The promoter and resident behind Portland's Switch Dance Party and co-founder of Brooklyn's young techno showcase TechTonics, Novail has been hard at work establishing themself in the bi-coastal queer dance scene.

RNR- Novail

Awash in bewitching textures, voices and fuzz tones, our latest Sunday Mix finds French-Irish artist and sound designer Zoë Mc Pherson distilling an increasingly distinct versatility over a charged mix built from tracks from the likes of Space Afrika, Rey Sapienz, Nesa Azadikhah and Grand River.

In their own words, the recording draws inspiration from a whole host of locations including Iran, New York, Poland, Uganda and Bristol, with plenty more music from "all over the world; from people I appreciate a lot and that I find touching, in depth and perfect for introvert moments." Ideal Sunday listening from the musician behind of our favourite new releases: March's mind-altering 'Pitch Blender' LP. 

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Sunday Mix: Zoë Mc Pherson

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Drake Pfeiffer
he/him
Seattle, WA
@drakempfeiffer
instagram.com/drake_pfeiffer

WHAT IS ALWAYS?
Chaos
Love
Growth

WHEN WOULD YOU NEVER?
When I'm dead, hunny

TELL ME ABOUT YESTERDAY
Sex
Naps
Korean fried chicken
Bandcamp

WHAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOU?
I'm America's sweetheart <3

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"DJing and lecturing aren't different practices for me. I just fuse them together." The scholar and performer reflects on bringing critical ideas to club spaces and writing about raves.

madison moore is a true multi-hyphenate: an artist, scholar, DJ and assistant professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University. Despite having a hand in so many seemingly disparate endeavors, however, moore sees their work across academia and music as being intrinsically interconnected, and their mission is to find ways to bring theory and practice into one space.

In this conversation with journalist and former RBMA editor-in-chief Aaron Gonsher, moore reflects on how he was first inspired by figures like Paul D. Miller (AKA DJ Spooky), who brought DJ technologies, parties and theory together. "Knowledge doesn't have to be gate kept behind a JSTOR portal," he says. "It doesn't have to be an institutional access thing. You can bring the knowledge, bring the ideas, bring the fun out."

In a series of performance lectures focused on queer nightlife, moore teaches about the historical context around dance music and the significance of the club for queer Black folks, explaining that he sees performance as a critical tool to spread ideas. He explored this fusion of academia and dance music at his recent nightlife residency at The Kitchen in New York—where he curated a series of public programs with DJs, artists, scholars and queer nightlife performers—and in his book Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric. To hear his reflections on these projects and more, listen to the episode in full.

Photo by Rome God

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"For the mix, I was inspired by a world in which improvements in human-computer interface technologies evolve to keep pace with rapid advancements in artificial intelligence. Humans are able to upload their consciousness to private networks via pseudo-organic metamaterial brain implant devices, developed and distributed by a small group of quadrillionaires and their affiliated conglomerates. Subjectivity transfer between individual users from vessel to vessel within a network is possible (and popular!), and AI brain module installation has been productized, provided that the host legally waives a % of agency and control of their body to the auto-pilot network of their choice. Unsatisfied with planetary conditions, many are completely surrendering their vessels and opting for 100% takeover, leading to a growing population of artificially-guided human bodies."

@clubchow
IG: @clubchow
https://linktr.ee/clubchow

Club Chow (he/they) is a Taiwanese-American DJ and queer rave enthusiast based in Chicago. An omnivorous selector, he blends tracks across genres and eras with an undercurrent of euphoric energy and playfulness. He expresses his range via DJ residencies at Berlin Nightclub, Steamworks Baths, Dim Sum and Drag, and his work as organizer/curator of the Forbidden Fruits day party at Easy Does It. Club Chow's taste and versatility have brought him behind the decks at notable Chicago nightclubs such as SmartBar and Podlasie Club, as well as around the US - playing parties in Brooklyn, San Francisco, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Pittsburgh.

Distant Signals 023: Club Chow

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Aufstehen

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(acid)techno & contemporary trance
advocate for queer & emotional dancefloors
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