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Bobby Beethoven b2b CRYSTALLMESS at Draaimolen Festival 2024

BEARCAT is a London-born, New York-based, DJ, producer, and performance artist of Jamaican and Irish descent.

BEARCAT’S DJ sets activate her masterful knowledge of black diasporic genres to evoke a dance floor experience of healing and release; both for herself and others. This incantation of uncompromising, pulsating rhythm and bass has brought her to perform at prestigious nightclubs around the world; festivals like Pitchfork, Afropunk, and Panorama; and museums like The Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim, The Whitney, and The Brooklyn Museum. Most recently she was Madonna’s opening DJ for a portion of her U.S. Celebration tour, additionally playing her iconic Oscars party.


BEARCAT’s sets are best described as transcendental, captivating, pounding and eclectic at their core, seemingly bringing together everything from jungle, drum’n’bass, techno, and house; to dembow, dancehall, rap, punk, deconstructed pop edits, and grime. This range of musical interests is reflected further in her work as a producer. BEARCAT has created a number of mixes for Boiler Room, RinseFM, NTS and The Fader. As well as producing fashion soundtracks for brands like Chromat and NoSesso. She's been a part of recent vinyl releases from legendary labels Invadar and Epitaph and a digital release with Nervous Records. BEARCAT’s next release as a producer is an album that spans experimental sounds, blending unlikely genres but stressing visual storytelling through film.

BEARCAT has always embraced music as a part of her lifelong, anti-colonialist project, which began growing up in London; performing on the live music scene and discovering music as an escape from the daily violence of white supremacy. Throughout her journey, BEARCAT has conceived of her work as a therapeutic release, not only for those listening in the present, but as a healing exorcism that channels ancestral pasts through music. BEARCAT has performed and talked on panels regarding anti-racist /-colonial rhetoric, spirituality, queer politics and art at universities including Cornell, Wesleyan, and Oberlin, additionally sharing deeply personal stories of survival and adversities she has overcome.

BEARCAT’S queer politics, vast experience in the industry, and passion for equality inspired her to curate SELTZER, a night prioritizing queer, black and brown, experimental club DJs and artists. Originally born out of DIY spaces in West Philadelphia, SELTZER went on to hold a five-year residency at the infamous NYC nightclub Nowadays where, notably, BEARCAT was the first DJ to ever perform. She was one of the first DJs to be represented by the original female-lead booking agency Discwoman, and as a part of this collective, helped diversify club lineups around the world.

BEARCAT - Black Techno Matters Radio

Messy and Passion 

feel free to ask for IDs

Dirt, Mud, and Funk (Mix)

@starkamusic

Introduce yourself:
STARKA; immunocompromised raver; one of those people at the club dancing hard and wearing a mask; one of those people often dreaming about what could be better and what is missing

What was your inspiration for this mix:
My favorite dance mixes are energizing, genre-spanning, and playful at times - they ebb and flow, hold your attention, and keep you on your toes. This mix captured my take on that back in November 2023, and still very much resonates with what I’m most drawn to coming into 2025.

Favorite DJs of all time:
Juliana Huxtable
Tzusing
Ariel Zetina
Willikens & Ivkovic
CCL
mobilegirl
Async Figure
Roza Terenzi
Erika
TSVI
Physical Therapy

If we were going to a party and needed to get the pre-game turned up what would be the song you play?:
SELENA GONADZ SYNCOPATE MY FORESKIN by Rasuul

Where was the first place you played?
My or my friend’s basement for a queer dance party I threw with friends in Bloomington, IN back in 2017-2018.

In and outs for 2025:

In:
Mask-required and air purified indoor parties
Outdoor parties
Day parties
Sleep
Self awareness
Fulfilling potential
Taking care
Solidarity
Focus
Proactivity
Transformation

Out:
Spreading infection
Stagnancy
Spreading too thin for too long
Miscommunication
Avoiding issues and accountability
Habits that pull you away from what is most important to you
Social media (apart from how it’s most beneficial for each person)
Sex apps
Horniness (you all have fun though!)

Advice to the new upcoming DJs:
Only play tracks you absolutely loveeee. Focus on the music and the accessibility of the space. Find the people and the music that resonate the most with you and focus on them.

What's next for you in 2025?:
Prioritizing finding a home or two to throw more editions of Mutualism, a mask-required dance party I co-organize
Co-launching a mix series revolving around the theme of care
Trying to more deeply align my actions and time with my values and goals


Tracklist:
Kelly - Txt Msg Brkup
Rattlesnakke, Miss Jay - ATRAPAME (MISS JAY REMIX)
Shygirl - NVR
Gabber Eleganza & HDMIRRO - Seen It
miley cyrus "im back" "they tried to kill me" "i'm not going down without a fight"
Tzusing - Residual Stress
SCRATCHCLART - IC3 (MENZI REMIX)
Varg2TM - Dna Play (feat. Bladee & Ecco2k)
Ayesha - Ecstatic Descent
Estoc - SLOB ON MY HALCYON
Aloka - Chroma
Nihiloxica - Black Kaveera (pq & Ekhe’s Recycle)
Slikback - AERIAL BLISS
Blastah x Jhay Cortez - 5:12 (No Boy Edit)
Isabella Lovestory, Club Eat - Kitten Heel [Club Eat Remix]
mobilegirl - Whatever U Like
Orion Agassi - Corner Bodega Jam
Wata Igarashi - Pulse
SRAMAANA & Rommek - Binary Error
Moteka & Truant.J - Permutation Paradox
Orphx - Sau Zuk
Jish & Midlands League - Rack Em (nktml Remix)
miley cyrus "im back" "they tried to kill me" "i'm not going down without a fight"

Rumors Mix Series #124: starka

Tune in to a monthly show where Bapari's goal is to put the spotlight on emerging
underground talent. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/puffy-w-bapari/episodes/puffy-w-bapari-22nd-march-2025

Puffy w/ Bapari & Engalanan 220325

Got to play some wonderfully experimental tracks and sounds for a party about experimentation, I had a blast playing for this party!

Ori The Ghost [LIVE] Liquid Dreams 041925

Queer Cult Take Over : arieshandmodel - 29 Juin 2025

HD features a vast variety of guests spanning across hip hop, RnB and electronic music to talk about music, culture and life aswell as share their favorite selections of any genre.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/hd/episodes/hd-7th-july-2025

1080P w/ HD: KARENNOID 070725

okay… this one is really special… 

our sister, your sister, Sister to All, TIKE has something to say. 

in our latest installment, our dear founder steps outside of the club, past a crowd of words to deliver an urging brook of feelings; a babbling bass; a shifting, knowing sound… and to know is to love 🦢 

The Jig is Never 🆙

#3 - TIKE

Trans, Latina, Cvnty based in MPLS
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