https://soundcloud.com/chloeharris
The cavernous and beautiful project of renowned DJ and Further Records headmaster Chloe Harris, Raica walks a fine musical line between lucid animation and blurred darkness.

RND 039 - Raica

Fusions of musique concrète, sound art, electronica, & techno. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Rose Knapp [‡Starving Poet§] is an experimental poetess & sound artist. She is a transfemme androgyne.

Artistically self taught, she creates chaotic, radiant, fragmented, fractal fusions of musique concrète, electronica, techno, sound poetry, & sound art.

She has LP's & EP's released with D.M.T. Records, Far East Sound, Always Human Tapes, Aa3 Corp & others.

I started dj-ing in late 80s at the time that Acid House transformed the world of dance music. I played in Glasgow 88-99, Fever at Fury Murry's, Tin Pan Alley, The Choice, The Apartment and Rhapsody. I then played in Austraila from late 91 to late 92, mostly in Sydney during the warehouse party explosion. Played frequently at Bondi Hotel, Mars, Freezer, Bentley Bar and several huge dance parties. Bondi Beach on Xmas Day 1991 will always be the one defining moment.
In '99 I moved to London and started a residency at N20 in Soho, followed with long stints at Medicine Bar, The Retreat and The Light Bar. One-offs at Renaissance, Gatecrasher and Funkshoppe Boat Parties were epic.
Early 2000s played regularly in Malaysia, then adventures around Europe - frequently to Finland/Estonia 2003-2008.
In 2013, I moved to Seattle and in 2019 started playing again. I am resident at the amazing Stayin' Alive nights. In 2020 I headed back to Sydney in Feb and played the legendary Up for It! party.

Born and raised in the Seattle area and always surrounded by different types of music. My personal musical journey took me from 80s synth-pop, to early rap & hip-hop, metal, grunge, punk, and then industrial music, before finding house, techno, and the underground Seattle rave scene in the early 90s. After going to my first rave in 1993, I was absolutely hooked, started collecting vinyl, and bought my first set of Technics SL1200MK2 turntables and DJ mixer in 1995. 

Collecting vinyl and DJing led me to Platinum Records Seattle, an underground vinyl store,  where I worked from 2000 to late 2003, during a massive resurgence of rave culture in Seattle. During that time, I played multiple raves at old venues like NAF, Studio B, Club Insight, Club FX, and clubs/after-hours like Aero Space, Noc Noc, Liquid Lounge, Club Contour, etc. 

At the end of 2003 I starting working for Rane Corporation WA, a pro-audio/ DJ mixer company that was based in Mukilteo area from 1981 until the closing of the factory in 2016. While at Rane from 2003-2016, I worked as a Product Specialist, Technical Support, Product Clinician, Social Media Manager, Artist Relations, Beta Tester, Project Manager, and Product Design, and the designer of the infamous Rane MP2015 and Rane MP2014 rotary DJ mixers. 

Fast forward to today, I am still DJing, still raving, and now throwing underground parties in the Seattle area (ifykyk 😘). I'm a resident DJ for the Diffusion crew, Brit Jean Presents, and Blue Moon. I've been producing music under the name "Double Helix," a musical duo with my good friend Rob Ali, with two releases out (so far) on Deep Contour Music, and Seattle's own Uniting Souls Music!

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

Club Music
Est. 2007 | Miami, FL
Do No Harm

RND 039 - Raica

Research & Development Mix Series