Party by Default's first foray into the world took place at Search Festival in Swellendamm, South Africa over New Years 2023.

Being tasked with a 7am to 9am slot, the challenge was to keep the hardcore dancers who were still going locked in, while offering wakeup vibes for the people brushing their teeth next to the river - and get them dancing again. And it couldn't have much better, as I had a fantastic time playing for a very cute crowd of dedicated dancers! Thank you all so much.

See you next at Death of Glitter on Feburary 11, at EVOL where I'm playing b2b with JNN KPN!

Party by Default @ Search Festival, South Africa - New Years 2023

The first episode of my new radio show on The Other Radio! Go check the vibes out at:
https://theother.radio

Born on the edge of an ancient lava field in northeast Iceland, yet eventually forged in the fires of the Berlin club scene - Björgvin is the man behind Party by Default. He’s a designer by trade, but his deep passion for music has allowed him to craft memorable experiences with the people he loves. He used to host Anything Flows on The Other Radio (alongside mx.pinky), a show that was all about the beauty of connecting with friends through playing together without planning, knowing how to react to the unknown.
This time around you are invited to join him on a storytelling journey, “Party by Default presents:” is all about exploring different themes and concepts through the medium of music. Work mixes, workout mixes, love letters, tributes to dear friends - the possibilities are endless. Some themes will be recurring, others are one offs - but they all tell a personal story, and they are all 100% Party by Default.

Episode 01
Party by Default presents: Dance Patterns
First things first - so, I love to make people dance. Music doesn’t need to be about dancing, but there’s nothing better than a hypnotic beat that takes over your nervous system and forces you to move. Wherever there’s a flat surface to stand on, I keep that in mind. So lets start this journey off by making your booty bounce, and to feel the energy I bring on the dance floor.

Party By Default Presents: Dance Patterns (theother.radio)

The second episode of my new radio show on The Other Radio! Go check the vibes out at:
https://theother.radio

Born on the edge of an ancient lava field in northeast Iceland, yet eventually forged in the fires of the Berlin club scene - Björgvin is the man behind Party by Default. He’s a designer by trade, but his deep passion for music has allowed him to craft memorable experiences with the people he loves. He used to host Anything Flows on The Other Radio (alongside mx.pinky), a show that was all about the beauty of connecting with friends through playing together without planning, knowing how to react to the unknown.
This time around you are invited to join him on a storytelling journey, “Party by Default presents:” is all about exploring different themes and concepts through the medium of music. Work mixes, workout mixes, love letters, tributes to dear friends - the possibilities are endless. Some themes will be recurring, others are one offs - but they all tell a personal story, and they are all 100% Party by Default.

Episode 02
In Berlin you meet the most interesting people - and sometimes they just happen to live in the same house as you. After moving into a beautiful apartment in Mitte, we started to get to know our neighbors really well. After some interesting chats I found out that my neighbor Nico had not only a long history in the berlin music scene spanning back to the 90s, but he also had a big collection of classic house records in his basement. He was nice enough to bring me two bags of them to go through, and I quickly got the idea to create little sonic vignettes for the radio from his collection, while staying true to my own sound. It was a lot of fun to figure out how to merge our musical stories together in this way.

Party By Default Presents: My Neighbor Nico (theother.radio)

Episode 03: Ode to Kuchenga

At the beginning of the covid quarantine, Kuchenga Shenje came into my life via mutual friends. She is an amazing writer, journalist and speaker whose energy and presence is unmatched. She had just moved to Berlin and was looking for a place to stay temporarily, and our guest room was empty so Hanna and I welcomed her into our home. We ended up living together for two eventful years spent largely in isolation from other people. As flatmates you could say we were an unlikely pair because of vastly different backgrounds and identities, but out of our time together blossomed a beautiful friendship of which I’ve learned a lot.

Kuchenga’s vast knowledge of pop culture influenced me a lot. As the clubs closed down I felt an urge to take break from house and techno, and I started to listen to a lot of hip hop and RnB music after she moved in. That injection of fresh sounds, styles and genres transformed the way I approach music curation unt0il this day. So I wanted to make her a little mixtape with some tunes I found along the way, so she can shake her booty in Manchester and reminisce about our time together on Kottbusser Damm.

Party by Default Presents

Born on the edge of an ancient lava field in northeast Iceland, yet eventually forged in the fires of the Berlin club scene - Björgvin is the man behind Party by Default. He’s a designer by trade, but his deep passion for music has allowed him to craft memorable experiences with the people he loves. He used to host Anything Flows on The Other Radio (alongside mx.pinky), a show that was all about the beauty of connecting with friends through playing together without planning, knowing how to react to the unknown.
This time around you are invited to join him on a storytelling journey, “Party by Default presents:” is all about exploring different themes and concepts through the medium of music. Work mixes, workout mixes, love letters, tributes to dear friends - the possibilities are endless. Some themes will be recurring, others are one offs - but they all tell a personal story, and they are all 100% Party by Default.

Party By Default Presents: Ode to Kuchenga

The World is Burning (and Aliens wont save us)

Recorded by coincidence on November 6th, the day after the US Election. As I peered through my tracklist - which had been selected beforehand - I saw a distinct narrative of “the world is burning, humanity sucks, but we’re gonna keep on raving anyway” forming, so I ran with it. This mix is an example of the energy I like to bring to a big room floor and the type of techno that excites me - constant driving groove but with a lot of details, with focus on the details in the highs - not just the kick and the bass.

The World is Burning Techno Mix

Recording from my closing at Lido floor in Modular, Cape Town for Vault. This was my solo club debut in Cape Town, a place near and dear to my heart and that I've been spending time in every year since 2021 with all the beautiful people there. It was also my first time playing by myself in a proper club since pre-covid! Was great to get in front of a dance floor again and flex my selection muscles. 

I wanna thank the energetic crowd for their contribution to the set!

TRACKLIST:
Loco Dice - Pimp Jackson Is Talkin' Now!!! (Extended)
Dorisburg - 135
Aux 88 - Voice Modulation (Anthony Rother Remix)
Hidden People - Hunting On Acid
Frequency - Turn The Light (vocal mix)
Seven Davis Jr - P.A.R.T.Y
Cajmere presents Walter Phillips - Sometimes I Do
Objekt - CLK Recovery
Tiga & The Martinez Brothers - Aphex N Girls
Kenny Larkin - Vibin'
Eric Sneo, DJ Rush - Body Control (Truncate Remix)
Paranoid London - Annihilate The World & Start All Over
박혜진 Park Hye Jin - Can you (Galcher Lustwerk Remix)
MMM - Nous sommes MMM
Ocirala - Gina doesn´t love me enough
Ts Madison & B. Ames - Is It On?
Sudanim - Sideman
Koreless - Seven (Drumhell)
Bruce Haack - Party Machine
Shackleton - Blood On My Hands
Jammin - Go DJ
Nene H - Hush Now
Bjarki - Rave Daddy (NIX MIX)
Hamdi - Skanka
Anz - Body + Mind
Hodge, なかむらみなみ - Everyday in the Club
DBBD & Miss Bashful - Hard Being Hot
SELFHOOD - SMACK DAT (AKN)
Vel - You Taste Like Zaatar
MCR-T - I AM THE POWER (SEE YOU DOWN)
Grace Ives - Mansion
DBBD & Miss Bashful - Muschi Muschi
DBBD & Miss Bashful - Confused Bitch
Nene H - Fukken Lie
Erika de Casier - Intimate (Club Mix)
Itoa - Oh No ft. なかむらみなみ
HiTech - SPANK!
Sarah Farina - Get It Gurl
Yushh - <3URNRG
Chris Korda - Overshoot
Ocirala - Track for NIX
MONĀE - Cisphobic
Volruptus - Man in the Moon
Prince - Purple Music



Party by Default does Vault (Crowd Vibes Recording)

This mix is for all the amateur bodywork enthusiasts out there, and their loved ones.

amateur (n.)

- from the latin amare, or to love something.

- one who loves, lover, friend. 

This mix takes you on a journey of exploration with your lover(s) or friend(s) and is designed to narrate an evolving session of intimacy - from cuddling and chatting to massaging to kissing to foreplay all the way to your sexual deviancy of choice - followed by a sensual aftercare sound bath to bring us back to reality.

Find your moment to freestyle - go for a strip tease, a relaxing breathing exercise, eye-gazing, an erotic massage - but always with consent and communication! So get cozy, feel sexy, act silly, and get intimate.

Sensualism is a non-regular mix series of narrative soundtracks curated for various moments of intimacy, sexuality and sensuality to connect with yourself and others. Each mix will have a distinct theme and create an atmospheric score for a specific interaction and moment in time, to enhance the experience of all participants. Every mix will still constructed to be enjoyable in many other settings.

Tracklist:

Voyager (Intro) - Moonchild
Love or Lust (Intro) - Qendresa
Slow Emotion - Earthtones
The Slang Word P(*)ssy Rolls Off the Tongue with Far Better Ease Than the Proper Word Vagina. Do You Agree? - Andre 3000
With You - Kindness feat. Kelela
Intimate - Erika de Casier
Human - Sevdaliza
Closer to You - Qendresa & Hugo Mari
A Time For Us - Nicolas Jaar
How Does It Make You Feel? - Air
Everywhere I’ll Ever Be - Eliza
Une heure - Sébastien Tellier
Real Luv - Qendresa
Moonlight - Kali Uchis
south! feat. NAYANA IZ - kezia
Give It Up 2 Me - Ojerime
Sex is Good (with Marilyn) - Chris Korda & The Church of Euthanasia
Ambrosia - Emil
Forever Dolphin Love - Connan Mockasin
Love Theme - Vangelis
Venus as a Boy - Björk

Sensualism 001 : Heure Amateur

The last 3 hours or so of my set last Friday, May 18 at Interzone, held in Void Club in Berlin.

Interzone is one of the best kept secrets of Berlin, and it was a real pleasure to get to play there. With the party having an oldschool underground vibe, I decided to create some contrast to the hard techno floor and play a set of mainly quality 90s ghetto house, techno and acid. 

This set was probably the most fun I've had DJing so far, so thanks everyone who came and the Interzone crew for having me ❤️

Bergen @ Interzone (Classic Set)

Last year I recorded this set for Icelandic radio show @plutvarp . Listening back to it recently I felt it deserved it's own spot on my soundcloud so here it is, reuploaded! I hope you enjoy, and thanks Plútó for having me - hope to return soon with a new set for you guys.

Bergen For Plútó, 2018

Born on the edge of an ancient lava field in northeast Iceland, eventually forged in the fires of the Berlin club scene, Party by Default is here to bring you a cheeky cocktail of grooves and attitude. A designer & creative director, long-time contributor to The Other Radio, a founding member of Berlin Collective Action - PbD wears many hats. But his number one mission is to make you drip that sweat on the dance floor. 

Formerly known as Bergen!

For bookings:
bjrgvn@gmail.com
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