Official Mixes

Decibel Festival / Bottom Forty Exclusive release.

"If this mix is any sort of an indicator as to what you can expect at the ‘Bottom 40 Showcase’ then there is no question as to if one should attend or not. Less than 5 minutes in – there is an aura of confidence and attitude so thick, you could cut it with a knife. The boss of Bottom 40, and the person responsible for this mix, Kevin Kauer (aka Nark), is a Seattle local and has been pushing this enlightened, heightened form of music and culture for some time." -Olin Viydo, Decibel Festival

(Full article here- http://dbfestival.com/feature/bottom-fortys-nark-presents-night-moves)

For tracklist please visit the following link...
http://bottomforty.com/nightlife/nark-night-moves-decibel-b40-exclusive/

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Night Moves [Official Decibel Festival Mix]

Ostbanhof Mix Series

Ostbahnhof | 007 : Kevin Kauer

The Bottom Forty Mix Series returns from its slumber with B40 head KK/Nark ( @nark ) at the helm. Our 109th mix and start of a new series of mixes from our favorite new and veteran artists around the globe kicks us off in proper desert vibes and unreleased queer acid energy. Stay tuned for new mixes right here.

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Tracklist:
Mary Yalex - End of the Day
Thomass Jackson - Slow Train
Inigo Vontier - Weird Mantras
REBRN - Pa ye
Nicola Cruz - Contato ft. Marcela Dias
Morenas - Cuando Brilla La Luna (Mr. Marvin Tribal Mix)
Paradise 3001 - Beautification Bang Bang (Daktari Mix)
Ulises Arrieta - Palets
Danielle Baldelli & Marco Dionigi - Funkadiba
Red Axes - Rhythm Passage
Mix & Fairbanks - Labyrinth (Ron Basejam Remix)
Aural - Desire (Fabrice 4am mix)
Stratton - Vapour Trail Hurricane
 KK/Nark - It’s Giving Queer Acid Energy

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Bottom Forty Mix Series

Bottom Forty Mix 109 :: KK/Nark

In honor of our 30th podcast, we are excited to release the first official mix compiled by Bottom Forty members @Nark , @DerekPavone , Riff-Raff, Tony Radovich @ant_rad , and @djSpaceOtter , mixed by hand by @Nark

Bottom Forty is a mirror ball in New York, a basement in Chicago, a cruise in L.A. and a night in the desert, and our goal with this mix was to take you to each place, enjoy!

For full tracklist and more, please visit
http://bottomforty.com/music/exclusive-bottom-forty-official-group-mix-001/

Artwork by @Nark

Bottom Forty Mix 030 - I Feel Like Being You

Andy Butler from Hercules & Love Affair joins us once a month to showcase his diverse record collection.

https://www.nts.live/shows/andy-butler/episodes/andy-butler-31st-march-2023

Hercules & Love Affair w/ NARK 310323

Massive Mix Series

Nark is Massive - Mix 001

For the first edition of Massive Transmissions, Massive Club owner and resident dj Nark shares a live set recorded on March 23rd, 2024. Specially crafted shows from queer DJs and producers all over the world coming to future episodes.

Tracklist
Cashminus- Paradise (Special Vietnam Version)
Shield & Robytek - Macho City
Morris T - Manduria
Red Axes - Caminho de Dreyfus (Rebelledo Remix)
Make a Dance - Sex For Dance (MAD Edit)
Will Saul - For Joania
Mike Ravelli - Folding
Withheld - Anschlusse
DJ Dashcam - Funky Junk
Moox - Rendez-Vous
Tilman - Feeling Real Good
Bachebo - I Wanna Feel Your Love
TnT Inc. & Donald Sheff - Drink (Dry Vocal Mix)
Vera - Ready for Love

Massive Transmissions

Massive Transmissions #001 - Nark

> IN DARK WE TRUST:
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In Dark We Trust

Nark - IN DARK WE TRUST #346

Shameless Audiocast is a monthly podcast featuring live shows, mixes and studio sessions presented by the Seattle based record label Shameless Audio.

Nark currently resides at The Eagle in Seattle throwing a kaleidoscope of events most famously Dickslap, a party that started as a political movement, an event that Thump/Vice Magazine says saved Seattle nightlife, and has since turned into a traveling party and internationally recognized brand, as well as running Bottom Forty, a Seattle collective of DJs, music sharing site, podcast and monthly event at Kremwerk. Nark also curates an annual alternative pride festival weekend in Seattle which attracts thousands and raises money for the LGBTQ community of Seattle. In the past Nark was the first resident and creative director of Q Nightclub in Seattle, working the countries 7th best sound system every Saturday night, and has been showcased by Decibel Festival, Honey Soundsystem, Flammable, Honcho, Pride parties everywhere and many other above and underground events and festivals and was recently named by Advocate Magazine as one of the top people to watch in 2015.

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Shameless Audiocast 009 Nark

A grooving mix of proper bath house etiquette for 2016.

Tracklist:
Martin Hayes @MartinHayes - Bobby’s Theme [Razor-N-Tape]
Mr BC @Mister-BC - Red Room [Nein]
Only Children @OnlyChildren - Falling [Razor-N-Tape]
Hamo @hamocon2 - The Black Lodge [Splendor & Squalour]
Lumigraph @Lumigraph - Small Doses [Mister Saturday Night]
Mark E - Clares Gate [Ghostly International]
Boris Dlugosch, Purple Disco Machine - L.O.V.E. [Defected]
Reel Houze - No Difference (Reel Houze Dub) [Optimo Music Disco Plate]
Kapote - Fuck Music [Toy Tonics]
Fouk @justsayfouk - Lefty’s Bar (Brame & Hamo Remix) [Heist]
Brame, Hamo - Triple Threat [Dirt Crew]
Finchley Road - Gimme The Music (Smarties Mix) [Quark]
Giorgio Moroder - Evolution (Danny Krivit Edit) [Ibadan]
The Maghreban @Maghreban - Wonder Woman [Versatile]
Nark @Nark - Spare Mana [Bottom Forty]


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Uptown Rhythm

Nark and I had our first encounter on another planet and I knew that good things were in store for us. You can find him on this planet all over Seattle at his parties Bottom Forty, Dickslap, and the Make Out Party. Bottom Forty has recently established itself as a label turning out some awesome tracks, including remixes from Nark himself. Here's a 60 minute energy filled all vinyl mix ~ turn it up and turn it out!

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Acid Camp Podcast

Acid Camp Vol. 47 - Nark

Broadcast live on WNYU 89.1FM in New York City on March 20th, 2018.
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BIS Playlist

BIS Radio Show #930 with Nark

This month we have a Bottom Forty double dose of mixes for dat azz. First up, we have the one and only head of Bottom Forty, @Nark. Easily one of the most respected party throwers, label heads and dj's of the Pacific North West and beyond. The mix shows his dark side gleaming the edges of acid, techno and psychedelia.  @Nark will be headlining this month's Drop party along with Bottom Forty crew-mate Sappho and Innerflight resident Kadeejah Streets on Saturday April 14th at the Monkey Loft.

More info bout the party here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/2017058531866325/

Keep your ears peeled for another podcast coming next week from Sappho!

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https://soundcloud.com/sappho-presents-chingo

https://soundcloud.com/kadeejah-streets

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Nark

Innerflight Podcast 86: Nark

Nark on c89.5 (The Vortex)
Live mix with the Mystic Vibes (live vibraphone)

The Beat Down launch party happens 6.14.12 at Barboza (Seattle) and 2nd Thursdays thereafter, with Nark, Recess, Kadeejah Streets, the Mystic Vibes live and host Lisa Dank.

"With a nod to classic house, italo, acid, new wave jams of the past, but a steady gaze towards underground nu disco gems, The Beat Down is the place to get down and dance after Captitol Hill's Artwalk. Experienced local selectors Recess (Shameless), Nark (Bottom Forty) and Kadeejah Streets (Innerflight) combine their DJ and promotional talents to help turn second Thursdays into the beginning of the weekend. Hosted by Lisa Dank and joined by The Mystic Vibes live on the Vibraphone"

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The Beat Down (Live on c89.5 The Vortex, w/ The Mystic Vibes live)

Mix by Nark
@nark
Artwork by Michael Willis
http://mwillis.eu

Nark, aka Kevin Kauer, founder of Bottom Forty and Nark Magazine, has devoted his life to dance music and club culture. For the last decade, he's helped cultivate Seattle's queer community, running a kaleidoscope of above and underground nightlife events including party/political movement Dickslap, a series of annual alternative Pride festival weekends, and the programming at Q Nightclub where he served as resident and creative director. For GhostlyCast #81, Nark delivers a marathon mix that serves as an emotional release and celebrates a recent revelation. "This year was about realizing I'm already exactly where I want to be and surrounded by boundless talent and energy here in the Seattle scene," he says. "Over the years of traveling the world and playing all these cool parties and making new friends and colleagues, I've only to come to realize how hard it is for anyone to separate friendship from competition; it puts a heavy emotional toll on so many people in the scene that builds exponentially, and it can really bring you down. For me, making this mix was about representing myself exactly the way I feel, not up to anyone else's standard. It's about letting go of the things I thought I wanted to chase after and instead, being in the present with myself, our scene and the people around me who need and support me as much as I do them."

TRACKLIST

die Reihe - Side A
Fruit - Words
Polejam - Liking You & Your 48mm (W)heels
Shedbug - Swim
Privacy - Miss U
DTROY - Blank Canvas
Øall Håtes - ƒlux $†até
Low Tape - Escape From Acid Reality
Stratton - Scrabble Dub
DJ Moonbeam - Apogee
Abe Toshihiro - Kappa
Falcon Black Ops - Two
SCØPE - Rose to the bait
Ben Sims + Paul Mac - The Solution
Norwell - Transz
Keita Sano - Drum Wick Version
Nature Boy - Ha Ha
Keikari - Johtua
Joton - LTK3
Low Tape - Magic Oldschool Synthesizer
A. Morgan - Transform
Fugal - Parallels
No Moon - Acid IX
Joton - Everything is False
Bakunin Commando - Void Desire
Aos - Violent Light
Mirror People - What is Luv?
Baltra - Fu2uR3
Simic - Discussion of Interests
Brame & Hamo - Club Orange
Banker - Loaves
so.mind - Togo Dance
die Reihe - Side B
Toyin Agbetu presents Shades of Black - Make U Mine
Baltra - Fantasy
Brian Ring - He’s a Part-Time Player. She’s a Full-Time Hustler

Ghostly Cast

GhostlyCast #81: Nark - Break Up With Everyone

As we lead up to Nark’s Big Flammable Birthday Bash in April and another epic Alternative Pride extravaganza from Nark Magazine & Bottom Forty, we’re absolutely delighted to post his latest escapade into underground dance music!    The Dj/Producer/Label Boss/Magazine Founder/ & Promoter has championed the underground and LGBTQ communities over the years and has an amazing run of events, releases, and dj spots lined up for 2019>>> enjoy his latest mix and mark down this 4/14 flammable bday bash on your calendars!

BIO: 

NARK (2MR, Mr Intl, Bottom Forty, Get Up)

Purveyor of slithering acid. Community builder. Bottom Forty Label owner. Club veteran. Party politician. Secretive producer. Zealous remixer. Anxiety-ridden intro-extroverted socialite. Totally nice and likes to be pet gently. Requires naps. Spotted hiding on stage with Daniel Avery, Audion, Jacques Renault, Matrixxman, Avalon Emerson, The Black Madonna, Red Axes, Tim Sweeney, Bicep, Honey Soundsystem, Jennifer Cardini, Paramida and many others. Known to make singles with Andy Butler (Hexxy). Current 2MR artist. Inspired by Sega Genesis techno. Prefers brief sentences and elongated sets. A pusher of American Techno, according to Resident Advisor, Decibel Festival, Vice Magazine, The Advocate and others. Well-traveled gig player, can say “biyee” in several languages.

Nark has current or upcoming releases on 2MR, Nein Records, Get Up Recordings, MR INTL and Bottom Forty, and remixes on Soul Clap, Nein, Leonizer, Friends with Benefits and Love Story.


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http://www.narkmagazine.com/
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http://www.facebook.com/groups/bottomforty/

Flammable Mix Series  

Flammable Mix Series 023 : Nark

NARK (2MR, Mr Intl, Bottom Forty, Get Up)
Purveyor of slithering acid. Community builder. Bottom Forty Label owner. Club veteran. Party politician. Secretive producer. Zealous remixer. Anxiety-ridden intro-extroverted socialite. Totally nice and likes to be pet gently. Requires naps. Spotted hiding on stage with Daniel Avery, Audion, Jacques Renault, Matrixxman, Avalon Emerson, The Black Madonna, Red Axes, Tim Sweeney, Bicep, Honey Soundsystem, Jennifer Cardini, Paramida and many others. Known to make singles with Andy Butler (Hexxy). Current 2MR artist. Inspired by Sega Genesis techno. Prefers brief sentences and elongated sets. A pusher of American Techno, according to Resident Advisor, Decibel Festival, Vice Magazine, The Advocate and others. Well-traveled gig player, can say “biyee” in several languages.

Nark has current or upcoming releases on 2MR, Nein Records, Get Up Recordings, MR INTL and Bottom Forty, and remixes on Soul Clap, Nein, Leonizer, Friends with Benefits and Love Story.

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Deep South Podcast 041 - Nark

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Episode 102 with NARK

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Mix for Sniffies App, this sleazy journey could work well to soundtrack your next down and dirty hook up. However, until hook ups are real again, join us virtually for this licentious get together from a far at Pigs Fly Virtual Fetish Night, 5/22/20 8pm PST on the interwebs, more info at PigsFlyParty.com

Nark Mixes

Boys Keep Sniffing

In all this time away from nightlife it’s been bittersweet listening to traditional dance mixes, getting revved up with nowhere to go. I thought I’d take this time to deep dive into the music of a culture I adore and put together this mixtape of classic Japanese disco, pysch-jams, early techno and more with a dash of cult classic covered in Cantonese to help keep the sunshine and happiness flowing into fall ❤️ - @nark

Double Scorpio Mix Series

DSMIX_11  Nark 日本の ディスコ Double Scorpio Mix (╹◡╹）

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

Nark // acid queen
aka Young Hearts // disco queen

Young Hearts, a trans-galactic cross-generational discotheque residing monthly in San Francisco.

Desertopia, an alternative pride and memorial day weekend festival in Palm Springs in co-horts with Victor Rodriguez, Perfect Lovers and Anthony John.

Bottom Forty, a record label, queer collective and driving force behind the underground queer music scene of Seattle.

Massive, a futurist gay club in Seattle opened in 2023 by Nark featuring a diverse array of queer talent.

Label Releases: NEIN, 2MR, MR INTL, Get Up, Bottom Forty, Soul Clap, Acid Camp

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