Jake Muir is a Berlin based sound artist, DJ and field recordist. He approaches his practice as a listener first, carefully curating, layering and processing sounds that help him deconstruct and contextualize his lived experiences and influences. Using investigative software methodologies, DJ techniques and engineering dexterity, Muir makes deeply personal sonic art that fluidly traverses genre membranes, encouraging reflection and sometimes prompting psychedelic states.
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This mix is essentially a studio distillation of the two DJ sets I played during bathing hours at Washington Baths in Portland, Maine last year, for @poolemusicltd. Beyond the aquatic aesthetics tying back to saunas and my time spent living in California and Seattle, it is also inspired by an essay I discovered while trying to find cover art for Bathhouse Blues. “Spiritual dimensions of self-transformation in Sydney’s gay bathhouses”, by Jason Prior and Carole Cusack, explores how gay bathhouses were viewed as places of worship by the patrons and what transpired there as being “rituals”. Given this backdrop, there are various references in the mix, both literal and figurative, to said dimensions associated with rituals and spirituality.

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03 - Jake Muir

So happy to share @lizsplit and I's set from Pitch Music & Arts 2025. Recorded live on Sunday, 9th March for 3.5hrs between 11:30 - 15:00 at Pitch One, afoot beautiful Gariwerd, Dja Dja Wurrung Country. Blessed to play the music we love together <3

Hannah D & Liz - Pitch Music & Arts 2025

In the 1st hour you can listen to Debbie, followed up by Primitive Needs in the second hour. 

DJ duo Primitive Needs take their name from a tongue in cheek nod to the low-tech/high-art club-centric productions of yesteryear, which the duo pay homage to in their releases and behind the decks. Having showcased their wealth of influences with releases on Craigie Knowes, R.A.N.D Muzik and Naarm’s own DMO, the pair present themselves as both genre-spanners and DJ tools; wrenching every last drop of 90s nostalgia from their moderately priced hardware.

Digital High Lab - EP. 6 - Debbie Huisman X Primitive Needs

this was the final cut of the dissection dance where the dancer mimes a live dissection.
I play the antique piano live. Cant remember what I do during the groove section- lol

CONTEMP DANCE: Dissection Final

Steve is a percussionist, composer and producer based out of Fremantle in Australia. He has done more than 3.5 thousand gigs, and creates hybrid live setups of electronics and percussion instruments. Experienced in writing for Dance, theatre and short films, he is currently teaching at University of WA and Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

CONTEMP DANCE: Dissection Final

Steve Richter

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