Manifesting techno as a warped and acerbic tangle of textures, Furtive hesitantly insists on blazing his own trails of unconventional sound design, trying to reconcile techno’s brutal, implacable presence with glittering, gossamer atmospheres, both in his studio work and in DJ sets.

Furtive grew up as a bit of a perpetual cultural outsider: born and raised somewhere in Southern California’s sun-weathered and dusty Inland Empire, but spending many formative years in Berlin, he grew up between three languages and even more histories. Furtive’s musical arc zigzags wildly: from classical music, russian pop, and a formative, fateful exposure to trance in childhood, to trashy metalcore and gabber in high school, and later to the transcendental worlds of gloomy experimental metal, cascadian singer-songwriters, and the thrill of exploring a dear friend’s vinyl collection on sunny afternoons. 

While Furtive’s production is fundamentally techno refracted through these aesthetic and conceptual sensibilities and some wacky studio idiosyncrasies, the real drive for his output is the creative cauldron of Washington, DC. Furtive arrived in the nation’s capital in early 2015, and immediately threw himself into the strange, scuzzy, and enchanting underground spaces of the District. In 2018, Furtive was tapped to join Sequence, and is now part of the colorful collective organizing some of the District’s zaniest techno parties. 

Furtive also moonlights as an illustrator, splattering ink and breaking crayons in the studio. 

Furtive’s world is a riot of color, sensation, and joy.

In his words:
“I aim for the stars, but sometimes I land in a pool of mermaids.”

Photo by the endlessly effervescent Carter Schneider (insta: @foolsnghouls)


https://furtivetrax.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/furtivetrax
https://www.instagram.com/furtive.sasha/
https://www.facebook.com/Furtive-428062837679498

Tracklist:


WOLF & 111X - Wounded Alien (Astrosuka Remix)
Sophia Saze - Silent
Synthek - Flight Mode
Furtive - Sputnik VI (Mutilated Heroes [Weighing of the Hearts])
Fadeface - I
Mateo Hurtado - Beneath The Fabric
Furtive - Zamenis
Erika - Gardeners (Israel Vines Remix)
Arthur Kimskii - Verbal Variance
Desroi - Lines Of Sight
Furtive - Puncture
The Effaith - Klapz
Furtive - My Skull Is An Alien Terrarium
Dave Tarrida - A Vicious Venom (Lado Remix)
Furtive - Opilione

TechnoFist Podcast 080: Furtive (SEQUENCE.734 Teaser Mix)

ex-Samsara.

DtRm is a promoter and organizer of psychedelic, deep, and hypnotic techno parties in Tokyo. 
His parties include SKIIMA and 2KRG.

 


Producer/DJ/Promoter/Organizer/bonehead/etc - [Bounce House] -  they/them - PHL - @bounce-house-phl
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For booking, production, remix work, promos, or any other inquiries, please write to: furtivetrax@gmail.com
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Upcoming Dates:
10/20 - Great Circles Radio Residency
11/2 - Belly Music w/ Cyrus for Particle.FM
11/12 - The Lot Radio
11/15 - TBA, Philly
11/17 - Great Circles Radio Residency
12/19 - TBA, Philly
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Furtive is a full-gonzo rave conjurer and relentless creative tinkerer, intractably committed to the rave as a Philadelphia-based producer, DJ, underground event organizer, and dancer. A shifting sonic chameleon, Furtive brings a scintillating, sentimental, and psychedelic touch to their artistry, rooted in wormhole-traversing technoid propulsion and dependably delivering riotous, slack-jawed whiplash moments of the delightfully unexpected. Their many polished and focused genre-spanning productions are informed by over thirteen years of experience in the studio, yielding a rich selection of tracks across their self-released discography, vinyl pressings, and contributions to compilations. A veritable product of the contemporary American underground, Furtive cut their teeth as a DJ and DIY event organizer in Washington, DC’s warehouses, where they once played a variety of turnkey roles in putting on some of the District’s more proper techno parties. Furtive co-founded and co-runs Bounce House, an intimate, blossoming off-the-books venue in Philly where they regularly hold court as a resident. Furtive is on broadcast monthly through Ashen Vanity, a radio residency at Philadelphia’s indispensable cultural mainstay Great Circles. As a DJ, Furtive has played hallowed halls (recently rampaging at Nowadays and Basement), dingy holes, roaring renegades, broadcast booths, and festivals (The Great Beyond '23, '24, and headlining in '25, Honcho Campout '24, Making Time '25) - always with eclectic selections and a steadfast focus on pacing and dynamics while regularly jumping genres to build moving and impactful sets, often alongside internationally celebrated, no-nonsense acts. Beyond the fog and speaker stacks, Furtive creates art in a variety of mediums. They're as unapologetic in their sincerity and flair as they are in being a die-hard True Believer in the rave.
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Learn more here: https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/introducing/furtive-the-astronaut-in-a-pool-of-mermaids/
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As a closing note: the journey can be summarized in their own words (or, a cheeky amalgamated existential portmanteau): “I aim for the stars, but sometimes I land in a pool of mermaids.”

https://furtivetrax.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/furtivetrax
https://www.instagram.com/furtive.sasha/
https://ra.co/dj/furtive

An exploration of the senses stimulating the creation of deep dance floor connections through dark and futuristic frequencies, undulating rhythms, and hypnotic grooves.

Joey Chapman/Donation
Co-founder & resident of Behavior in Richmond, VA.
Half of Greaseball Tactics.

booking: behavior303@gmail