Inquiry Collective Live Sets

It's time again to Embrace The Darkness!!! This time around we dive into the darker side of Electro Breaks with the set I recorded live for Inquiry Collectives's livestream "Breakbeat Warriors" in March 2021!

Track List:

1  -SC-164 - Separate Follower (Sync 24 Remix)
2- Aloka - Convex
3 -John Selway & Christian Smith - Blink Of An Eye
4 -Christian Smith & Wehbba - Living In A Vacuum (Zeta Reticula Remix)
5 - The Advent - This Is Not
6 - The Advent & Industrialyzer - She Said
7 - Anthony Rother - Stellarator
8 - Crossmods - Exquise 
9 -Anil Butun - Machines
10 -CYRK - Repetition 
11 - CYRK -Solar Mechanics 
12 -Stanny Abram -Incoherent Orpheus
13 - Random XS - Give Your Body (Delta Funktionen 3AM Mix)

PheuZen - Embrace The Darkness 2

Thank you Inquiry Collective for inviting me to play on the 3rd installation of Breakbeat Warriors - an all breakbeat livestream! I had a blast playing all breaks, my favorite electronic music genre. I also have been practicing something new throughout quarantine - spinning vinyl (!!) - so I was able to play my first set with a few vinyl records in the mix! I've always dreamed of DJing the OG way before the digital era, so it felt incredibly rewarding to learn to beat match entirely by ear. 

Looking forward to one day spinning an all vinyl set... and someday soon in person <3

Breakbeat Warriors // Digital & Vinyl Set on Inquiry Livestream

First time playing an all DNB set in over 5 years. Thanks for booking what will be the first of hopefully many DNB sets back @inquirycollective <3

Tracklist:

1. Screamarts - Prodigy
2. Hyroglifics - Vultures
3. Terrence & Phillip, Kt Kinga - DNB Religion (Recon Remix)
4. Workforce - EGO
5. Creatures, Jestah - Emulsifier
6. MNSCP - Mask
7. Rollyax, Arxiva - Slow Dancing
8. Envy - Exile
9. Talkre - Isolation
10. Wingz - Exo
11. Quadrant, Iris, Kid Hops - Definition
12. QZB - Break Neck Speed
13. COMA, Sense MC - Dionysus (QBZ Remix)
14. Glÿph, Hystatus, Azimuth - Azimuth
15. Sound - Nox
16. Coop - Get That
17. Simula - Obscure
18. Break & Die - Grand Funk Hustle
19. Subsonic - With You
20. Enei, Kasra - 40HZ
21. John B - Up All Night (Data 3 Remix)

Live From Inquiry's DNB Stream

KOOKER @ Inquiry Presents: sixes&sevens Livestream, 04.09.2021

Arctyx debuted some of his newest originals during Curiosity this year and tore the place down with this fire set, we just had to share it with you. Welcome to the Inquiry Family @arctyxmusic !

Setlist:
I Love Acid - Arctyx
Didge (Ben Rama Remix)- EEEMUS
Terra Noct - Arctyx
Deep Within - Karim Alkhayat
Hypno - Arctyx
La Petite pSyCho - Ken Zo
Labyrinth Of Mirrors - LT
Tokai Temple - Kayanight
Issue Premaster - Tim Taste
Zepulchre - Darkphobia
Boogie - Vakabular
Harbinger - Arctyx
Lines - Vasco Ug
Eleven (Nibana Rmx) {Arctyx Slowdown Edit} - Sourone
Anahata - Rainbird
Cloud Atlas - Sourone
Terraform - John Baptiste & Samwise
Deep Dive - Stoertebeker

follow him here for more original music and mixes
@arctyxmusic

Arctyx @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2021

Another exclusive mix from Curiosity 2021 is here! It's a special one for Torie, her full story is below! Stay tuned for weekly Monday mixes from the festival :)

From @yotorieee : FULL TRANSPARENCY: THIS IS REALLY MESSY. But given the story surrounding it, I’ve decided to release it as-is rather than trying to re-record. I was playing on a broken mixer in the middle of the desert (which I didn’t discover until I tried it during my start), battling Mother Nature, and just said f*ck it and embraced it. This was a huge lesson in being humble, and a strong reminder that part of DJing is being able to work with whatever’s thrown at you. 

This was perhaps my most experimental set ever, and arguably the most memorable I’ve played yet. Read the story below, and laugh with me as you listen. 

Cheers to everyone who danced with me. This was an ADVENTURE. 

// Follow Torie: // 
soundcloud.com/yotorieee
instagram.com/yotorieee
facebook.com/yotorieee 

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As I came onto the decks, I learned from the prior DJ – DJ Spacecamp – that “some of the cues don’t work”. Naturally, I’m like – shit, ok, what am I getting myself into? One of my first mixes is a disaster bc at that moment, I was testing out & learning that ALL FOUR cue buttons were stuck on “ON”. I realize that I can’t cue anything & am gonna be mixing blindly. Panic slightly ensues – but after a few min, I finally find my flow. (Lesson learned: always assume that gear in the elements will break.)

This set is v sentimental to me b/c it was a full-circle moment. At my first Curiosity 5 years ago, this running joke that “Torie hates breaks” started. It has lived on ever since, so I obvi wanted to fuck with everyone by playing breaks / left-field / eclectic sounds I’ve been loving out of the UK and Australia. It was only fitting that amongst this absurdity, I had to bring back the joke that had been such a big part of my growth – both with Inquiry & as an artist. 

As that initial terrible mix happened, I yelled to the crowd: "Don't mind me, just figuring out a broken mixer over here." I was trying to figure out what I could hear and not hear, and it quickly clicked that none of the buttons would do anything. Alas, I’ve decided not to fix it afterwards since this was such a hilariously frustrating moment that was also SO memorable. I played this entire set sans cues – using the screen, very loud headphones (sorry, ears), and my track memory as much as I could. It put my skills to the test, pushed all of my limits, and was so absurd – but so fitting for Curiosity. I’ll own my mistakes here. It was messy, but this is part of what makes you grow as an artist.

An aside: I started with Partiboi69 to follow Spacecamp's absolute flooring incredibleness of a set (real talk: best set of the weekend). PB69 has been a much-loved artist that we discovered over quarantine & has brought a lot of laughter to my friend group, so that silliness was really where I wanted to start my set before I dove into 1.5 hrs of music that I knew would surprise a lot of people. This isn’t a sound that I’ve played out much before, so I was stoked to explore this on such an incredible soundsystem in my favorite place on earth – the desert. 

I left my set so mad at the mixer situation, but eventually realized that at the end of the day, this shit happens. You have to pull thru, do work, and make the best of any given situation. You have to keep moving forward. 

Enjoy the ride.

-Torie

Torie @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2021

Looking for a rabbit hole to jump down? Good. Pan's got you covered with his 2021 Curiosity psytrance set! This one hit us at 4:30am and was quite the stomper, by just a few minutes in you'll feel like you're back kickin up a sandstorm on the Mojave dancefloor!

// Follow Pan: //
@pan_p
instagram.com/wash_pan

Pan @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2021

We never really know what to expect from 2 hour Mirage Island sets, but as usual this one delivers and contains music unlike any past MI Curiosity experiences. Garrett dug in hard to upbeat deep tech over the past two years - 
 his daytime set this year shows off some new sounds that have been worked in to the project recently. Kick off your week with some positive (and slightly psychedelic) vibes courtesy of @mirage-island !

Mirage Island @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2021

@samdrank returned to Curiosity with nothing but amazing techno tunes this year - listen with us back to the full 2-hour Friday night mix!

Photo by Liz Hagearty

Sam Drank @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2021

We're all reminiscing about dernis taking us on a musical journey through the night at Curiosity 2021. Tons of original music in multiple genres! Enjoy!

dernis @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2021

In the first hours of Sunday, Griffin Paisley took us down a dark and psychedelic hole. Thanks Griff for keeping the dance floor warm on that cold night with your driving low-end grooves! Enjoy the ride all over again!

Check out more of his tunes and mixes here: @griffinpaisley

Griffin Paisley @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2021

Woohoo Curiosity 2022 is almost here!! How about some tunes to get us ready? @gargarmusic has us covered with his daytime breakbeat set from last year - and it's full of some stellar tuneage that's def gonna put you in the desert fest mood! See you out in the Mojave fam! 💜

gargar @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2021

Curiosity is sooooooo close! How about some tunes for your journey to the Mojave? Here's over an hour of @fellyfell805 from last year's event to get you ready <3 See you soon in the Desert fam!

Felly Fell @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2021

Recorded live in the Mojave Desert, here is our set from Inquiry Collective's incredible festival -- Curiosity.

This mix is composed of all-original, all-unreleased music we created over the past year while based in LA attending Icon Collective. It was the most amazing and transformative time of our lives. Performing at Curiosity was the perfect way to celebrate and transition into the next chapter of our journey <3

ALAFLOW @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2022

Recording from @inquiry-records Mojave gathering [7am-9am]
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Tracklist:
1. Mike Schommer - The Huron Lady
2. Flavius - Experimentand
3. Suolo - Sade - Is It A Crime (Suolo Edit)
4. He Did - Hasta Que Me Digas
5. slaqk - Waterpark
6. Cake - Never There
7. J.Gill - Lengths & Bounds (Sunshine Edit)
8. J.Gill - Project 1 (Original Mix)				
9. MEEBEE a.k.a KAZUHIRO ABO - We Could Be Free (MEEBEE REMIX)
10. Erik Vinegar - Emulsify @erik-vehmeyer
11. Nektar Agu - Kuru Kshetra
12. I.O (Original Mix) - Carlos A
13. J.Gill - Zumbi (J.Gill dancefloor edit)
14. Hatari - Cocktails Syndrom
15. lopX - Coffee shop (Original mix)
16. Foo Fighters - Everlong (acoustic)
17. MJOG - Off The Wall
18. Dani Labb - Siete
19. Size X&L - Sun Wall
20. Locy - Aliash
21. Zalapa - Barren (Original Mix) @zalapa
22. Carlos A - Gorillaz (Carlos A Tribute)
23. D'Julz - Shy Town
24. Stoilku - Black Magic Woman
26. Observer - Sense Net
27. The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda (acapella Single Version)
28. Hostox - Something about you

J.Gill @ Curiosity 2022

Saturday morning just hits different in the desert. 

Here's my set from @inquiry-records's Curiosity 2022! Played some melodic house with a dash of minimal and breaks to end it. Enjoy!

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Tracklist:
1.  Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (Reinier Zonneveld Remix)
2. Session Victim - Orbits of Dust
3. Robot Love - Boxwood
4. Greg Gow - Lantana
5. Tony XL - Sundown
6. Jorg Kuning - Chosta-Del-Sol
7. Black Loops - Dx7 Trippin
8. Gusgus - Add This Song (Lopazz & Zarook Mix Remix)
9. Tripmastaz - Lite
10. Frivolous - Our Loving Sorrow
11. Tony XL - Hydration
12. Floating Points - Grammar
13. Farsight - Flow State (ft. Breaka)
14. Pugilist - Illumination
15. Project Pablo - Less and Less
16. Anna Wall & Corbi - Take A Moment
17. RITCHRD - SAY WHAT?
18. Villager - Chlorophyll
19. Skee Mask - Rev8617

gargar @ Curiosity 2022

Bartek Industries @ Curiosity 2022
Track List:

01. Cypress Hill - I Wanna Get High
02. Mark Starr - Mortem
03. Maelstrom - Pool Chicks
04. Justin Martin & Ardalan - Lezgo VIP
05. Bartek Industries - ID
06. Bartek Industries - Mouth Breather
07. Bartek Industries - ProPhono
08. Josh Wink - Higher State of Consciousness (Bartek Industries Bootleg)
09. Electronarcosis - Living in Love (Bartek Industries Remix)
10. Bartek Industries & Ion Driver - Warming Up
11. Bartek Industries - ID
12. Sampson - Cutty
13. An Avrin - Pre Columbian Gold Museum (Sho Madjozi dub)
14. Tom Blip - Kickdrums!!!
15. DJ Phat - Chonk Jam

Bartek Industries @ Curiosity 2022

In true Curiosity fashion, I took those evening desert dancers on a genre bending journey. I hope you enjoy.

Thank you for listening <3


P.S. listen closely for a lil VIP of me & @sammylegs track Anyways.

Sam Drank @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2022

My set from Inquiry: Breakbeat Warriors 2 (All Vinyl)

Tracklist:

01)  Tayo Meets Acid Rockers Uptown - Wicked Dub - Skint
02)  Kemek the Dope Computer - Room to Breathe (Antennae’s “I Need an Inhaler” Remix) - Muti Music
03)  Proper Filthy Naughty - To The Beat - 10 Kilo
04)  Drummatic Twins - Dominate - Finger Lickin
05)  Uberzone - Bounce (Rennie Pilgrim & B.L.I.M. Remix) - Astralwerks
06)  Leftfield - Inspection (Breaks Mix) - White Label PCB001
06)  iLS - Next Level - Marine Parade
07)  Almighty Beatfreakz - Resident Soundboyz - Distinctive Breaks (Freq Nasty Y4K)
08)  Skool of Thought - Devastate - Supercharged x LIVE MASHUP w/ Tone Loc - Wild Thing
09)  Raw as Fuck - Punks - Against the Grain
10)  T Power ft. Blade - Dangerous (Sons of Mecha vs Digital Pimp Remix) - Botchit & Scarper 
11)  Hackney Soldiers - Spaced Out - New Deal Recordings 
12)  Bassism 1 - Black Label (Timo Maas - Dooms Night  x Future Sound of London - Papa New Guinea)    
13)  Daluq - Supafine - Soul Ja
14)  DJ ras Kwame - Cum On - Soul Ja
15)  Si Begg - Jump - Rat Records
16)  Kosmik Neil - Bass Shifter - Trigger
17)  Lawgiverz - Reaity - Trigger
18)  Ed Chamberlain - Dave - Baselogic

Bartek @ Inquiry Breakbeat Warriors 2 (Vinyl Set)

Every year, our @inquiry-records family throws a desert renegade-style festival with a small group of friends out in the Mojave – we call it Curiosity. This year, since we couldn't gather in person, we threw a virtual version instead – and called it "Spuriosity". 

Here's my set – a journey through darker sounds, from deep house and minimal sounds to heavier basslines, trippy techno, and a bit of everything in-between. Close your eyes, take a listen, and imagine it's 3am on a dusty dancefloor in the middle of the desert with me... 

Photo by Haley Busch

Torie - Live at Inquiry: Spuriosity 2020

Inquiry Collective is a family of artists established on the West Coast in 2016. At our festivals and gatherings, we take listeners on a journey through unique and scarcely-heard electronic music. Our label, Inquiry Records, reflects that with a genre variety that spans the underground electronic music spectrum. On this page, you'll find releases and mixes that include:

Deep Techno | Silly House | Psy
Booty Breaks | Liquid Drum & Bass | Halftime
Electro-Swing | Jazzy Beats | Modular
Ambient | Experimental | Minimal
& everything in between!

Hit the "Albums" button for our full discography.