virtue_signal Mixes

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All Roads Lead to Hiroko Yamamura - Supporting Talent

A re-recording of my set from Gimme A Reason on 10/30/21 in New Orleans. The original audio recording was unsalvageable - this is an attempt to summon the disco demons once more.

Special thanks to Bouffant Bouffant, Secret Handshake (Lady Lavender & Nile Ashton), special guest MINQ, and of course the hot sweaty dancers for being my muses.

Gimme A Redux

Sam, our good friend from New Orleans, expertly curated an hour of music for everyone. It’s okay to enjoy the finer things in life every now and then.

H00T005: VIRTUE_SIGNAL

closing set for hast du feuer
@ the owl room, washington DC
september 23, 2023

hast du feuer @ the owl room, washington DC 9.23.23

Recorded live at Observe Los Angeles, November 25, 2023

Live @ Observe: Los Angeles

Dustin Zahn x Truncate Live @ Observe Los Angeles (11/25/23)

@virtue_signal aka Sam Haque is a DJ, producer, writer, and heathen who proudly calls New Orleans home.

Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, he spent his early childhood years in Osaka, Japan and then Maryland, USA before eventually digging his roots into New Orleans.

His origins in music & nightlife were on the dancefloor, a sacred space of free expression and catharsis. He started out as the sweatiest dancer in the New Orleans underground/DIY scene, and hustled his way through the community to take on a variety of roles - nightlife journalist, artist liaison, and artist manager. Over time, he found his own voice as an artist, and continues to hone his craft on the decks as well as in the studio.

TRACKLIST
1. A Sagittarian - Burning Crystal
2. Richie Hawtin - Mind in Rewind
3. Ido Plumes - Been Here
4. Amor Satyr & Siu Mata - Aquarius
5. Sunju Hargun - Phaya Naga (INN Remix)
6. Shinra - Anxsrv
7. plant43 - Cirriform Surface
8. WAVESENSE - DOPPELHELIX
9. Scape One - Sequence Memory
10. Darin Marshall - Sibilance
11. Solar X Brother Nebula - S.I.S.
12. MATHESON - Harbour
13. Laars & Cosmic G - Irregular Minds
14. Jeku - Aalto
15. Abdul Raeva - Hard Discount Primitivo
16. Bliss Inc. - Higher, Vision
17. Cromie - All in the Mind
18. Opal Sunn - Proton Dance
19. Pascale Project - Feel
20. Paranoid London - The State of That
21. Human Movement - Rabbit Hole
22. *DJ Bone - Black Patterns (Len Faki Hardspace Mix]
23. Mr. Sosa - Low Pressure
24. *Sansibar - Fantasmas
25. *Kelela - Contact
26. *Scott Grooves - Inspiration Sound
27. *Mario - Let Me Love You [virtue_signal 2-Stepper Edit]
28. virtue_signal - End of the Road
29. virtue_signal - In Reverie
30. virtue_signal - We Found a Way

*= Music by Black artists - support black artists for Black History month!

GUEST MIX #24: VIRTUE SIGNAL

Name: Tristan Dufrene (@tristandufrene)
Pronouns: she/her
Location: New Orleans, LA 

Influences: genre fluid, too many too name

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Subject Matter, Tessalate 

Favorite Quote: "Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?"
- Michael Jackson

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: Be humble and authentic, above all have fun. Play out what moves you, sounds you identity with.

With this mix Tristan Dufrene asks for you to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ Upbeat Academy: Would love to highlight Upbeat Academy, a nonprofit here in New Orleans putting focus on our community's youth and fostering a place for them to seek and expand their creativity thru music. 
(https://www.upbeatacademy.org/)

Read more and tracklist - https://thedaisychain.club/2024/06/04/daisychain-333-tristan-dufrene/

Daisychain

Daisychain 333 - Tristan Dufrene

By way of New Orleans, @a_pili is stoked to welcome @virtue__signal for this month's Vibrary of Congress show. Tune in tonight July 3rd from 6p-8p PT for a saucy journey from this exciting down-south selector. Let's get to know our guest mixer below!

Name: Sam Haque
DJ Alias: virtue_signal
Current city: New Orleans, LA
Favorite party played: Gimme A Reason, Nov '23. That closing set was my love letter to my favorite party in New Orleans.
Fave venue (current or past): Upstairs at the Dragon's Den. A place where I learned how to dance (and learned that I like dancing!!).
Fave record store: NOLA Mix Records on Magazine St.
Dream b2b partner: I would love to tag with 214 on some ice-cold electro cuts.
Track of the moment: Hot Chip - Fire of Mercy (Yunè Pinku Remix); cannot get enough of this track, it is so lovely!
Inspo for your mix (2-3 sentences): I always wear my mood on display when I deejay, and this mix is no different. It's a mixture of unhinged, intensely focused, syncopathic, and gremlinesque. There's like 4 of my unreleased productions in there too! Hope y'all like it!
Anything else fun that you'd want to share about upcoming plans, gigs, goals, etc! I feel so very inspired to write and produce music this year. Working on remixes has been a lot of fun for me and I feel open to doing more. No restrictions on genre - I love a challenge so please reach out y'all!
I also have a couple of remixes due for release in the near future that I'm very proud of. Stay tuned. :)

Vibrary Of Congress w/ A-Pili + virtue_signal - Jul 3rd 2024

It's the Tweakmix, baby.

Available on Bandcamp:
https://virtue-signal.bandcamp.com/track/sade-paradise-v-s-tweakmix

Sade - Paradise (V_S TWEAKMIX)

In late 2023 I was chatting with a musician friend about labels, and whether they're really all that necessary these days. As someone mainly focused on self-releasing my music through Bandcamp, I think for the most part the answer is no. One should focus on passionately creating things and being involved in their local music community. Over time, label or not, things will hopefully start to take care of themselves on their own. I did however mention that there was one label I thought was really cool, and would definitely be interested in working with: it was Nous'klaer Audio. Incredibly, the next day I received an email from Sjoerd Oberman, who runs Nous'klaer, inviting me to join for a release and performance at Draaimolen. Of course, I was delighted to be involved. This would be my first show in the EU. I spent about 3 months preparing a new set. Having grown rather bored of CDJs and DJ mixers, I opted to prepare a live set, in which I control 8 channels of audio tracks along with drum machines and FX. This setup gives me a lot of freedom to explore new arrangements of my catalog, and better command the dynamic energy on the dance floor, pushing and pulling things forwards to capture the mood of the crowd. To prepare for Draaimolen, I organized several shows across Japan (where I live), further refining the setup after each performance, and deciding what tracks would be the best fit for the 60 minute peak time set I was scheduled to perform. I was very nervous about how my set would be received, but it ended up working very well, and was the highlight of my year. From the very start, the positive reaction from the crowd put me at ease, and Draaimolen's focus on sound and stage design gave me peace of mind, knowing that every frequency was being perfectly reproduced on the floor. I'm so grateful for the opportunity Nous'klaer and Draaimolen provided me. Long live Nous'klaer and long live Draaimolen. Thank you Sjoerd and Milo and Kani and Hannah! 
- Erik Luebs

Erik Luebs live at Draaimolen Festival 2024

Over the years, we've brought together some of the most innovative and inspirational underground electronic dance music artists from all over the globe to curate a series of timeless tunes representing a wide range of genres and styles. FTRVRYTHNG Vol. 7 features 27 brand new tracks from an all-star lineup of label veterans as well as some brand new faces bending genres and breaking rules. From the couch to the car to the club, this compilation has you covered for every setting.

Available now worldwide.

virtue_signal - Droplettes

Recorded live at Villa San Michele during 53100 festival 2024. Photo by Teo Giovanni Poggi

Garçon @ 53100 - 2024

Through all possible futures - a narrow path converges ahead.

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virtue_signal - Tleilaxian Order

There was impressive scenery on the second floor on the last day of the festival. The time for Sunju Hargun, who was to take the stage with two different sets, dancing and listening, to heal the bodies of the dancers who had been dancing so long in the rain. Deep dub echoes, Layered drones, and healing sounds echoed through the room, melting listeners' consciousness and guiding them into a deep meditative state.

フェスティバル最終日、セカンドフロアの朝の光景は印象的なものでした。ダンスとリスニング、二種のセットで登壇することになったSunju Hargunが、雨で踊り続けたダンサーたちの身体を癒した時間です。とろけるようなダブエコー、ドローン、ヒーリングサウンドが室内に響き渡り、リスナーの意識を融解させる深い瞑想をガイドしました。

Sunju Hargun-Alternative Set at rural 2024

Kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of Australia's finest.

While it might feel early to call bets on DJs of the decade, Kia Sydney, best known as Kia, is undoubtedly one of them. The Animalia founder began in Naarm's (Melbourne) underground scene in the mid-2010s, crediting a trip to the influential deep techno Japanese festival, Labyrinth, as the inspiration behind her sound.

Deep techno might not cut it as a descriptor for Sydney's sound, though. Hypnotic ribbons of steely techno mix with atmospherics and nimble grooves, drawing from IDM, dub and tech house, sharing as much with DJ Nobu and Donato Dozzy (try to find the track that overlaps with Dozzy's own RA Podcast) as well as modern practitioners like Priori and Beatrice M.

This distinctly Australian scuttling psychedelia has made Kia one of the most sought-after underground DJs globally. Her brainchild, Animalia, showcases a plurality of sounds and scenes, serving as living proof of the fruitful shift of the 2020s: less serious, perhaps, but with a sense of open-minded worldliness that offers a far more promising vision of what dance music can be and achieve.

Sydney's rare talent lies in forging connections, bringing people, sounds and ideas together with a distinct playfulness. Her RA Podcast showcases this alchemy in abundance, weaving classics like Monolake and Enya with peers such as OK EG, Cousin and Command D.

As she told us in her 2023 Breaking Through profile, "people tell me I have quite a distinctive sound but I can't tell so much because I hear so many different versions of it." RA.973 serves as confirmation that Kia's style is, to say the least, the mark of a generational talent.
 
@kia-sydney @animalia-label  @cirruslabel

Read more at ra.co/podcast/973

RA.973 Kia

Mødulations Radio 011
5.12.2025
Featuring virtue_signal
https://soundcloud.com/virtue_signal
https://linktr.ee/virtue_signal

virtue_signal is a New Orleans DJ, producer, and heathen who proudly calls New Orleans his chosen home. Re-born in the dark, foggy, sweaty dancefloors of the underground, his musical selections gravitate towards all forms and formats that compel dance and desire.  He follows a lineage of New Orleans DJs that hoard a wide-ranging library of deep cuts across many genres. Combining old-school discipline & work ethic with new-school audacity, he is a devout disciple in the DJ booth and the studio.

Tracklist
1. Craig Richards - Sleeping Rough [The Nothing Special]
2. Chrivu - Moara De Vant [UNKNOWN]
3. Pow-Low - Ghost Note [psycle.]
4. UNKOWN - Lady [UNKNOWN]
5. Chikovanni - Mini Groove 121 [UNRELEASED]
6. Nail - Cassiopeia (2019 Remix) [Mysticisms]
7. Olsvanger - Grand Slammin' [Kalahari Oyster Cult]
8. Skee Mask - Routine [Ilian Tape]
9. Petrichor - Royston Rain [Soma]
10. Robag Wruhme - Yes [Speicher]
11. Science Dept - Persuasion [Bedrock]
12. DJ Life - Bring The Beat Back [X-Kalay]
13. Slam - Eterna (Petrichor Remix) [Soma]
14. Doms & Deykers - No Life On The Surface [Dolly]
15. Desert Sound Colony & Baby Rollen - Beta Burner (A Sagittariun Re-Dream) [Futureboogie]
16. Extra Terrestrial - Johnny 5 [Trouble Maker]
17. DJ Haus - See U In My Dreams [Unknown to the Unkown]
18. Toby Tobias - Trippy Steve (Fantastic Man Dub) [Futureboogie]
19. DL Life - Aberration [9FINITY]
20. Midland - Play It As It Lays [Graded]
21. Fred P - Dance Of Rhythms [syncrophone]
22. Duowe - Xyloroll [Slump]
23. Giom - Bring Down The Walls [Ornate]
24. virtue_signal - ID [UNRELEASED]
25. Brian Kage & Delano Smith - Keep 'Em Movin' [Michigander]
26. Eddie Richards - M'Baby (Tigerskin Remix) [Storm]
27. Makesome Breaksome - Nightshift (Mr. C Remix Instrumental) [Plank]
28. Needs - Dreams (Dark Astro Dub) [Needs Music]
29. Cinthie - Offenbach Anthem (OFA) [Shall Not Fade]
30. Mr. Sosa - Low Pressure [Of Unsound Mind]
31. Cortese - Floaty [Time Is Now]
32. virtue_signal - Droplettes [Future-Everything]

Mødulations Radio 011 // virtue_signal [Premonition // New Orleans] // Underground House

From the Bayou to your bass bins, Nile Ashton and Virtue_Signal have fixed up 2.5 hours of kickin' Louisiana flavor for Flow State Mixtape 006

The New Orleans duo behind the burgeoning Premonition party have also given us a peek behind the curtain on themselves and their scene. Flip through the slides on our Instagram to learn more about these two while listening to their mix

Flow State Mixtape 006 - Nile Ashton b2b Virtue_Signal

virtue_signal
New Orleans underground purveyor.
Sinner, selector & synthesist.

Body Language NOLA
Premonition.ISO