Our month with the co-founders of MESH continues with lifetime Pittsburgh resident @chadkid. With ChadKid, Sis Girl, and newly minted resident Calin, MESH has booked a broad range of up-and-coming queer underground talent to play to an open-minded, intimate dancefloor. Individually, ChadKid has played both queer party staples like Honcho's annual campout and Gays Hate Techno, and intimate local events like In Training (Cleveland/PGH), Kosmetik (San Francisco), and Only Friends (Boston). Their mix strikes a perfect balance between dancefloor nostalgia and home-listenability, and will brush across you like a fresh summer breeze wherever you take it in.

Read the full interview and see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/028-chadkid.html

"For this mix I wanted to create something both uplifting and refreshing while keeping an easygoing palatable sound. Given the state of the world and the lack of nightlife in all of our lives, I  have found that listening to dance music aimed more for club use has not been my vibe lately. I still wanted the mix to be danceable though, so I ended up going with a breezy but still groovy sound in the tracks I pulled. I wanted this to feel like being at an outdoor dance floor when a refreshing gust of wind hits perfectly in time with the music."

ChadKid's fee for this mix was donated to SisTers PGH, a transgender centered drop-in space, resource provider, and shelter transitioning program based in Pittsburgh, PA. www.sisterspgh.org

@chadkid / @meshparty

Interview + Tracklist

Spontaneous Affinity #028: ChadKid

www.spontaneous.zone
monthly mix + interview series
annual zine
sometimes events

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newsletter:
https://mailchi.mp/9865c8be5d69/spontaneous

year two zine + comp:
https://spontaneousaffinity.bandcamp.com/merch/spontaneous-affinity-year-2-zine-plus-compilation

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by @lycheefrut

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SPONTANEOUS AFFINITY is about the communal nature of the dancefloor. It's about communication and feedback. Spontaneous Affinity isn't for the isolated bedroom producer, although we love them, too—it is for those of us who understand music and dance as one of the most powerful sources of personal growth and interpersonal empathy, who are driven by the need to support and elevate one another, and as a result experience the evolution of our creative and connective selves.

Spontaneous Affinity isn't about ego, knowledge, paraphernalia, or exclusivity of any kind. It's about PURE SENSATION. It's about losing track of yourself and merging with a moment. It's about temporary autonomous zones and ephemeral connections. It's about forgetting to Shazam that track or fix your hair. It's about the hours far past dawn when everyone left on the dancefloor has laid their soul bare but still looks beautiful under the harshness of sunlight.

Spontaneous Affinity is NOT A UTOPIAN VISION. It's about understanding how to let go. How to let go of a person. How to let go of a place. How to break a routine even if it hurts. How to appreciate a feeling that can't last forever as if it were eternal, and how to appreciate challenging moments—and challenging sounds—as catalysts for growth.

DJ, Philadelphia
IG: https://www.instagram.com/tlrhodges/

Queens NY
VOLNOST Resident 
https://ra.co/dj/clarisakimskii
Bookings Europe:  laura@onboardmusic.net
Bookings N America: nicole@muisca.la
Next Gigs:
Flash (DC) 3/1 w Hiroko Yamamura 
BASEMENT Feb 16 w Haruka (Future Terror) 
Nowadays Feb 8th B2B w Aka-Sol
Brutal MX Feb 1st w Ne/Re/A , Basho 

Merge 12/31 Brooklyn 
Nowadays 1/14 with Ryan Elliott 
Merge 1/27 with Amotik
Mizz Softee 2/3
Buddy Buddy Buffalo TBA 2/4
Paragon on Broadway w ACR 2/18
Merge Afters B2B set with Kiernan Leveaux 2/19
TBA Brooklyn with Levon Vincent 2/24
SecondNature Seattle 3/24
SF Ever Afters Campout 3/25
Merge 3/31
Balance at Basement 4/7 
Organik Festival Taiwan  April 21st
Dance Planet @ Paragon On broadway 5/20