Art Department (Kenny Glasgow) from the Robot Heart ResIIdency at the Loom in Oakland CA, 2024

On May 10th, we had arranged something truly special: a rare reunion from Art Department, Jonny and Kenny back under the original banner. The day before the show, though, we got word that Jonny tested positive for COVID and would not be able to make it. To make matters worse, Kenny showed up feeling off himself—stomach problems, not doing great. For a moment, we were not sure whether the set would happen at all.

Then, after a quick pep talk (and maybe a little Johnnie Walker), Kenny decided to push through. He played the entire set from just one side of the DJ setup, leaving the other deck silent, like he was holding space for Jonny. Mid-set he passed us his phone to grab some content; somewhere between shots we pulled a South Park moment and killed Kenny’s phone, leaving him to play on, clock-free and carried by the night’s energy.

With no idea what time it was, Kenny kept the dance floor alive well past closing. It was one of the most memorable sets of the season—raw, alive, and full of heart. Kenny played for both of them, and everyone there felt it. Nights like that are why we do this. For the music, the people, and the magic you could never script.

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Cover photo: John Dill @johndill / www.sliceofdill.com

Art Department (Kenny Glasgow) - Robot Heart Residency - Oakland 2024

• dj ⋆ event curator ⋆ magic maker ⋆ groovez 🔮
• @inquiry-records * events lead / team mom
• breaks - house - techno - minimal - garage - dnb
• san francisco | san diego | bouncin' around

• other things n' stuff with @icarus_art_car @dusty-rhino-1 @yourewelcome-sf @dancewithhaha

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Torie’s sound is multifaceted – to say the least. Coming from a global upbringing and current home base in the San Francisco Bay Area, she has been curating sonic adventures as a DJ and event producer for a decade. Torie interweaves elements of breakbeats, house, minimal, dark & driving techno, garage, acid, and drum and bass – balancing a line between heavy-hitting basslines and soulful vocals with ear-catching melodies.

She believes in the power of groove and always plays with one core intention in mind: to bring newfound life to the dancefloor.

– (she lives by the ethos of "i'm just here to play music & do cool shit with my friends").

As a core lead of Inquiry Collective and Inquiry Records, a builder & maker with Burning Man art cars ICARUS and Dusty Rhino, a resident DJ of You’re Welcome SF, and a co-founder of Dance With Haha, Torie draws inspiration from the dusty plains of the playa, the curious explorations of the Mojave desert, the underground dancefloors of SF, & the interstellar endeavors of ICARUS & its motley crew.

Torie has performed with KiNK, Superflu, Justin Martin, Overmono, Maya Jane Coles, Smilk, Anja Schneider, Tale of Us, Patrice Baumel, Marbs, Mikey Lion, Porky and Evan Casey, Rinzen, Dance Spirit, Eskuche, Marques Wyatt, Tycho, KMLN, Sabo, Justin Jay, Hoj, Kevin Knapp, Shiba San, Joeski and more. 

You may have also seen her with renowned crews like Space Cowboys, Distrikt, Ego Trip, and Desert Hearts – at the annual Breakfast of Champions block party on New Year’s Day for six consecutive years – or on the festival circuit at events including Lightning in a Bottle, Outside Lands, EDC Las Vegas, Northern Nights, Desert Hearts, The Untz Festival, Umbrella Weekend, Enigma, and Outside in Equinox. 

In 2025, you can find Torie throwing renegades and pop-ups with the Inquiry crew across California in clubs, deserts, undisclosed locations and beyond… as well as performing in SF, SD, Reno, LA and more.

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Just a humble kid from Melbourne Aus who likes to throw down
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Follow my fumbles and tumbles as we make some techno music...

Purveyor of choice live DJ sets of all sorts of genres current to distant past. From house to hip hop to techno to rare groove to trip hop to dubstep to drum 'n' bass and back again. Only the finest DJs and producers from around the globe. The VUFromHere is fantastic!

If it's dope I play it.

Sydney: U-Turn, Chinese Laundry
Singapore: Rooftop Fullerton
Hong Kong: Drop (Resident), W52 (Resident), Chocolate (Resident), Casa Lounge, Republic, Linq  
Bali: Cocoon, Pyramid, Mary Magdelena, Potato Head
San Francisco: Ruckus, Wish
Austin: Try Hard

DJIING. FILM & PHOTO. 

IG @WESTARTEDHOUSE, @TRAEFOTO, @TRAEFOTOIMAGING, @westartedhouse_nyc
Clarified Via https://www.musicorigins.org/item/the-warehouse-the-place-where-house-music-got-its-name/ ,Asking if My hometown, Chicago is in-fact  the birthplace of house music?
What I found and somewhat already knew,  ...of where HOUSE MUSIC STARTED & How it had gotten its name.  
As Per the above source;
The Warehouse (or the “House”) was a nightclub established in Chicago, Illinois in 1977 under the direction of Robert Williams. It is today most famous for being what many consider to be the birthplace “house music” under its first musical director,The Legendary  DJ Frankie Knuckles.

     But the Re-Birth of House Music includes all of US, those who craft and create their own individual experiences and form their own identity and lane (genre) in the evolution of House Music. For these visionaries I am grateful..Chicago, New York, Berlin, London, Ibiza, Tulum, South Africa & BEYOND, our global community who have come to heed the Call of the Drums ....We came for the Drums, but in them We found house +music+ LOVE

Robot Heart is a collective of doers and dreamers, artists and entrepreneurs. Our home is in the desert dust of Burning Man, and the streets of New York City, Detroit, Bay Area and Hong Kong. Home is wherever the Heart is.

Robot Heart is a community and a family, and our events are an extension and celebration of that community, bound together by shared values of inclusion, giving, environmental responsibility and mutual respect.

Music is our first language, and our mission is to bring love and beats to the world. We work with and support artists, technologists and visionaries of all types in order to create incredible experiences and connected moments. To create love and beats, for you.