The Great Beyond 2025 Playlist

https://soundcloud.com/furtivetrax

Furtive is a full-gonzo polychromatic techno conjurer. A Washington DC-based producer, DJ, and event organizer, Furtive manifests the rave with warping, slippery textures and eclectic asides. Furtive helps foster underground community in the DC area as a DIY nightlife organizer, most recently as a member of SEQUENCE, a local team responsible for putting on some of the District’s zaniest techno parties. 

A prolific and multifaceted producer, Furtive has landed releases on Warok Music, ROOM, Metro Xpress, Northallsen Records, and Format Recordings, along with multiple self-published releases and a handful of further pending ones. Furtive's production spans from psychedelic warphole-diving techno, quirky and muscular electro, acerbic acid, crooked ratcheting bass bits, and drum & bass. 

Before the pandemic, Furtive was often sharing billings with internationally celebrated acts like Wata Igarashi, VTSS, Rhyw, Rrose, Umfang, Sterac, Adam X, Tensal, and Developer. During the pandemic, they have remained fully plugged in and engaged by playing live-streams, recording mixes, and steadily working in the studio.

Bandcamp: www.furtivetrax.bandcamp.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/furtive.sasha
RA: www.residentadvisor.net/dj/furtive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/furtivetrax/

RND 024 - Furtive

https://soundcloud.com/djhockey
DJ Hockey approaches techno by intermingling layers of contrasting elements. Defining characteristics for his selections are thick, encompassing atmospheres and moods on the introspective side. These sounds are often paired with nods to the Midwest wrapped in a single session, crafting a journey through spacious and full beats. A consistent overarching theme of DJ Hockey’s style in selecting and producing is having a driving pace and heavy hit of psychedelia. 

When asked about this mix, "The mix I have prepared for Research and Development explored a familiar but expanded avenue of my typical sound. It journeys through a less driving pace of off-kilter house/techno-house territory and drifts into spacey, yet bounce-y techno all with a Midwestern flare." 

Artists featured include DJ T-1000, Terrence Dixon, DVS1, Norman Nodge, Tama Sumo, Tim Baker, DJ Qu and Marco Shuttle 

DJ Hockey is launching PPRZ records with Adam 2 with the intention to showcase techno from the PNW and beyond and are launching their 23 track their charity VA compilation available April 01 at 
https://pprz.bandcamp.com https://pprz.bandcamp.comand https://soundcloud.com/pprzrecords for previewing.

RND 051 - DJ Hockey

https://soundcloud.com/glynis-fisher
Based in Madison, WI, Kitty Spit got her start DJing with the Foshizzle crew a few moons ago.

Moved by the sounds of well-loved Detroit warehouses and Chicago clubs, her selections run the gamut from spaced-out dubs to filthy ghetto-tech and deep electro steppers, and if you catch her outside on a breezy summer night, you might even hear a classic diva-house jam you forgot about.

2022 has been busy so far for her, helping throw parties with the Jams crew and Remain in Night series in Madison, regularly mowing down dance floors for Pulse in Milwaukee, and even a return appearance at the Great Beyond festival in July.

RND 062 - Kitty Spit

https://soundcloud.com/ducktrash
Indianapolis-based musician Duck Trash is a techno & electro DJ and classically trained cellist. They are passionate about the queer roots of rave culture & strive to ensure that raves remain spaces of queer liberation. Dive into the midwestern rave continuum with this mix of acid, electro, and techno.....and don't be afraid to sob on the dancefloor

RND 071 - Duck Trash

https://soundcloud.com/centrific
Born in Suburban Chicagoland and raised in Northwest Wisconsin, Steve Seuling (a.k.a. Centrific) anchored himself in Minneapolis since 1993. In a mostly-hidden, yet vibrantly evolving underground scene, Seuling started attending, curating, and DJing events in the mid-1990s. Underscoring his commitment for the Twin Cities’ massive bass bins, Seuling then in March of 1998 founded “Intellephunk”, his brand of parties that began at the now-shuttered Rockler Fur Building, drawing inspiration from those of his contemporaries (Woody McBride’s “Electric Disko”, Drop Bass Network’s Even Furthur). Centrific throws a weekly summer party called “Communion”, founded in 2007 alongside fellow Midwest native Dustin Zahn. Communion is an inclusive open-air day party, focusing on the psychedelic side of house and techno. In 2020, Centrific created an online Twitch stream entitled “Distant Future”, a platform where he invites local and international DJs to showcase their music and chat about their ideas for the future of the rave scene, and most recently he is co-founder of midwest based techno campout “The Great Beyond” alongside partners Jasmine Seuling, and Dustin Zahn. His dedication to preserving and protecting the local roots of the dance music community shows that, in many ways, he’s the lifeblood of Midwest techno.

RND 072 - Centrific

https://soundcloud.com/lanny-mpls
https://soundcloud.com/kajunga
Lanny is a Minneapolis-based DJ and a member of Kajunga Records. 
His style revolves around heady, minimalist, and consistent grooves, and this mix is no exception. This mix features tracks by artists such as T++, Damon Wild, Rene Wise, Cari Lekebusch, and Autokinetic.

RND 075 - Lanny

https://soundcloud.com/kobedupree
Kobe Dupree is a producer, DJ, and live artist who is deeply embedded in Chicago's thriving techno community. With a focus on minimalism, spatial transformation and technique, he is pushing the envelope and always creating interesting waveforms along the way. You can find Kobe deep in the studio or throwing parties around the city with the Low Visibility Crew and working behind the counter at Gramaphone Records helping you find the records that you never knew you needed. Get ready for some stretchy sounds and have fun dancing in the groove.

RND 077 - Kobe Dupree

https://soundcloud.com/toyacoyah-brown
Toyacoyah is an avid record collector who started DJing in the late 90s hosting a drum n’ bass radio show at the University of Oklahoma. After graduating she moved to Austin, Texas where she continued pushing the drum n’ bass sound at raves and clubs throughout Texas, Colorado, California, and even internationally in Brazil. While in Austin, she was one of the original resident DJs for Mental Note, a night dedicated to liquid funk + jazzy drum n’ bass at Plush nightclub. 

After a brief hiatus due to motherhood, she’s back playing the music she loves for folks across the Midwest and is now affiliated with Proper Chicago, Tao of Amen Productions, and Siren Project. She’s grateful to have played alongside many of her favorite DJs (Addison Groove, Andy C, Drumagick, Fabio, LTJ Bukem, Random Movement, and Sam Binga) and looks forward to what the future holds! Expect to hear a full spectrum of bass sounds in her DJ sets including electro, breaks, juke, jungle, and footwork.

RND 082 - Toyacoyah

Photo by Justin Aulis Long
https://soundcloud.com/justin-aulis-long
Justin Aulis Long is a sonic sorcerer, urban Homeric poet, and cosmic wanderer that exists within the liminal spaces where light meets dark. Long is the offspring of a gorgon, conceived within a brick and mortar labyrinth while surrounded by the supernatural electronic voices of angelic forces.

While engaging in themes of the uncanny and erotic, Long opens thresholds which lead to psychedelic realms during communal dance gatherings. Applications of sonic alchemy during ritual action generate vibrant forces created through collective effervescence, causing a bubbling over of ecstatic energy leading to rapture. During the rite, incantations are expressed through fusing a swarm of aural fragments composed from diverse temperaments by way of a personal and singular technique.Sacred objects (records), selector’s tools (turntables and mixer), body, spirit, harmonic and discordant voices unify and become one - The Soft Machine.

During a ritual performance, phonic collages are created intuitively on sight, sigils are aurally direct with specific intent, and offerings are bestowed before an alter, all charged by an engine of chaos. Time and space unravels while normality ruptures and disintegrates as foundational structures of the status quo are dismantled through intensive executions, founded in the practices surrounding musical selection.

RND 088 - Justin Aulis Long

https://soundcloud.com/sardashhh
A self-described "rave-generalist", Sard is a DJ, producer, and Live PA artist living in Detroit. Combining his passion for perfect dancefloors and the deeper technical aspects of dance music, his performances and productions have maintained a steady placement in the Midwest and beyond. Sard channels a life dedicated to music study into his sound, blending influences of North American techno and rhythms from abroad. His releases on Fixed Rhythms, PPRZ, Amphiboly, and Codec Recordings have been played globally by friends and heroes alike.

RND 099 - Sard

https://soundcloud.com/jodieoverland
Overland is a rave inciter and beat architect shaped by her upbringing in small town Alberta, Canada, and an itinerant way of life guided by the magnetism of disparate musical influences. 

With notable sojourns in London, UK and Vancouver, British Columbia, Overland’s journey has taken her from organizing hometown warehouse raves and beachside renegades to high profile bookings at Berlin’s Tresor and Boiler Room x Igloofest Montreal. 

Echoes of the myriad of people and places that have helped her flourish can be heard in her playful, high-energy mixes 
and simmering sets that weave morphing basslines with propulsive beats. Her driving, dynamic and acid-laced productions have been released on Lisbon’s Naive and New York’s Sweat Equity. Berlin-based label Paryía run by Marie Montexier hosted her record last year with a remix by high profile ambient trio Purelink, and Priori’s Canadian imprint, GARMO released her most 
recent record with praise from Hardwax. 

Fresh off the back of a newly minted residency for 
Rinse France, Overland’s mark on Canadian dance music continues to thrive and shows no sign 
of slowing down.

RND 100 - Overland

TML has been a vital force in the Midwest electronic music scene for nearly two decades, defying easy categorization while pushing an evolving, boundary-pushing sound.

Growing up in the northern suburbs of Chicago, TML (aka Peter Lansky) would journey into the city to immerse himself in underground culture at illicit loft parties and venues like the Fireside Bowl and Metro/Smart Bar. Inspired, he moved to Minneapolis and swiftly kicked off a residency at the iconic First Avenue nightclub. Running weekly over the course of eight years, the Too Much Love party brought together diverse local acts and international names, won nightlife awards, and cemented his reputation as a curator of unique sounds and killer parties.

After ending his weekly residency, Lansky began releasing his own music. TML’s productions closely mirror his genre-crossing DJ sets—a functional, rhythmic collision of acid, electro, and the darker corners of the hardcore continuum. Releases on Scuba’s Hotflush Recordings and his co-owned Always Human Tapes label highlight a blend of raw energy and lived-in sound design. 

TML can be found pushing this idiosyncratic approach across discerning corners of the underground. He excavates new sonic spaces on a long-running monthly show for Bristol’s Noods Radio and as a resident DJ for acme. collective's infamous basement parties. Whether headlining Midwest raves or clubs from New York to Berlin, performing live, or featuring on iconic mix series like Tim Sweeney’s Beats In Space, TML continues a midwestern legacy of speaker shaking electronic music, championing the weird and wonderful sounds that make dark dance floors transcendent.

Tracklist:
Richie Culver - Slow Car
oneoneone - Wound Up
Immediate Proximity - Ground
Silas - Wot
Mosca - Look After The Dead
Mike Parker - Voiceprint: Voice Two
DJ Bone - Soul Controller
Laksa - The Art Of Slip
L-VIS 1990 - Run With It
Radioactive Man & Ben Pest - Bar Tab
Azari - Aqatetra (Gesloten Cirkel Remix)
Emily Jeanne - Liquid Crystal
dBridge x Forest Drive West - Death Race 3000
Sapiano and the Partycrashers - Let It Rip
Special Request - What Time Is Ardkore
Alberta Balsam - Cosmic Runner (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
Xen Chron - Return of Drone Face
Stingray313 - Herd Instinct
Conrad Pack - Deep Distrust (Raw Mix)
SHXCXCHCXSH - DO 1
Erin Hopes - I Don't Want To Feel
Escape - Escape (The Optical Mix)

RND 110 - TML

Shanti is a Chicago-based DJ who curates eerie, otherworldly, and longing sounds. Music has always been a means of coping with the otherness and hybridity Shanti experienced throughout her life. While she is a philosopher and writer, Shanti has felt limited by words and has recognized the transcendent ability of music to express concepts, states of consciousness, and conflicting emotions. Philosophical themes of existential angst and ambiguity are explored in her sets through ethereal, foreboding techno, angsty EBM/dark wave, and squishy acid sounds. Music has always been a way for her to cope with the darker realities of existence. Shanti’s sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition and illustrate an intentional trajectory.

Polar Inertia - Interlude (Sound Stroke)
IG METALL - Muscle & Hate
Maedon X - Subterranean Caverns
Lonefront - Crisalign
Troy - Shadow of the Comet
Stecks - Hemoglobin
Sard - orange ii
P.E.A.R.L. - Sangre IV
Israel Vines – WWKD (Silent Servant remix)
BEAU WANZER - Non Human Headlock
British Murder Boys - It’s in the Heart
Crystal Geometry - Class Real
Julia Govor - Close to the Sun
Makeen - Pallets
Uun - Atrahasis
Mtrl & Tenzia - Strange Signs
SHXCXCHCXSH - Stämma #3
DJ Nobu -  Blue Zone
Alexskyspirit - Lost Humanity
Elijan- Sara
v_3.378 - Submissive Gesture (Original Mix)
Surgeon – Convenience Trap, Pt. 2
CA2+ - Zugzwang
David Wincent - Virtuoso
Planetary Assault System - Undertow
Luigi Tozzi - Obsidian
Actress - Static

RND 114 - Shanti

https://soundcloud.com/lonefront
Lonefront, aka Ross Hutchens, is a producer, DJ and live performer based in Minneapolis. His sets focus on extradimensional techno, which is also charcacteristic of the music released on his label, Uncoiled. 
https://soundcloud.com/uncoiled

RND 125 - Lonefront

https://soundcloud.com/stevenoah
In a town full of transients and small town implants, Steve Noah is a born and bred Chicago native. His versatile yet homegrown style is indicative of his roots in Chicago where although techno and house are at the base, the branches lead to the varied genres he's embraced from disco and ebm to juke and footwork. Noah has been DJing and producing since 2011. In that time he's made quite a place for himself performing on some massively impressive line ups. In addition to these gigs, he's also made radio contributions to WNUR locally, as well as reaching further audiences through Full Groove on C89.3 Seattle, SubFM, SutroFM and most recently Rinse FM. While all of that may already be the case, we only expect his talent and reputation to grow.

RND 005 - Steve Noah

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

The Great Beyond 2025 Playlist

Research & Development Mix Series