practice session for freak night...

the ceaseless static on the shattered bigscreen in times square is briefly interrupted. 

a newsflash, from dj wut <3:

a year: 2086. a place: memphis. 

what's left of it... the singularity has come and gone and humanity's reign is a feeble, distant memory. earth belongs to the machines, and as they optimize our future, there is little place left for flesh and blood. 

one man refuses to bend the knee, valiantly leading a ragtag group of survivors. from the waning safety of our last remaining stronghold, Rear Admiral Project Pat pours up a double cup in preparation for one last stand. wailing synths, driving basslines, a swarm of drones blotting out the mid-nuclear winter sun. he inserts his cybernetic grill and drawls a battle cry:  

bwok bwok. chicken chicken

synthgrave

Sampler pack of burds in tha trap, set concept for oaxaca 2022

tracklist:
Ossain - Carrot Green
Baiana - Barbatuques (Pablo Fierro remix)
The Sun - Chus & Ceballos 
Warrior - Tom Flynn
Low Life - Future ft. The Weekend
Kuar - Emmanuel Jal (FNX Omar remix)
Whistleman - Pablo Fierro
Gang Signs - Schoolboy Q ft. Freddie Gibbs
Hella - Zigan Aldi ft. Joy Tyson
Euphoria - Kellerkind
Alright - Kendrick Lamar
Say to Me - Paco de Rosa
Amari - Niko Schwind
Can't Feel My Face - The Weekend
Flamma - Bedouin
Move That Dope - Pusha T
Vagabundos - Elfenburg remix
Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe - Kendrick Lamar
Calypso - Round Table Knights
El Sueno - Dennis Cruz ft. Martina Camargo
November 18th - Drake
Bakerman - Laid Back (Soul Clap remix)
Nikes on My Feet - Mac Miller
Ubomi Abumanga
Flood Watch - Juicy J ft. Offset
Antal - Yourr & Darkside Vinyl (Lunar Plane remix)
Iago - Elfenberg (Alvaro Suarez remix)
Goosebumps - Travis Scott
Fuego - Alok & Bhaskar
Jungle Fever - MATTN
Circle of LIfe - Carmen Twilie
Apollo - Thomas Schumacher
Praise the Lord - A$AP Rocky
Cherish the Day - Sade ft. Z-RO (The Drobitussin remix)

burds in tha trap

Set recorded for Pure Pleasure at the Crescent Lounge (05/18/21).

Shout out to fellow frienDJs pensa and Late Breaking News who organized this event and also ripped it on a Wednesday. Thanks to everyone who came out to support!

Tracklist:
Freaks of the Industry - Digital Underground
Get Your Freak On - Missy Elliott
The Way You Get - Benoit & Sergio
I Like Your Booty - Shiba San (wut <3 freak freely remix)
Make Me Feel Good - Belters Only (James Hype remix)
Make Me Feel - Eli Brown
Ratchet - Bloc Party (wut <3 ratch city rollerfolks remix)
Ready 2 Dance - Martin Ikin & Biscits
Last Dance - Donna Summer (Masters At Work remix)
Silly Games - Janet Kay
Fine Girl - ZieZie (James Hype remix)
Locco - Biscits
Esta Si - Chimbala & Chucky73
Duro - CID
Morenita - Itary Montanari (Flashmob remix)
Say Yeah - James Hype
Enter the Rave - Boogie Vice
Batshit - Sofi Tukker (Ralphi Rosario remix)
Skin Deep - Dusky
Neverita - Bad Bunny
Trouble - TEED (Jamie Jones remix)
Alright - Kendrick Lamar (wut <3 the grownups are alright remix)
Fade on Deepside - Urbanphoenix
It's a Killa - Shermanology & FISHER
Let the Beat Control Your Body - Brodinski ft. Lousiahhhh
Harvest Moon (Club Mix) - Dear Humans
No Drama - Craig David (Friend Within remix)
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
Ride it VIP - Stereohype (James Hype remix)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (wut <3 boys too remix)
Thin Line - John Summit & Guz
Get Low - Sharam Joy & Chemical Surf
Raingurl - yaeji
The Box - Roddy Rich (James Hype remix)
Reverse - Sage the Gemini (James Hype remix)
Deep End - John Summit
Low End Theory - Eli Brown & Gavin Harris
The War Chant - Chiedu Oraka (Neil Jackson remix)
Screamer - MPH
Infinite - Meute
Cosmic Dancer - Nick Cave

pure pleasure @the crescent

uprising in the royal court of that black forest. a terrific whirlwind of teeth and fur. order is restored. or is it?

my favorite musical concepts from a set developed for soulmate queendom 2022. 

setlist:
Je Regrette Everything (Superpitcher remix) - DJ Hell
They Can't Hold Me Back - Oliver Koletzki
Breathe (Victor Ruiz bootleg) - Prodigy
Running (ft. Meg Myers) - Anyma
Blood, Sweat, Tears - Hannah Wants
Go (Victor Ruiz warehouse remix) - Moby
Set the World on Fire (wut <3 some men remix) - Ray Conniff
When a Fire Starts to Burn - Disclosure
The Chain (wut <3 that weak link remix) - Fleetwood Mac
Vocoder - Floating Points
Grime Ain't Dead - Silencer ft. Dizzee Rascall
Palladion - Hidden Empire
Humano (Victor Ruiz remix) - Oliver Huntemann & Dubfire
Jurema - Victor Ruiz
Hard Out Here(wut <3 oscar winning grouch remix) - Three 6 Mafia
Swoon (Lindstrom and Prins Thomas remix) - The Chemical Brothers
Territory - the Blaze
Lucky Strike - Victor Ruiz
Frontex Frappart - Robag Wruhme
Love Story - Victor Ruiz
Inside Out - Drunken Kong & Victor Ruiz
Be Your Dog - Eli Brown & Madge
Zeit - Alex Stein
Reborn (wut <3 grippin brain remix) - Old Man in the Woods
Anthony Rother - Mathematik
Hardbody - Scuba
Ukrainian Kolomeyka
Once Again - Durante
Night Moves - Bob Seger

as you can see, took a lot of inspiration from a recent trip to berlin and the record label senso sounds. took a deep dive into the back catalogue of victor ruiz, can't wait to receive the press of his new record on drumcode:
https://www.deejay.de/Victor_Ruiz_Beirut_EP_DC262_Vinyl__1001855

black forest putsch

i hope you enjoy this set that was recorded for a party in the hoh rainforest. it's a very special place...i was inspired by gordon hempton's one square inch of silence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUxMdYhipvQ

how to thoughtfully shatter such an inch? with sounds that are dark and damp but also ethereal, organic, the type of sounds even a park ranger would feel like moving to.

tracklist:
SOS - portishead & ABBA
mojave - kalaha moon
mustt mustt (massive attack remix) - nusrat fateh ali khan
days - weval
preturn of the rimp - dj swagger
deep musique (rampa remix) - pastaboys
banho de folha (maz remix) - luedji luna [honestly a little sad to see this one beatport because i love the original and had been trying to remix it but maz wins this round, what a heater]
drone me up flashy (&me remix) - dj koze
whale - sainte vie
this place is empty without you - tigerskin
stank - umami
the smooth gardens - parallels
ecuador - get a room!
finding silence - gordon hempton
renegade - styx
odd concept - anna
sordid affair (maceo plex remix) - rokysopp
grillen im garten - kollektiv turmstrasse
crazy (noze remix) - ornette
azrael - hvob
schatten - oliver huntemann
colors of the wind (wut <3 savage noble remix) - judy kuhn
impossible (&me remix) - royksopp & alison goldfrapp
civilist - rampa
waste (ry x remix) - rhye
lana del rey - doin time

hoh tales

deep space, somewhere, the numbing drone of whirling centrifuges in a bioweapons laboratory is shattered by the harsh squelch of alarms and glass crunching underfoot. our unfortunate technicians are trapped in the airlock, sacrificed to contain a mutagenic substance. surrender now, to the rumble of thundering drums, indistinguishable, perhaps, from the pounding notes of a panicked heartbeat. transformations, body horror abounding…but have they devolved or become something so much more?

tracklist
suicidal wasps, zombie roaches, and other parasite tales - ed yong
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfqO1U6lfDs]
jungleknugen (four tet remix) - todd terje
sounds of shoeshine - eldemin
along came polly - rebuke
for your eyes - bart skils
folded edge - akkord
the sound of space - enrico sanguiliano
mercury - HILO & space 92
understand - DANZAH
crawler - joyhauser
thriller (cosmic boys remix) - michael jackson
jungle (rico nasty remix) - fred again
don't look back - lily palmer
natural born killer (wut <3 call it, friendo remix) - josh melloy
sex and the machine - pleasurekraft
nazareth - eli brown
magneto - j kenzo
mercy (wut <3 teef teef gnash remix) - kanye west & pusha t
no man - enei
pretty girl - critical impact
RNB - young dolph & meg thee stallion
the thrill is gone - ray conniff singers
subati - oliver koletzki & niko schwind
[s\o to one of the best boiler rooms of all time - <3 <3 <3 sama']
jumpman - sonickraft
believe (justin cholewski remix) - inner city
bonkers - dizzee rascal
bill nye theme song (wut <3 fly fi remix)
fly - dark heart
conscious technologies - raxon
bow - pan pot
skank n flex - wax motif
horsepower - bart skils
geist - thomas schumacher & victor ruiz
industria - HILO & eli brown
dance or die - matt sassari
natural - logic 1000
everybody's gotta learn sometime - beck

leak night

happy birthday rachael, evan, phil!

a turn of the century blogstar walks into a bar wearing a really slick jacket and orders a shot of tequila.

setlist:
gasolina - daddy yankee
bailando - enrique iglesias
purple hat - sofi tukker
dance yourself clean - lcd soundsystem
i believe - simian mobile disco
when it's over (wut <3 dusty hippo remix)  - sugar ray
dustman - project pablo ft. dusty
slide (wut <3 bae lyrics remix) - frank ocean
catalano - j kriv
too young to die (dan solo remix) - jamiroquai
natural blues - moby
butterfly - crazytown
semi-charmed life (wut <3 alter skalter remix) - third eye blind
mountain top - madmotormiquel
tubthumping (wut <3 didn't hear no bell remix) - chumbawumba
promiscuous - nelly furtado
dancing on my own - robyn
ice cream  - new young pony club
cape coast - &ME
after dark - &ME
all i wanna do (wut <3 mulholland overdrive remix) - sheryl crow
can't get you out of my head - kylie minogue
flutes (sasha remix) - hot chip
walking on a dream - empire of the sun
topinambur - robag wruhme
let's get loud (wut <3 on the 4 remix) - jennifer lopez
love story - victor ruiz
edge of seventeen - wumi
hombres y mujeres - feid
mueve - andruss
marianela - hugel
una noche mas (wut <3 un wrinkle en tempo remix) - jennifer lopez
melt - kelly lee owens
hypnos (wut <3 chicken good touch)  - HILO
amazon dust - robert hood
under the pressure (wut <3  lost battle remix) - the war on drugs
spastik (dubfire rework) - plastikman 
karate (wut <3 there is no spoon remix) - kennedy
heads will roll (a-trak remix) - the yeah yeah yeahs
walkin on the sun (wut <3 imperfect harmony remix) - smash mouth
queen (ANNA remix) - dj tonio
space oddity - david bowie

clocced out b2b late breaking news

a backing track i made for the epic performance of kae tempest's modern classic "brand new ancients" at her majesty's prison in brixton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdE0BkP95Ng

their work and mind is a great inspiration to me, and i highly recommend to check out the records brand new ancients and let them eat chaos, as well as their most recent novel on connection. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STdUu-A2veU&t=951s
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54874365-on-connection

both of those records already have nice backings but i felt their punchy delivery in this performance deserved something more percussive so i rolled up my toga sleeves for some mythmaking of my own.

hope you love it =)

setup:
elektron digitakt (drums) sequencing an arturia microfreak (pads+lead) and dreadbox typhon (bass). mixed on my a+h xone px5.

brand new ancients (wut <3 nutter mutters remix)

in the midnight heart of the sea, the grizzled captain scott, embattled by time and tide, was drawn to the jagged silhouette of an uncharted isle. its eerie allure was never of the earthly realm, but the enchanting symphony of the sirens, creatures of unfathomable magnetism. their hypnotic melodies danced on the fog, a concerto of seduction, beckoning him ever closer. oblivious to the pleas of his crew, he gnashed the hull of his once steadfast vessel against the rocks. 

as his boots met the sand, the music softened, giving way to a twilight that shimmered with the soft glow of tasteful lasering. venturing further, the hushed rustling of leaves began to mimic the sirensong, until he stood before a vast web of lustrous silk, an exquisite and uncanny artwork that seemed to hum with the same haunting melody. 

there! six, seven, eight. eyes, leering stars caught in the loom of the night. their pulsating glance met the captain's, casting a spell from which there could be no escape. 

as he clambered, willingly, up into the iridescent web, the whispers of the forest hushed, the sirensong quivered to silence, and an overwhelming darkness descended, swallowing the scene whole. yet the faint echo of a haunting melody persisted in the wind, a spectral lullaby that reverberated against the undulating waves. what fate befell captain scott re:mained shrouded in the mystery of these woods, his tale no more than whispers on the briny air. 

the sea, after all, keeps her secrets well.

setlist:
angle worship - the stalk
slow fade - the stalk
re:reborn - the stalk
humano (victor ruiz remix) - dubfire & oliver huntemann


**honored to have our debut performance under these dazzling lights. it was really something special to unveil this project in such an intimate and magical space, surrounded by a unique community of givers and doers.

huge shout out to the artists of re:linquish, they really accomplished something with this one and i am proud to know them. even though every mistake during this set is blamed 100% on the brain breaking potency of the abyss they unleashed upon us all**

the stalk - live @ re:linquish

https://linktr.ee/the.stalk

oh little town of bethlehem, how still we see thee lie…
drawn by yonder star, we follow three magi: travelers, wise, though not men. 
at least, not anymore. 
promised a king, they bear gifts of frankincense, myrrh, gold teeth - standard baby shower accoutrement, really. 
away in a manger, their king waits in silence, the night heavy, broken only by the intermittent skitters of claw and tail across the shifting sands. 
then, a rending wail, piercing the darkness. 
his subjects await.

the stalk - silent night

It’s the aftermath of deceit, the infection of distrust, the festering fury finally bubbling over, scorching everything in sight. The disillusionment of the good girl, growling over thumping bass. Empowered, enraged, exacting.

didn’t think i’d be hateful
you have plenty to learn
got my venus in virgo
i’ll plot how you burn

released 5/15 with totally real records (ny)
written & produced by miranda elliott & joey frostad
mastered by rose quartz mastering

Released by:
Totally Real Records
Release date:
15 May 2024

https://tr.ee/ixYHB_KDkE

venus in virgo

the stalk - venus in virgo [totally real]

~a hybrid set at wheel of feels 2024~

amber - the stalk [unreleased]
abide - the stalk [unreleased]
anticipation - the stalk [unreleased]
jellyfish - the stalk [unreleased]
walk the night - the skatt brothers [casablanca]
homme fatal (franz scala remix) - local suicide [iptamenos discos]
freaks - gangsta boo & moodymann [circoloco]
west coast (solomun dub) - lana del ray [2diy4]
angle worship - the stalk [upcoming]
living on a prayer x seven nation army (oreo says go touch) - bon jovi
unstable structures - anna [clash lion]
sombody's watching me (kooz remix) - rockwell [bootleg]
cortex 11-b - maetrik [clash lion]
in for the kill (simon douty remix) - la roux [bootleg]
born slippy (elegie remix) - underworld [bootleg]
impression - anna [clash lion]
dancin in the dark - the stalk [unreleased]
sorcery - luigi tozzi [non series]
like a prayer (george kafetzis edit) - madonna [bootleg]
spiral - luigi tozzi [non series]
power - cosmic boys [legend]
shout - grum + tigerblind [anjunabeats]
ninex 7c - maetrik [clash lion]
humano (victor ruiz remix) - dubfire [senso]
raganu nakts (wut <3 touch) - tautumeitas  [they are so cool - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsgO5OTUsRU)
head like a hole (kelly reverb club mix) - nin [bootleg]
loophole - yan cook [planet rhythm]
equal - blazej malinowski [inner tension]
venus in virgo - the stalk [totally real nyc]
bittersweet symphony (james hype edit) - the verve [bootleg]
discotico plexico (maceo plex remix) - rebolledo [hippie dance]
heartbeat (curses remix) - nuovo testamento [eskimo]
baba o'riley (lasko + morales remix) - the who [bootleg]
chained to a ladder - dino lenny [silicon soul]
a killing moon - the stalk [unreleased]

the stalk - live @ dungeons & desire

the miracle - kaveh akbhar (from pilgrim bell)

as read by jed blore

backing: rubble (wut <3 touch) - nicolas jaar

gabriel's rubble

the resonance permeates; the strain eases within me. music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering. the streets shift their weight with my every move. 

the Wall stretches and flexes as if my own flesh and skin. 

the whole Town lives and breathes in the music i play.

-hbw & the end of the world

for booking information:
the.stalk.band@gmail.com

wut <3

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