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Torie - Live @ Nightlife Savings 2022

It's been a hot minute since I've put a F|S mix out! But as the weather gets warmer, pandemic restrictions are lifting, & there's finally a sense of optimism and genuine stoke about the future in the air, I've been finding myself loving the groovy tunes of house/disco/throwbacks & the like. 

This mix is a collection of tracks intended to create joy – listen while you're hanging out with friends, enjoying the sunshine, starting your day, or just want to get a good dance in. Here's to summer, to returning to dancefloors, and to that moment of pure bliss when you're lost in the sound. Enjoy!

Photo by Liz Hagearty

Forms | States 07 - Torie [Summer Grooves]

I had the absolute pleasure of opening up the floor for KiNK's live set – one of my long-time favorite artists, and a true magician in his craft – and Galen of Sunset Soundsystem. Dive into 2 hours of minimal, classic, groovy house tunes and onwards... 

It was an early August night at Public Works SF, my first time performing on the main stage at PW & playing on the V10 mixer. I wanted my sound & energy to grow with the crowd, to bring excitement to the dancefloor as people filled in... to prepare for what was an incredible night of music from the artists to follow. 

This gig was a last-minute add-on for me as I filled in for a friend & I couldn't have been more honored to step into her shoes for this moment. It was also the same week that the music community lost two house music legends - K-HAND and Paul Johnson - so I felt it was only fitting to pay my respects with a few of their tracks as well. 

Press play & enjoy ze grooves ✨

photo + edit: Sam Drank

Torie - Live at KiNK [opening set]

I decided to shake things up and start 2022 with something fresh and surprising — playing a breaks / left field set on the Dusty Rhino at It's A New Day + Breakfast Of Champions Block Party 2022. It felt like the perfect place to try something new as the history of the Rhino and Cowboys sound has so much breaks in it… it was time for me to explore a new genre. 

I've played on the Rhino for the last few years at BOC and it's always been home & family for me. It meant the world for me to be back here surrounded by so many incredible people and to be reminded how much I love this community. Truly a pleasure. 

This was SO MUCH FUN and I can't wait to bring more breaks into 2022! ENJOY⚡️  

(note: this was re-recorded at home as I think my set was partially clipping from day-of)

Torie - Live on the Dusty Rhino: It's A New Day x Breakfast of Champions [Breakbeat/LeftField]

Here's my opening set from our @desertheartsblack x @inquirycollective party at Public Works in December 2021 - minimal trippy techno grooves to kick off the night. This show was a long time coming as the first date got cancelled because of COVID, so there was lots of energy & excitement about finally getting this fam together and there was sooo much magic in the air. 

I loved this set - some of my favorite techno tunes as of late 🖤 Enjoy! 

Photo by @storiesbysay

Torie - Live at Desert Hearts Black x Inquiry [opening set | Dec 2021]

for our @icarusartcar fundraiser at Monarch SF in April 2022, our resident DJs each chose a friend to b2b with - so i grabbed my east coast sista @itsmekatiemarie & we teamed up for this new duo project we're working on that we've aptly named // chaos theory // 

full transparency, as is par for course: i threw katie into the fire a bit when i told her i'd like to play *very fast techno and sum breaks sitting around 128-145 bpm* & she was also new to the v10 mixer (what a learning curve that damn thing is). the first few track transitions here are messy, no doubt - i was showing her how to use the mixer on the fly, we were getting into our groove, and, well, you know how chaos can go in a packed club w a lot of loud noises. but that's the fun of it, right? 

regardless - once we got into it, we damn went, and we piloted the shit out of that spaceship. 

enjoy some minimal house, techno, acid techno, & breaks + left-field garage soundin' stuff. strap in for a helluva ride cuz this one's a damn adventure with a helluva groove.

xx, 
torie & katie 
aka chaos theory

photo by open fire photography

Chaos Theory •  Torie b2b katiemarie at ICARUS: Dark Matters [techno/breaks]

Quite literally, we're on a boat - a Desert Hearts boat party cruising around the San Francisco Bay, to be exact 🚢 

Torie and Jessica took to the rooftop deck to finish out the month of June with an hour of grooves – house, disco, breakbeats, techno, and a little bit of everything in between.  Thanks to DJ Dials & the Desert Hearts crew for having us out. This was a blast n' a half 🔊


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Torie b2b Jessica - Live at Desert Hearts Boat Party, SF

I was stoked to return to Northern Nights Music Festival for my second year playing – I threw down a Friday night set at the Submerged Sessions stage for an hour of trippy vocals, rolling baselines, house, minimal, techno n' breaks. This was quite fun to hear these tracks blasting out on a proper Danley soundsystem (thanks, Jobi!!) – it's one of my fav sets I've played in awhile. Thanks to everyone who joined 💜

Torie - Live at Northern Nights: Submerged Sessions

We cruised to the trash fence for a Tuesday morning sunrise cruise on the @dusty-rhino-1 - a blissful adventure to watch the sun peak over the mountains in the Black Rock desert (and play music to the Burning Man marathon runners, lol)with a gathering of some of my favorite people.

Playing sunrise on an art car is always one of the most unique experiences I think you can create on playa – this was an absolutely surreal morning & I am so grateful. 

Hope you enjoy this set as much as I did playing it (and reliving it over and over in my head). 

*re-recorded @ home bc I suck at recording my sets on playa :)

Torie - Tues. Sunrise on Dusty Rhino @ Trash Fence | Burning Man 2022

This may have been one of my favorite sets I've played... ever. 

Here's my opening set ahead of Overmono at Monarch SF on Friday, Oct 14th. Breaks, UKG, fun things. 

Thanks to everyone who joined me on the dancefloor, to DJ Dials for having me out, to the Monarch team, and to Ty for making the Monarch basement sound the best it's ever been.

This was unreal. Enjoy xx

Torie - Live at Overmono @ Monarch SF - 10.14.2022

Let @yotorieee take you on a journey through house, techno, and breaks from her Saturday night set at Nightlife Savings 2022!

torie @ Nightlife Savings 2022

it's been over a year since my last forms | states mix - and the forms of which things in my world exist have changed so wildly into all kinds of states, i ironically have trouble writing a witty description. so, it's perfect - right? with that: here's some groovy tunes. house music with a ~twist~ perhaps? it's an hour and a half of mellow, minimal, but still kinda-keeps-ya-movin' sorta stuff.

this comes to you from my first time playing in san diego (my hometown) since i moved back from northern california - a chill rooftop bar vibe at firehouse in pb. 

press play. groove on. 

-t

Forms | States 08 - Torie (Live at Firehouse PB, San Diego)

2022 was the year I discovered that Torie (no longer hates) loves breaks. Yep. So naturally, I decided to carry that one forward... Here's my set from that one damn sunny day we had in San Francisco amidst so much rain. What a way to kick off a new year: back on our beloved Dusty Rhino, still standing on a CDJ case to see over the decks, at the annual It's A New Day x Breakfast of Champions block party at The Great Northern.   

Enjoy an hour-long journey through all sorts of breaking-broken-beats n' things. 

There's much more to come. 

-t

photo: @storiesbysay

Torie - Live on the Dusty Rhino: It's A New Day x Breakfast of Champions 2023 [Breaks/Left-Field]

Saturday late-night to Sunday sunrise, just after daylight savings kicked in, I had the pleasure of taking the main stage at The Afternoon Umbrella Friends' annual Umbrella Weekend festival in Jacumba, CA. From trippy wee-hours breakbeats to some groovy melodic breaks as the sun came up - playing a sunrise set will continue to be one of my absolute favorite things. you just might catch a bit of b2b with dernis for the last few tracks too 🙃

photo: @ AUUDREY.A on ig

Torie - Live @ Umbrella Weekend 2023 [Late Night >> Sunrise Breakbeats]

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Torie - Live @ ICARUS ::  Fall From Space Fundraiser - Sunburnt After Dark @ Monarch SF

A pleasure and an honor to join Moontribe for the October edition of FMG out in the desert. It was my first time playing (talk about nerves, lol) after attending and learning so much from the MT crew for years. Their 30-year history has had a huge influence on me - my sound, my musical path, the events I throw - in countless ways and I was grateful to join this lineup for a Halloween celebration. 

Enjoy my noon/midday set on Saturday - right between two of my breaks favorites and friends, Brandroid and Bartek. It's a mix of groovy 4/4 and breakbeats to get your day moving :)

Thank you @siobhan.moon for capturing this moment!

Torie Live @ Moontribe Halloween FMG - October 2023

Bright n' early at 11am on the Dusty Rhino for the annual It's A New Day x Breakfast of Champions 2024 block party! Breakbeats and four on the floor to get you groovin' and movin' into the new year. (140bpm at 11am? here for it!) 

Happy to be back home at BOC on the Rhino, it's always an honor. Enjoy :)

~ thank you @marbs for the master + Johnny Edge for the photo ~

Torie - Live on the Dusty Rhino: It's A New Day x Breakfast of Champions 2024

Torie - Live at NYE 2023 Public Works Loft SF

saturday afternoon at the junkyard grooves ~ here's my set from Lightning In A Bottle @thedolab! breaks n' 4 on the floor grooves to get ya movin' :) 

photo: @storiesbysay 
mastering: @tchilt

Torie – Live @ Lightning In A Bottle 2024: The Junkyard Stage

A huge thank you to Moontribe for having me out to celebrate their 31st anniversary with so many friends on the dancefloor. Here's my Saturday afternoon set of groovy breakbeats and four-on-the-floor to get ya movin' :)

Torie - Live @ Moontribe FMG 31st Anniversary 2024

Morning breaks & groovy minimal house vibes from my Saturday 9-10:30a set at the magical Never Sleep Again campout in Humboldt. (sleepy, messy, fun things inbound~) 

Press play and enjoy <3

Torie - Live @ Never Sleep Again Kampout 2024 [Sat. Morning Minimal+Breaks]

Torie – Live @ Moontribe FMG Dec 2024

hey hi hello, friends! here's my live set from Ego Trip's annual Leather & Lace event at SPiN with Serge Devant back in February. I was the small gal in the loft playing at midnight ;) 

Press play for an hour-and-a-half of grooves I've been digging lately ~ four on the floor house/techno/melodic breaks/lots of fun stuff to get ya moving. 

Torie – Live @ Ego Trip Leather & Lace XI: Veiled w/ Serge Devant | SPiN, San Diego - Feb 2025

Torie - Live @ Inquiry: Curiosity 2025

Had an incredible time rocking the decks at sunset on top of a boat as we sailed around the San Francisco Bay. This was an unbelievably fun set to play - some of my guilty pleasure and hidden gem bass house tracks - and the crowd was always ready to dance. Thanks to all who came out!

Recorded live at the Shiba San Boat Party in September 2018.

Torie Live at Shiba San Boat Party

It’s Friday afternoon, the sun is shining and we’re dancing and swimming in the beautiful river at Northern Nights Music Festival in the Redwoods of Northern California. The weekend’s just getting started, and I had the absolute pleasure of playing to an incredibly excited crowd who were ready to dance their way into the night. 

This is, hands down, my absolute favorite set I’ve played yet. It’s got stellar remixes of old-school gems, a few of my most treasured tracks and some jackin’ tech house with guaranteed good grooves & make-you-move beats.

Thank you SO much to the @nnmfestival team for having me out. I’m so blissed out at how amazing this experience was.

I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I did playing it. Cheers!

*My recorder didn’t properly capture my set the first time around, so this is a re-recording for your listening pleasure.

Torie – Live at Northern Nights 2019

Wow, wow, wow. This was the first time I've had the pleasure of playing the basement at 1015, and what an experience that was. I'm so honored to share a lineup with the mega-talented Maya Jane Coles. Here's an hour of some of my favorite sounds right now: some groovy, darker tech house and dives into a heavier techno side too. I hope it moves you as much as it moved me – enjoy ~ 
 
Much thanks to DJ Dials, 1015 Folsom, Noise Pop and As You Like It for having me out!

*This is a re-recording since I forgot my recorder that night. Thanks to @kool-karlo for the master.

Torie – Live at Maya Jane Coles, February 2020

As San Francisco heads into a "shelter in place" lockdown for the next few weeks, I've found myself with ample time to explore more tunes I don't get to play out often. I love liquid drum n' bass in the mornings, and haven't played this genre in awhile, so this was a fun way to dive back into things.

This is a snippet of a live stream I tested out on my Facebook page this morning – a wonderful 40 minutes of liquid that really helped get me through this weird Monday.

I'll be livestreaming + recording my sets more throughout the next few weeks – tune in at www.facebook.com/yotorieee.

Torie – Liquid DnB Test Run [Quarantunes Live Stream Set]

A morning of mellow Monday grooves. Thanks to the friends at Sinewave Syndicate for hosting me today - I played through the morning, through a lot of feels, and absolutely loved it. What a way to kick off the week. Here's ~two hours of deep and vibey tunes to get your week going.

You can also watch most of the stream w. video here: https://bit.ly/2VniEFP

Torie Live at Wake and Bake [Quarantunes Live Stream Set]

To be honest: quarantine has been a challenge. I've found myself going back and forth about whether I'm feeling "musical" on any particular day, struggling to find new things that inspire me, and using the many emotions this pandemic has brought up to explore new sounds and tell my story in different ways. 

But it's been positive in an unexpected way, too. I've rediscovered my love for deeper, minimal sounds and the simplicity and power that exists within them. 

This edition of my Forms | States mix comes from an afternoon I spent taking a batch of new tunes and playing them for the first time, finding a groove on the fly that spoke to me in the moment. Dive in and see how it speaks to you, too. 

xo, 
t 

📸: Liz Hagearty

Forms | States 06 - Torie [Quarantine Edition]

I closed out @inquiry-records' weekly Friday night stream with an hour+ of jackin' tech house, groovy beats, and major throwbacks ft. Ashanti, Backstreet Boys, Ciara, The Neighborhood, and more. It was an incredible way to finish out something of a crazy week, and this was SO much fun to play – it put such a smile on my face, and I hope these beats can do the same for you. 

Get ready to dance & tune in! 

Photo edit by Liz Hagearty

Torie – Live at Inquiry | Throwbacks, Jams & Grooves [Quarantunes Live Stream Set]

Every year, our @inquiry-records family throws a desert renegade-style festival with a small group of friends out in the Mojave – we call it Curiosity. This year, since we couldn't gather in person, we threw a virtual version instead – and called it "Spuriosity". 

Here's my set – a journey through darker sounds, from deep house and minimal sounds to heavier basslines, trippy techno, and a bit of everything in-between. Close your eyes, take a listen, and imagine it's 3am on a dusty dancefloor in the middle of the desert with me... 

Photo by Haley Busch

Torie - Live at Inquiry: Spuriosity 2020

• dj ⋆ event curator ⋆ magic maker ⋆ groovez 🔮
• @inquiry-records * events lead / team mom
• breaks - house - techno - minimal - garage - dnb
• san francisco | san diego | bouncin' around

• other things n' stuff with @icarus_art_car @dusty-rhino-1 @yourewelcome-sf @dancewithhaha

• bookings: richardson.torie@gmail.com
• livestreams: twitch.tv/yotorieee

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Torie’s sound is multifaceted – to say the least. Coming from a global upbringing and current home base in the San Francisco Bay Area, she has been curating sonic adventures as a DJ and event producer for a decade. Torie interweaves elements of breakbeats, house, minimal, dark & driving techno, garage, acid, and drum and bass – balancing a line between heavy-hitting basslines and soulful vocals with ear-catching melodies.

She believes in the power of groove and always plays with one core intention in mind: to bring newfound life to the dancefloor.

– (she lives by the ethos of "i'm just here to play music & do cool shit with my friends").

As a core lead of Inquiry Collective and Inquiry Records, a builder & maker with Burning Man art cars ICARUS and Dusty Rhino, a resident DJ of You’re Welcome SF, and a co-founder of Dance With Haha, Torie draws inspiration from the dusty plains of the playa, the curious explorations of the Mojave desert, the underground dancefloors of SF, & the interstellar endeavors of ICARUS & its motley crew.

Torie has performed with KiNK, Superflu, Justin Martin, Overmono, Maya Jane Coles, Smilk, Anja Schneider, Tale of Us, Patrice Baumel, Marbs, Mikey Lion, Porky and Evan Casey, Rinzen, Dance Spirit, Eskuche, Marques Wyatt, Tycho, KMLN, Sabo, Justin Jay, Hoj, Kevin Knapp, Shiba San, Joeski and more. 

You may have also seen her with renowned crews like Space Cowboys, Distrikt, Ego Trip, and Desert Hearts – at the annual Breakfast of Champions block party on New Year’s Day for six consecutive years – or on the festival circuit at events including Lightning in a Bottle, Outside Lands, EDC Las Vegas, Northern Nights, Desert Hearts, The Untz Festival, Umbrella Weekend, Enigma, and Outside in Equinox. 

In 2025, you can find Torie throwing renegades and pop-ups with the Inquiry crew across California in clubs, deserts, undisclosed locations and beyond… as well as performing in SF, SD, Reno, LA and more.

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