OUT NOW! Vinyl available here: https://richardsen.bandcamp.com/

Unknown Album (15/10/2016 11:28:24)

John Grant - Disappointing (Richard Sen remix) OUT NOW!

Versatile audio selector.

Bookings: jslyde@substancesounds.net

Not your run-of-the-mill working-class Eastern European non-binary DJ. The producer, vocalist, but also visual and digital artist strives for innovative sound design and visceral body response, despite (or maybe coupled with) raw emotion that permeates their musical output. They’re a proud member of the Ciężki Brokat crew (with whom they run the annual Warsaw Pride official afterparty), co-creator of Radio Kapitał, Polish ambassador for Keychange and SHAPE Platform 2021 resident.

Their own music has morphed several times throughout the last 15 years – from industrial or purely synthetic timbres, through polyphonic singing with Pleśni to a perplexing fusion of rhythmically and sonically jagged compositions, bass-heavy club tracks on their EPs, 'Gusła (Human Rites)' on Tańce, a limited vinyl release on London-based 51-53 Records, 'Doolska' and the latest, more experimental 'Lamenty' EP.

They presented their music during numerous festivals (Unsound, CTM, Schiev, Up To Date, Tauron Nowa Muzyka, Les Siestes Electroniques, Audioriver) and an assortment of clubs (including the legendary Berghain) in Poland and abroad (Berlin, London, Prague, Oslo, Copenhagen, Ljubljana). They remixed tracks by Kamp and Baasch, recorded mixes for Resident Advisor, DJ Mag, HӦR and CRACK, composed and created impromptu live music for interactive theatre plays: Method of National Constellations, quadraphonic sound for Jawić się, music for a Women’s Strike street theatre Manifesta and original score for Ideologix, a US-written and directed queer opera.

In the club their seventeen-year experience of supporting queer, anti-fascist and underground scenes results in an almost annoyingly disparate selection of the most forward-thinking sound offered by today’s scene. In their series of DJ-sets and club nights they blend unusual rhythmic patterns kicked up a notch with their improvised vocals.

Upcoming gigs:

Sat 6th September - McChuills, Glasgow

Fri 26th September - Tessellate-topia @ Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne

Sat 27th September (All Night Long) - Lunacy @ New Guernica, Melbourne 

Weds 1st October - NUMM, Tokyo

Sat 4th October - Yes Chef @ Oath, Tokyo

Sat 18th October - Supernature, St Leonards, Hastings.

Sat 25th October - A Fantastic Voyage @ The Rainbow, Birmingham w/ Victor Simonelli

Sat 8th November - Sticky Heat @ Derby Brewery Arms, Manchester

Fri 5th December (All Night Long) - Paloma, Berlin

'Sporadic, wild and free he has never been one to be tamed, placed in a box and told how to play. From his youthful days spent painting the mean streets of London through to his acid laden take on old school club music he has amassed a reputation as one of the best in Britain' (Ransom Note 2018).

EN CONSTANTE EVOLUCIÓN Y BÚSQUEDA DE UN SONIDO PROPIO, ESTE EMPEDERNIDO Y OBSTINADO COLECCIONISTA DE DISCOS ES UNO DE ESOS DJS EN LOS QUE SU FACETA COMO PINCHADISCOS TRANSCIENDE LO MUSICAL.

CON UNA  YA DILATADA TRAYECTORIA QUE COMIENZA EN SU CIUDAD NATAL, VALLADOLID EN 1999, DONDE TRAS IR PASANDO POR DIVERSAS SALAS DEL CIRCUITO INDIE (LA RÚA POP BAR, LA PIEDRA) FUNDARÍA AÑOS DESPUÉS SU PROPIO CLUB, EL BERLANGA Y MÁS TARDE LAS FIESTAS SONIDO TOTAL, EN LAS QUE EL ECLÉCTICISMO MUSICAL Y LA AUSENCIA DE PREJUICIOS ESTILÍSTICOS ERAN LOS PROTAGONISTAS.

EN 2014 SE TRASLADA A BARCELONA Y COMIENZA SU ETAPA COMO UNO DE LOS RESIDENTES DEL MÍTICO DEPÓSITO LEGAL EN L´HOSPITALET, UNA DE LAS MÁS IMPORTANTES CANTERAS DE DJS DEL PAÍS CON UNA HISTORIA A SUS ESPALDAS DE MÁS DE 30 AÑOS. 

EN LA ACTUALIDAD UNO DE LOS DJS MÁS INQUIETOS DE LA ESCENA BARCELONESA Y SUELE SER HABITUAL VERLE PINCHAR CADA SEMANA EN ALGUNA DE LAS SALAS CON PROGRAMACIÓN DE LA CIUDAD (SIDECAR, CONTINENTAL.GRÀCIA, HI JAUH USB, CARA B, ETC…). 

JUNTO CON NABIL SAFFOURI DJ ORGANIZA MENSUALMENTE LA FIESTA ITINERANTE DIN DA DÁ DONDE DESARROLLAN SETS CON GRAN PRESENCIA DE PROTO ELECTRÓNICA Y SONIDO DISCO Y QUE DE MOMENTO HA PASADO POR SALAS DE BARCELONA COMO SON EL BARTS CLUB, BAR VIU, CARA B GRÀCIA O SLOW CLUB.

CUENTA ADEMÁS CON UNA RESIDENCIA SEMANAL EN THE CORNER HOTEL BCN Y OTRA EN REC HOTEL. 

HA SIDO EL ENCARGADO EN 2017 (DE OCT. A DIC.) DE PONER BANDA SONORA AL EVENTO SEAGRAMS NY HOTEL BCN DONDE SE PUDO DISFRUTAR DE SU GUSTO POR LA MÚSICA NEGRA Y LOS SONIDOS MÁS CERCANOS AL SOUL Y AL FUNKY.

EN SU FACETA COMO REALIZADOR DE VIDEOCLIPS HA TRABAJADO CON ELEFANT RECORDS Y SET THEORY RECORDS ENTRE OTROS.