https://soundcloud.com/sharlese
Sharlese Metcalf is a longtime DJ and promoter in Seattle. Known for her knowledge in EBM, various synth and wave genres, post-punk and industrial, she hosts live music shows as False Prophet, featuring synth and wave acts and a monthly dance party called Audiodrome. She is a resident of techno crews Depth Seattle and CLANG. 

Sharlese has been DJing EBM and Techno  for over a decade now with a combination of spinning in clubs and can be heard on KEXP 90.3 FM in Seattle where she hosts two radio shows, Mechanical Breakdown, every Monday morning from 1-2am and as a rotating host on Expansions, every third Sunday of the month.

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¡Vamos Acid!

w/ releases on Junted / The Black Lodge / Clan Destine Records / Up North Records / Phage Tapes / Dead Channel Records / Idlestates Records / Die Die Die My Darling / S H I S H I / META MOTO / Absu / Vacant Decade / Popgang Records / Collapsed Structures  / Modesto Synth Society / Fantasy 1 / Apocalypse Rave Culture 
Contact: memoryclapacid@gmail.com

Sharlese is a Seattle DJ and KEXP host blending electro, EBM, Italo, and techno. She’s played at venues like Nowadays, Tresor West, and Panorama Bar and has appeared on podcasts like pi pi pi and The Brvtalist. With 17 years at KEXP, she produces The Afternoon Show and hosts Mechanical Breakdown. Sharlese also runs and curates Audiodrome and False Prophet and holds residencies at secondnature in Seattle and ROAM Recordings’ Problemes d'amour in SF.

KEXP Inquiries (Mechanical Breakdown & Expansions): sharlese@kexp.org
For North American, LATAM and EU Bookings please reach out to info@houseofillfame.agency

Producer/DJ/Promoter/Organizer/bonehead/etc - [Bounce House] -  they/them - PHL - @bounce-house-phl
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For booking, production, remix work, promos, or any other inquiries, please write to: furtivetrax@gmail.com
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Upcoming Dates:
10/20 - Great Circles Radio Residency
11/2 - Belly Music w/ Cyrus for Particle.FM
11/12 - The Lot Radio
11/15 - TBA, Philly
11/17 - Great Circles Radio Residency
12/19 - TBA, Philly
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Furtive is a full-gonzo rave conjurer and relentless creative tinkerer, intractably committed to the rave as a Philadelphia-based producer, DJ, underground event organizer, and dancer. A shifting sonic chameleon, Furtive brings a scintillating, sentimental, and psychedelic touch to their artistry, rooted in wormhole-traversing technoid propulsion and dependably delivering riotous, slack-jawed whiplash moments of the delightfully unexpected. Their many polished and focused genre-spanning productions are informed by over thirteen years of experience in the studio, yielding a rich selection of tracks across their self-released discography, vinyl pressings, and contributions to compilations. A veritable product of the contemporary American underground, Furtive cut their teeth as a DJ and DIY event organizer in Washington, DC’s warehouses, where they once played a variety of turnkey roles in putting on some of the District’s more proper techno parties. Furtive co-founded and co-runs Bounce House, an intimate, blossoming off-the-books venue in Philly where they regularly hold court as a resident. Furtive is on broadcast monthly through Ashen Vanity, a radio residency at Philadelphia’s indispensable cultural mainstay Great Circles. As a DJ, Furtive has played hallowed halls (recently rampaging at Nowadays and Basement), dingy holes, roaring renegades, broadcast booths, and festivals (The Great Beyond '23, '24, and headlining in '25, Honcho Campout '24, Making Time '25) - always with eclectic selections and a steadfast focus on pacing and dynamics while regularly jumping genres to build moving and impactful sets, often alongside internationally celebrated, no-nonsense acts. Beyond the fog and speaker stacks, Furtive creates art in a variety of mediums. They're as unapologetic in their sincerity and flair as they are in being a die-hard True Believer in the rave.
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Learn more here: https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/introducing/furtive-the-astronaut-in-a-pool-of-mermaids/
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As a closing note: the journey can be summarized in their own words (or, a cheeky amalgamated existential portmanteau): “I aim for the stars, but sometimes I land in a pool of mermaids.”

https://furtivetrax.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/furtivetrax
https://www.instagram.com/furtive.sasha/
https://ra.co/dj/furtive

This is not a mind trip, Its a fucking journey.

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.

NYC -FEB-16 undisclosed location-  Razor Petalz
Curfew March 30th -PGH



May 20th -Colombus Ohio -verge fm 

Richmond Va-June 10th 

Etlt-June 17th cobra 

Sweet obysess- june 21st 

Noise rave June 30th collision 

hotmassXdetour august 12th

Uuhual disco / jan 20th

Liber8 PGH/ july 19th

Hotmass /august /12th 

Club pitt sweet escape/friday jan 3rd

Critical hit New york /july 19th 

Richmond VA -community service October 28th




Founder / 1/3 of dyspheric 
Book me - stephaniealona95@gmail.com

booking: dm for contact info.
12/6 Wrecked 5.5 hour set in STUDIO
12/11 Nowadays: Honey Trap
12/14 Animal (afternoon)
12/31-1/01 Merge Into 2026 b2b Kilopatrah Jones
1/24 TBD
1/31 TBD
2/07 TBD
2/14 CHUNK @ c’mon everybody
2/20 TBD

ticket links
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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

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Research & Development Mix Series