Otodojo (Maro Kariya, PhD) is an audiovisual artist based in Detroit, MI.

They weave together sonic stories through field and object recordings, processed vocals, contact-micced materials, and layers of synthetic sounds inspired by the natural world and imagined bio-cybernetic futures.

Their music has been released with labels such as Acid Camp, Mesma, Perimeter Junk, Qeone, Unimatrix Zero, and their album ‘Amphibious / Aural Spirits’ on The Bunker NY has been named one of the best albums of 2023 by MixMag.

In 2018, they launched ‘Microtones’ (microtones.info), an electronic music collective in Ithaca, NY which aims to help community building through music.

links:

music: https://otodojo.bandcamp.com/
sc: https://soundcloud.com/otodojo
insta: https://www.instagram.com/otodojo/
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@otodojo/videos

RND 142 - Otodojo

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

otodojo is a sound place for learning
lessons, bookings, commissions: otodojo@gmail.com

part of @microtones-wav

Nick Burgess is a student of Detroit, prioritizing the groove while seamlessly weaving between deep acidic Techno hypnosis and punishing Industrial sonics. In the short time since making his debut, Nick has played every hour of the night across notable Detroit venues such as Leland City Club, Marble Bar and Tangent Gallery as well as making appearances at the Tec-Troit Electronic Music Festival and the Lollapalooza after party circuit in Chicago. He has shared the bill with the likes of Skee Mask, Headless Horseman, Black Asteroid, BMG, Terrence Dixon, The Brvtalist, and Underground Resistance artists like Mark Flash and Esteban Adame. As a producer, his hypnotic and abrasive productions have been released through labels PITS, Junted, Detroit Underground, Ominous Earth, Collapsed Structures and his co-owned label, Apocalypse Rave Culture.

electronic music collective
https://microtones.info

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.

Ship’s Log, Stardate 6969: ezri_dax selects compassionate speed to bring you into transwarp; psychedelic rhythms to meld minds; high camp to tug the heartstrings; and always keeps it spacey on the 1s & 2s.
🪢 resident on Great Circles: symbiont, 1st Thursdays 8-10pm 🪢
🛸member of mikrodisko (berlin)👽
💫enquiries/promo/booking: ezridaxtrax@gmail.com 💫

🌀Upcoming🌀
❥ 10.25.25 - naked party w/ dj papaya, PHL

🖤(an archive)🖤
❥ 10.10.25 - bounce house, b2b Furtive, Aaron J, PHL
❥ 8.2.25 - chrysalis w/ special guest dj, succubass, dj papaya, & yaka, PHL
❥ 7.12.25 - Les Libertines w/ Materia Hache, BLN
❥ 2.8.25 - Transwarp w/ chancleta, furtive, & vicky vicky vicky, the warehouse, RVA
❥ 2.2.25 - P.S. w/ liftgate & Ali Berger, PGH
❥ 11.23.24 - Polari Afters w/ Haiek, PHL
❥ 6.1.24 - Open Decks, Den Anden Side, CPH
❥ 4.26.24 - Grief in Glitter w/ DJ Anarres, Vox Populi, PHL
❥ 3.20.24 - The Listening Lounge, Tavern on Camac, PHL
❥ 3.7.24 - Diva Worship w/ doll redacted, Dolphin, PHL
❥ 12.9.23 - Bounce House w/ Furtive & Opheliaxz, PHL
❥ 11.10.23 - Party of Your Dreams, Basement, KBH
❥ 10.18.23 - the apple of your eye (vinyl), Dolphin, PHL
❥ 10.14.23 - void w/ Vicenta, Philadelphia
❥ 10.13.23 - Rumor Mill w/ Amylia and Security Dog, VAT, PHL 
❥ 9.28.23 - No Quarter w/ Furtive, The Dolphin, PHL
❥ 12.31.22 - bounce house w/ Security Dog, PHL
❥ 11.20.22 - void w/ Furtive, PHL
❥ 9.8.22 - AltSlut69 @ The Dolphin, PHL
❥ 8.13.22 - Bartram's Bday, PHL
❥ 8.5.22 - bounce house, PHL
❥ 7.30.22 - She.They.Dj @ Mood Ring, NYC
❥ 3.20.22 - The Dolphin (b2b with negative space)

Minimal Detroit takeover
Minimal Detroit manager

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

*Bookings: shantievantimusic@gmail.com
*Otherworldly Ambiguity* (Evanti)
"Liminal Radio" WIIT.FM second Mondays, 1-3pm CST
*Research & Development

Shanti is a Chicago-based DJ who explores philosophical themes of existential angst and ambiguity through surreal, foreboding, apocalyptic techno, angsty EBM, and squishy acid soundscapes. Her sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition.

Shanti also hosts a monthly radio show "Liminal Radio" on WIIT 88.9FM Chicago every second Monday of the month, 1-3pm CST featuring inspiring guest DJs.

Upcoming Sets:
10/23: Research & Development, The Whistler, Chicago
11/1: Sanctum Fest, Chicago 
11/1: Sanctum Afters, Chicago
11/22: TBA
11/28: Otherworldly Ambiguity Feat. Function, Podlasie Club, Chicago

2025:
10/11: Senders, Life on Marz, Chicago
10/10: Polygonia, Smartbar (FORMAT, R&D), Chicago
9/20: DJ Nobu, Smoke & Mirrors (R&D), Chicago
9/6: Life on Marz, NFC Records, Chicago
8/24: Sinister, Chicago
7/27: The Great Beyond, Franklin, MN  
7/17: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie
7/11: Musique Électronique, Madison, WI 
6/27: FreshCorp, Spot Lite, Detroit
6/26: Research & Development, The Whistler
6/20: Rrose, Flowers of Romance, Smartbar
5/29: Bordello Aperitivo, Amsterdam , NE
5/24: Ø [Phase] , NERV, Smoke & Mirrors
5/9: Aurora Halal, Smoke & Mirrors
4/26: BLOODLUST, TBA
3/15: Mictlan Underworld, TBA 
3/4: H.O.T.H., California Clipper 
2/22: Flowers of Romance, Smartbar 
1/30: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie (Evanti)
1/25: VELVET, Los Angeles, TBA 

2024:
12/13: Zenker Brothers, Smoke & Mirrors 
11/27: Research & Development, Podlasie 
11/2: Protocol & Dimibowie
10/25: Braid Records, Podlasie 
10/12: Usual Suspects and Temple, Montrose Beach 
9/1: NEW BLOOD, Research & Development, The Whistler 
8/31: Dark Forest, TBA 
8/29: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie (Evanti)
8/3: INFERNO, Mictlan, TBA 
7/14: Green Machine, Techno BBQ
7/6: Beloved Radio Night, California Clipper 
6/27: The Goods, Swig (Evanti)
6/22: YardJamz
6/14: Errancy, Hyde Park 
6/1: Wisteria, The Whistler 
5/23: entropic, Smartbar 
5/18: Lumina by HzM 
4/20: Vampire's Ball 
4/18: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie
4/5: Smoke & Mirrors 
3/23: Vamplified, Surround Chicago 
3/17: Otherworldly Ambiguity, The Whistler (Evanti)
3/7: Stankbugz Radio 
2/13: Wisteria, The Whistler (Evanti)

These fragments I have shored against my ruins

RND 142 - Otodojo

Research & Development Mix Series