Among many crazy and funny things I said (and did) this summer, one sentence glued to my mind: 

LIFE IS A WONDERFUL THING TO WASTE! 

I meant this in a sense of "how much of ourselves are we willingly suffocating to maintain the image THEY have imposed on us so that we can develop, progress and move freely?" Life's too short to maintain that image. Live your life the way you want. Your life is only yours, and if it makes you happy to "waste it", well it's yours to waste!

* Music genre of the mix:

After five or six years I played (almost only) a deep techno set at The Swamp, Mo:Dem Festival. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

In my process of overthinking I labeled my style of (writing and) DJ-ing as BRICOLAGE /ˌbrɪkəˈlɑːʒ/. In the arts, bricolage (French for DIY or do-it-yourself) is "the construction or creation of a work from a diverse range of things that happen to be available, or a work constructed using mixed media." This definition fully and realistically corresponds to what I'm creating, whether it is a text or a DJ set. This definition also fits my punk philosophy and aesthetics.

Peace, love, empathy; #ValVashar

Picture used for collage by Pamp.

Val Vashar At The Swamp, Mo:Dem Festival, 11.08.2022.

Val Vashar is a passionate music lover whose DJ sets are a combination of progressive and techno music. No matter the style he plays, the common denominator is always deep, twisted and psychedelic soundscape.

In addition to playing at countless smaller and larger parties, he is a frequent guest at various international festivals. Although he was involved in many projects during the years, today he works only on production of Mo:Dem Festival.

His base is Zenon Records where he works as a label DJ.

Raised on hardcore punk ethics, he is deeply rooted in the underground scene, and still applies the same principles to his DJ career and work.