recorded May 4, 2024 in Los Angeles by @konifer
cover photo by @ellem_blanca

Los Angeles ~ May 2024 ~ Astral HOME Intentions

We inhabit a space somewhere on the outskirts of avant-jazz and punk rock, Dogs h8 Rats are genre defying, and full of surprises. The music is born of improvisational performances so with a little luck you'll catch the "mistakes and imperfections" now and then, or as Miles Davis once said "Don't fear mistakes, there are none" and that ethos is in clear evidence within the music of Dh8R's. The core of Dh8R's is made up of Douglas Wilkerson and Michael Grimes who collaborate with friends old and new."

❤️ Thank you for buying music from independent artists! We need to pay our rent and electricity bills, feed our cats, buy food, car insurance, and all that other stuff too...You can buy our music on Bandcamp.

A native of Macedonia and longtime resident of Seattle, Kinjo contributes to the Pacific Northwest music community as a DJ, producer, promoter, and record label head. His sound has morphed through the years, yet an aura of psychedelia lifted through space by futuristic rhythms and basslines remains his consummate passion. Along the way expect teasing vocal samples, trippy twists & turns, and trancy grooves on a minimal tip.

Describing his journey through music: “The desire to play music to friends and acquaintances brings you from the dance floor to the DJ booth. The desire to see and hear how they respond to music, keeps you in the booth.” It all began with small private events in Macedonia, leading to clubs, festivals, and the Beatnex party brand in Skopje. Once in Seattle, Kinjo supported production of the venerable Decibel Festival and eventually established Grounded alongside then-local Miles Mercer. Across several years Grounded provided an unparalleled space in Seattle’s music culture for up & coming, genre-bending local DJs and premieres of touring acts such as Frank & Tony, Dorisburg, DJ Dustin, Chaos in the CBD, Toshiya Kawasaki, Palms Trax.

Alongside long-time friend and b2b partner Konifer, Kinjo launched Rhizome Records in 2018. Rhizome created a platform for introducing West Coast producers to International remixers specializing in minimal and eclectic dance music. With 2 vinyls and 6 digital releases already in its catalog, the future looks bright for Rhizomeiros everywhere. 2022 saw the emergence of the Makes Me Human events series, marking a new chapter in Kinjo’s engagement with the Seattle music scene through a monthly introduction to the international underground circuit’s finest talents including Sepp, Mihigh, Janeret, Alexandra, Cosmjn, Amir Javasoul, and an ever-growing list of must-hears.

Words by Benjamin Kantner.

demos: info@rhizome.us

A shared space for developing connection and community between individuals passionate about exploratory music and complimentary design.

Seattle's least favorite techno DJ. No Nonsense. Negative Vibes Only.
 
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Dogs On Walks - every second Saturday

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Sound Selectors
C89.5
Orphan.
Stranger
Looters
Tremulant
Mirror&Web
420
Lodge
TUF
Loving Touch
Research
Grounded
Cheap & Deep
Kremwerk
Rebar
Lo-Fi
Woodsky's

co-curator & resident of @believeyoumepdx & Your Sunday Best in Portland, OR

I long to enter the magic with you.

- 9.27.25 Bathhouse Disco @ Wash

Raised by drag queens on acid house and disco between Detroit and Chicago, spaceotter moved to the West Coast and found his voice DJing at radical faerie gatherings, Burning Man and the underground clubs and warehouses of the Pacific Northwest.

cuddly apex predator // lotsa fur, lotsa eyes // dust in the interstellar wind // "we put the extra in extraterrestrial"

art/ecology/activism concept by Konifer + ELLEM

upcoming by Mirror&Web artists:

2025.07.26 Konifer @ LINEA Collective/LOS ANGELES

past Mirror&Web curated events:

2022.08.29 & 09.02 Astral Intentions @ Black Rock Desert/NEVADA
2018.06.01 Mirror&Web x Tremulant pres. Mira @ Timbre Room/SEATTLE
2018.03.23 CCL, Goetic Mirror, Paris, ELLEM @ Timbre Room/SEATTLE
2016.06.26 In2Deep, Naimur, Konifer, ELLEM @ All Due Respect/SEATTLE

Okinawa tidepools and topanga canyons
Reflections on new relations

Together we weave themes of social justice, deep ecology, and mysticism through art and music. The concept encourages participants to see themselves in the Other and feel the Oneness of all things. Mirror & Web is balance between the masculine & feminine, inner & outer worlds, and form & formless. All this is best grounded in kinetic community, dancing with humans and more-than-humans alike.

A state of the mind and way-of-being inspired by days & nights camping on the Olympic Coast, exploring the Ryukyu Islands, and grooving in the Black Rock Desert

wild, present, organic, ecological. We are committed to celebrating life, Nature, and self-expression.