Season 7 Episode 7 - 03.01.23

Chicago citizen and co-founder of the Research & Development platform, JS Alvarez, has developed an electronic recording to be broadcasted here on the KP airwaves. The reverberations heard throughout this expedition carry a moody and textural atmosphere, likely to warp your mind directly into the void. Dive in head first for best results.

@jsalvarez

Kajunga Program SE.7 EP.7 - JS Alvarez

Kajunga Records
https://kajungarecords.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/kajunga

❁ joy for the dance floor ❁

Upcoming:

TBA

Past:

MPLS: Squirt @ Gateway {9.27.25}
CO: Freq the Peaks {8.16.25}
MN: The Great Beyond {7.29.25}
Communion Opening: GiGi FM, *67 {6.1.25}
Midwest Freaks: Daniel Bell, BMG, Erika & Centrific, Moticos {3.8.25}
IPH NYE w/ KXAH, Lauren Flax, Max Watts, Duck Trash, IDBH {1.1.25}
MPLS: Cybercity Disco {10.18.24}
IPH Communion {9.1.24}
MPLS: Lonefront, Programm612, Fische {8.24.24}
MPLS: Fertilize {4.12.24}
LA: Anemone 12hr {3.23.24}
LEIPZIG: As If There Were No Ifs @ Sphere Radio {2.28.24}
DEN: Surco, Lorely Mur, Otuon {1.26.24}
MPLS: Enigma Closing {11.11.23}
CHI: Polygonia + Aaron J {10.13.23} 
MPLS: IPH Communion 12hr {9.3.23}
MN: The Great Beyond '23 {7.28.23}
DEN: D.dan + WNGDU {2.6.23}
DEN: WNGDU + Peer Review '22
MN: The Great Beyond '22
MPLS: DJ Nola + Centrific @ Freak of the Week '22 
MPLS: Get Soulful @ The Meadow '22
FARGO: Mike Gervais + Andy Fargo '22 
WI: Jameen w/ Abstrakt Xpressions '21
MPLS: Claude Young, DJ Minx, Yasmeenah @ IPH Communion Closing '21 
FARGO: Kajunga Crew '21
MPLS: Jeff Swiff, Chuck Love, Soulful Tryst @ House Proud '21
MN: The Great Beyond '21
FARGO: Tommie Sunshine '19

Research & Development
Podlasie
Chicago

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike. He is the founding member of Research & Development. ﻿What started as a monthly event series at Smartbar took on a new path with a biweekly mix series focused on nurturing new sounds, experiences and atmospheres while exploring the music and culture it was born or mutated from. Find him at Podlasie Club or sweaty basements and warehouses in Chicago and beyond.

AV Technician by day, music lover by night.

Based in Chicago, R&D is a music event/mix series focused on nurturing new sounds, experiences and atmospheres while exploring the music and culture it was born or mutated from. Techno, electro, EBM, bass, breaks, club and beyond.
Current personnel
Jeremy Alvarez - JS Alvarez
Eric Fernandez - Makeen
Shanti Chu - Shanti
Dan Hood - Dan B Hood
Kona Mazariegos - Zona Cinco

*Bookings: shantievantimusic@gmail.com
*Otherworldly Ambiguity* (Evanti)
"Liminal Radio" WIIT.FM second Mondays, 1-3pm CST
*Research & Development

Shanti is a Chicago-based DJ who explores philosophical themes of existential angst and ambiguity through surreal, foreboding, apocalyptic techno, angsty EBM, and squishy acid soundscapes. Her sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition.

Shanti also hosts a monthly radio show "Liminal Radio" on WIIT 88.9FM Chicago every second Monday of the month, 1-3pm CST featuring inspiring guest DJs.

Upcoming Sets:
9/20: DJ Nobu, Smoke & Mirrors (R&D), Chicago
10/10: Polygonia, Smartbar (FORMAT, R&D), Chicago
10/11: TBA, Chicago
11/1: Sanctum, Chicago

2025:
9/6: Life on Marz, NFC Records, Chicago
8/24: Sinister, Chicago
7/27: The Great Beyond, Franklin, MN  
7/17: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie
7/11: Musique Électronique, Madison, WI 
6/27: FreshCorp, Spot Lite, Detroit
6/26: Research & Development, The Whistler
6/20: Rrose, Flowers of Romance, Smartbar
5/29: Bordello Aperitivo, Amsterdam , NE
5/24: Ø [Phase] , NERV, Smoke & Mirrors
5/9: Aurora Halal, Smoke & Mirrors
4/26: BLOODLUST, TBA
3/15: Mictlan Underworld, TBA 
3/4: H.O.T.H., California Clipper 
2/22: Flowers of Romance, Smartbar 
1/30: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie (Evanti)
1/25: VELVET, Los Angeles, TBA 

2024:
12/13: Zenker Brothers, Smoke & Mirrors 
11/27: Research & Development, Podlasie 
11/2: Protocol & Dimibowie
10/25: Braid Records, Podlasie 
10/12: Usual Suspects and Temple, Montrose Beach 
9/1: NEW BLOOD, Research & Development, The Whistler 
8/31: Dark Forest, TBA 
8/29: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie (Evanti)
8/3: INFERNO, Mictlan, TBA 
7/14: Green Machine, Techno BBQ
7/6: Beloved Radio Night, California Clipper 
6/27: The Goods, Swig (Evanti)
6/22: YardJamz
6/14: Errancy, Hyde Park 
6/1: Wisteria, The Whistler 
5/23: entropic, Smartbar 
5/18: Lumina by HzM 
4/20: Vampire's Ball 
4/18: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie
4/5: Smoke & Mirrors 
3/23: Vamplified, Surround Chicago 
3/17: Otherworldly Ambiguity, The Whistler (Evanti)
3/7: Stankbugz Radio 
2/13: Wisteria, The Whistler (Evanti)