Hiyoshi dj set & Imaginary Softwoods live

Después de varios meses de ausencia volvemos con un nuevo episodio de ESPECTRO, esta vez presentando a Aaron Clark, DJ y Cofundador del club Hot Mass, así como del icónico festival queer y las fiestas 'Honcho' en Pittsburgh y del Club Toilet de Detroit. 

Sigue a Aaron Clark en: 

SoundCloud: @humanaut-aaron
Instagram: www.instagram.com/honchoaaron


Sigue a BULTO en:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/bulto.co 
Twitter: www.twitter.com/bulto_co

Arte por: www.instagram.com/e.rr.erre

BULTO / Espectro 040. Aaron Clark

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Spaced Live with Joe Delon & Aaron Clark - 07 October 2023

Good news! Pacific Spirit is back after a small hiatus with our first mix of 2024. This time around it's a 3 hour live recording from one of Pittsburgh's finest, Aaron Clark. Here's a bit of back story on the recording:

In October 2022, Hot Mass threw a fundraiser for the Kyiv Angels – a group doing work to support Ukrainian civilians. We tapped Kyiv’s Closer resident Shakolin, and I took the warm-up set of the night. This is the recording of my part of the night. I dusted off a lot of old favourite records and leaned into a slow build that I try to set the club up with, tugging the floor between psychedelic rhythms, trippy techno and pops of house. This recording landed in that bullseye opening zone I aim for, and I hope it transports you to my favourite little dance floor in the world."

Enjoy the audio everyone! Also be sure to familiarize yourself with the many projects Aaron is involved with including - Hot Mass, Honcho, and Honcho Campout. Aaron is also a resident at the NYC dance institution Nowadays, if you happen to find yourself in the Big Apple and he's playing you're in for a solid session!

@humanaut-aaron

Pacific Spirit No. 85 | Aaron Clark

We start the year off with a smooth winter jazz-funk mix by San Francisco's Infinite Jess @infinitejess. 

Here's a few words from her:
This Jazz Funk mix is meant for mid-Winter moments -- when we’ve settled into the hibernation, magic hours extend, and the white skies help make the world look new and still.

Infinite Jess is a Bay Area DJ based in SF. With a lifelong love of record digging and dance music, she brings a moody range and a deep knowledge to the decks— from euphoric daytime moments to red-light-sweatbox vibes, to thoughtful journeys primed for the diggers.

*comment for tracklist id's

Late Feelings 32 (Mixed by Infinite Jess)

My set from the incredible CockTail d'Amore party in Berlin on Nov 1, 2014. Huge thanks to Discodromo and Boris for having me play this magic music place – one of my favorite gigs of my life.

Aaron Clark @ CockTail d'Amore Berlin - 11.1.14

It was an honor to get to open for one of my earliest DJ influences a few weeks ago at @hot-mass. A fantastic night...Satoshi was in top form and the club felt juuuuuuust right. Hope you enjoy the recording!

Aaron Clark - Opening Set for Satoshi Tomiie @ Hot Mass  - Nov 2, 2024

Honcho is a DJ and curation trio made up of Aaron Clark, Clark Price & d'Adhemar. A pillar of the new American wave of queer underground house and techno, Honcho is a resident party at the infamous Hot Mass club in Pittsburgh and it also has become known for their annual Honcho Campout festival. Enjoy!

ITPS111 HONCHO

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Pariah presents Voam - 09 January 2025

A special liquidtime set from one of my Favs @napmusick live and direct from liquidtime kwia :) 

𝙡𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 #13 ft NAP: lava mística @refugeworldwide (LIVE)

Recorded Saturday December 14 2024 @ Planetarium. Lineup also included 7038634357 and Justin Carter. Thank you Justin for the invite :) 

This set was inspired by this James Baldwin excerpt:
 
You go through your life for a long time. You think that no one has ever suffered the way I've suffered… 

And then you realize that your suffering does not isolate you.  That your suffering is your bridge. That many people have suffered before you, many people are suffering around you. And always will. 

And all you can do is bring hopefully a little light into that suffering, enough light to the person who is suffering so that they can begin to comprehend,  begin to live with it and begin to change it, to change his situation
 
Full clip here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVmn6l13Sx0&ab_channel=JNoCapMac 

Hope for anyone who listens, it brings light to your day :) 

Photo by : @guarionexjr

Kfeelz Tracklist for Planetarium:

1. James Baldwin excerpt w. A Giant Wave - Endless Melancholy
2. Labryinths 1 - Xii - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
3. Begin , Sync, End - Sofie Birch 
4. Altocumulus Opacus - Markus Guentner 
5. Essene - Mark Barrott
6. Who is still dreaming - June 11
7. Lee - Greg Foat & Gigi mason 
8. Midnight Moon Pool - Marry Lattimore, Mizu, Jamal Shaker, Laraaji 
9. Slow Foam Chrysalis - Sun Curves 
10. Claudia , Wilhem , R And Me - Roberto Musci
11. By Foot By Sea - Jeremiah Chu , Marta Sofia Honer
12. Dedicat A Pepe Milan - Joan Biblioni 
13. Pearl Bone Guill - Celestino 
14. Maya Angelou excerpt - Be A Rainbow In Somebody Else’s Cloud  
15. Rolling Pebbles - Olivia Belli 
16. Passage - Chris Spheres 
17. Chaparral - Total Blue
18. The Wounded Need to be Replenished - Shabaka 
19. The Blessing Song - Michael White 
20. Oblique II - Akusmi 
21. Mono No Aware - Mark Barrott 
22. Iyanla Vanzant excerpt
23. Bantea Srey - Carl Stone 
24. Love is the Only Way - Excerpt 
25. Your Soul is Perfect - Surya Botofasina 
26. James Baldwin Excerpt 
27. ❤️

Kfeelz Live @Planetarium 12.14.2024

Recorded live at the Humanaut party at Hot Mass, Pittsburgh. DC's Protect-U and Detroit's Erika headlined this amazing night. NEXT UP: Honcho, Macho City and WRECKEDnyc present Club Toilet – your friendly faggot afterparty at Movement Festival.

Aaron Clark - Detroit Warmup

Aaron all night long @ Hot Mass - Part 1 - Warming it up

Aaron all night long @ Hot Mass - Part 2 - Prime Time

My opening set for the Humanaut party at Hot Mass with DVS1. It was an amazing night of fast paced, laser-guided techno. 

Aaron Clark - DVS1 Warm-up @ Hot Mass - 4.9.16

A super deep and trippy podcast I put together for the Gays Hate Techno Podcast. http://www.gayshatetechno.com

Aaron Clark - GHT004 - Gays Hate Techno Podcast

A mix I turned in to the awesome @enterthesequencer blog and podcast for my 33rd birthday. Heavy hitting techno and breaky stuff.
Originally posted here: https://soundcloud.com/enterthesequencer/aaron-clark-sequencer-soundcast-011
Interview: http://sequencer.club/aaron-clark-soundcast/

Track list:
1. Lusine – “Chatter (Dauwd Mix)”
2. London Modular Alliance – “Brockie Det” 
3. Galcher Lustwerk – “Capabilities Survey”
4. Simon Weiss – “Tele Vision (Dexter Mix)”
5. Savile – “Watch Scan Wait” 
6. Ynnk – “Interstellar Smalltalk”
7. Don Froth – “DOCs”
8. Danuel Tate – “Mexican Hotbox” 
9. DJ Slip – “Spice”
10. Randomer – “Smokin”
11. Mor Elian – “Drum Vortex (Joey Anderson Remix)”
12. Terrence Dixon – “Multiply”
13. Trus’me – “In The Red (DVS1 Mix)”
14. Michael Klein – “Yourself (Eduardo de la Calle Mix)”
15. Surgeon – “Convenience Trap Pt 4”
16. Christian Morgenstern – “She Is Me (The Kitbuilders Remix)”
17. Shawn Rudiman – “75 all the way …” 
18. One Day In Metropia – “Solaris”
19. Orson Wells – “Hemispheres”

33 Rotations Sequencer Mix

A smooth, slow grinder tag set with @john-ricci-246961112 that moves through our Sunday afternoon. Recorded December 3, 2017, after a badass @Honchopgh with Cleveland's @in-training crew.

Aaron Clark b2b John Ricci - Sunday Session

This set felt like pushing butter out of the speakers. Even better to pull it off at the incredible @kornersound club in Taipei for @acidcamp and @mysteriesofthedeep . Huge thanks to Erin Keefe aka @erin_platner for the honor of playing alongside the rest of this beautiful lineup.

Aaron Clark @ Acid Camp - Korner, Taipei, 4.20.18

Thanks to @popgunpresents for inviting me to do this mix for their new series. Originally posted a month ago, over here:
https://soundcloud.com/popgunpresents/elsewhere-mix-003-aaron-clark

Linkwood - Solar Panel 
Alan Backdrop - ESP 
Kareem El Morr - Eros 404 
Dauwd - Dolly Silverlake 
Roza Terenzi & DJ Zozi - Strobe Fountain 
E.B.E. - Hubble 
Dorisburg - Om Oceanen 
Audiokern - Sorry (Tobias Mix) 
AtomTM - Acidsexmagic 
Etapp Kyle - Source Almaty - Gennaro (Photonz Mix) 
Mad Rey - Volonté Breaker 
Grey People - You’re Hilarious 
Polyfan Polyphenix - Polyester 
Shaknis - Friction 
Barker - Filter Bubbles

Unknown Album

Elsewhere Mix 003

Recording of my set from SF's Honey Soundsystem

Live at Honey Soundsystem (SF) - Aaron Clark - [2-26-12]

A very un-club mix, originally aired on Kerem's long-running "Dubmission" show for WYEP 91.3FM. Huge thanks to Kerem for having me on what has been a majorly influential show for Pittsburgh DJs over the years, crossing the 1,000 episode mark this past year. <3

Aaron Clark - For Dubmission (WYEP 91.3FM)

Dusted off the DJ cobwebs for the Honcho residents edition of the @hotmasspgh "Not Mass" stream. Part 2 of the broadcast after Clark Price. A mish mash of moody slow-mo pandemic whatever. Subscribe and catch the Not Mass stream every Thursday at 7pm eastern >> www.twitch.tv/hotmasspgh

Not Mass: Aaron Clark for Honcho Residents Stream - Sep 10, 2020

Co-founder at @hot-mass club, @Honchopgh festival/parties, Club Toilet. Resident @signal-nyc
Bookings: michael@honchopgh.com 

12.31.24 – NYC @ Zero Chill
1.11.25 – PGH @ Hot Mass (Honcho All Night Long)
6.29.25 – Genosys @ Block9 / Glastonbury
Aug 13-17, 2025 - Honcho Campout
www.honchocampout.com
9/6 - Resolute NYC b2b w/ T.Wan
9/7 - Honcho Residency @signal-nyc

Aaron Clark

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