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GORETEKS (Recon / Denver) @Goreteks is Tracy Strode of Denver, CO and occasionally Tyler Schroder. Goreteks has been DJing in Colorado since the late 90s, and releasing tracks on various domestic and international labels since 2011. Catch Goreteks at Recon DnB shows in Denver, either in the crowd or on the decks! Goreteks' discography to date includes releases on the following labels: Ronin Ordina...

VIIV (mnmlktchn, Unísono / Puebla, Mexico) Originally from Mexico City, the now Puebla-based DJ and producer ViiV (@viivunisono) has been emerging in the local underground scene during the past few years. She began her musical journey and craft of DJing while living in Chicago, immersing herself in the scene with the support of the local crew Naughty Bad Fun Collective. ViiV is a flawless vinyl cr...

MATTHEW FIT (New City Movement / Salt Lake City) Matthew Fit (@matthew-fit) remains inspired by his memories of I-94, the highway connecting Detroit and Chicago where he came of age at raves and warehouse parties surrounding Kalamazoo. Matthew's sets sew the past and future together with the energy only a dyed-in-the-wool Midwesterner can bring. Through his association with New City Movement and h...

JAMES TAO (Denver) Originally from the Bay Area, James Tao (@taoistdj) brings his story and sound to Deep Club. The podcast here reflects those origins from the fog. Cerebral and mystical. Illusions of rain forest. Organic techno logic. Moss and sacred plants. Haight Street psychedelics and drum circles in Golden Gate Park. Enjoy the trip. We're going deep! Stream / download all Deep Club Podcasts...

ZAPATA (Hardmatter Records / Berlin) Zapata is a Berlin-based DJ and producer who runs Hardmatter Records (@hardmatterrecords) and the recently-inaugurated Streetman Records imprint. Besides running these two labels, he also organises the “DiscoDisco” party at Berlin’s underground Repeat Bar, in which DJs are encouraged to break the four-to-the-floor mold by playing funk, jazz, afro, and anything...

JORY (Smartbar / Chicago) Jory has spent the last 8 years in Chicago cutting their teeth as a DJ, watching and learning from some of the best disciples of the Midwest craft. Known for their selections, they span a wide variety of sounds: disco, techno, and house, while specializing in more than a few niche genres like italo, new beat, and city pop. They have been an integral member of the Smartbar...

JAMES STEVENS (aka qp, memetec / Pacific/Cascadia, Oregon) James Stevens has been playing drum and bass since the late ’90s. For several years he has been making a transition through the UK hardcore continuum into house and techno. He hosted a longstanding bi-weekly radio show on Sub. FM as qp. Having spun throughout the northwestern United States and participating in thriving scenes throughout No...

DEE WASHINGTON (aka Ajhenda, Wiggle Factor / Atlanta) Dee Washington (@ajhenda_official) began DJing at the age of 12 and he's still at it more than two decades later. Dee has been based in Atlanta for the past 19 years, minus a small hiatus in Philadelphia. In 2010 he helped spawn the Atlanta-based collective Wiggle Factor to help move the city’s dancefloor culture in a region not known for suppo...

NEWNUMBERTWO (Sorted / Denver) Wallace Winfrey aka @newnumbertwo has been paying keen attention to tangents, mutations & edge cases in electronic music since his first exposure to industrial and ambient in 1988. After a few years as a trainspotter/collector and participant in the nascent net.rave scene (big ups hyperreal & mw-raves), he started DJing jungle in the midwest in 1994, and since 1997,...

ALEX WHITTIER (Nocturnal / Denver) An up-and-comer on the Denver DJ circuit, Alex Whittier (@alexwhittier) has quickly carved out a niche for himself in the Mile High. As the lead curator for Nocturnal (@nocturnal-denver), he has created a platform for bleeding-edge techno and house, while his work with CELE helps bridge the divide between the dance floor and more esoteric sonic aesthetics. Noctur...

DJ SCREENDOOR (Disposable Commodities / Portland) Now Portland-based, Screendoor (@screendoor) began DJing in Milwaukee in 1996, cutting his teeth on the Midwest rave circuit in Chicago, Minneapolis, Madison, etc; A veteran practitioner with a DIY sound system sensibility, and the versatility to broadcast for a range of atmospheres, venues, crowds, and moments. Now focused on the Disposable Commod...

AARON TRIPP (International Winners Collective / Brooklyn) Aaron Tripp (@aaron-tripp) is Brooklyn-based DJ and cofounder of International Winners Collective. He is a frequent guest on The Irradiance Cache, Distant Signal, Clock Tower Radio & Cultivated Sound. Aaron also runs the collective's shows on Bel-Air and London-based 199 radio with Dillian (Gap), who he collaborates with under the names HiP...

CHRIS TORRES (Oakland) Chris Torres (@chrstrrsmusic) is a drummer and DJ originally from Denver, CO and currently based in Oakland, California. His passion for music was fostered at an early age spending most of his teens and 20s gigging and raving in the copious Denver music scene. He hosted a radio show called the Jazz Odyssey broadcasted on KUVO 89.3fm in Denver from 2015 until his move in 2017...

GOETIC MIRROR (Seattle) Goetic Mirror (@goetic-mirror) is Seattle-based painter, DJ and grunge icon Tyler Madden. They are known for shifting through styles with deliberate strokes, late at night to heady crowds. Goetic Mirror follows a personal interpretation of minimalism rooted in contradiction, error, and struggle; they are always constructing a new challenge for each set, with the idea that N...

C POWERS (CGI, Proper Trax, House of Gunt / Savannah, GA) Hailing from the great musical city of Atlanta, @cpowers has absorbed a multitude of musical idioms throughout his life. Born into a psychedelic family of deadheads, Cici heard a lot of synthscapes as a child which might explain his love for electronically made rhythmic music of all kinds. Starting his DJ career in the bedroom at the age of...

MIKE GUSHANSKY (As You Like It, Redline / Los Angeles) Mike Gushansky (@mikegushansky) is a co-creator of the Redline after-hours series in his hometown of LA, as well as a resident of San Francisco's popular As You Like It parties since 2013. This mix was the second hour of a set that he played for a sold out Public Works leading into Maya Jane Coles. It occurred on the one-year anniversary of th...

BERT GAN (Always Human Tapes / Denver) Bert Gan (aka Soul Tangler) is one of the many pseudonyms used by Ryan Wurst of Always Human Tapes (@alwayshumantapes). Bert is a data analyst by day and a sensitive, textural producer by night. He has released several records on Always Human Tapes and is currently working on a release for Jungle Gym Records. Bert Gan, usually the subtle ambient producer, ven...

DJ GANT JOHNSON (Deep Club / Los Angeles) DJ Gant Johnson (@dj-gant-johnson) is a veteran DJ originally from Chicago. Gant moved to New York City in 1991 where he soon met Frankie Knuckles and Judy Weinstein, who swiftly inducted him into the legendary record pool, For The Record. In additional to DJing full-time throughout NYC for 20 years, Gant co-founded Captivating Records and ran long-running...

BEANER (La Mission / Berlin) Beaner(@beaner) is one of the many inscrutable aliases of Pablo Roman-Alcalá. Pablo was born on May 29, 1830, in an austere castle called Vroncourt(Haute-Marne) where his mother, Marianne Michel, was a maidservant. His father was reputed to have been Laurent Demahis, the owner's son, but his father may have been the owner himself, Etienne-Charles Demahis. Anyway, his g...

RADERE (CELE, Full Spectrum / Denver) Radere (@radere) is the alias of Carl Ritger – a guitarist and synthesist currently based in Denver, Colorado. His work primarily explores the shadowy gulf that exists between drone and noise, blurring traditional instrumentation, electronics, and location recordings into densely textured sonic monoliths. Radere’s recordings have found their way to light via a...

CHAPERONE (Great Circles / Richmond, VA) Chaperone (@chaperonetechno) is producer David Coccagna, a native Philadelphian now living in RVA. He has released heavy and experimental material on labels like Great Circles (for which he does album artwork), Bastakiya Tapes, and Always Human Tapes. In the upcoming months expect a new 12" on Great Circles and an EP on the new deep-listening label Enmossed...

KA§PAR (Clone, Midnight Shift, Stripped & Chewed / Lisbon) Ka§par has dedicated most of his life to the development and exploration of one thing: the danceable intersections of all things profound and musically deep. Raised on a diet of kraut rock, new wave, soul, reggae, jazz, funk, house, techno and hip hop, he has crafted his own blend of club music with little regard towards public opinion; he...

MANNY NUFF (Denver) Manny Nuff (@manny_nuff) aka Mansour is a recent Denver transplant, but he is Chicago through and through. Lover of all things substantial, this mix is a cat walk between genres. We had never met Mansour, but he is a devoted Deep Club party attendee, and clearly he has an ear for quality techno. We're happy to present this as our first Podcast from a Denver up-and-coming artist...

LOVE TAP (NYC) Love Tap is a raver first and a DJ second. He's been steeped in music his whole life with a Dad who worked with Parliament/Funkadelic. While DJing for the last decade he has built up a collection of intercontinental heat: from Midwest house/techno, NY disco/boogie, and he's always on the hunt for an eclectic curveball. Born and bred in Los Angeles and active in the west coast wareho...

WILL AZADA (aka The Lost Kid, Proper Trax, CGI, Finale Sessions / Memphis) Will Azada launched his lauded Proper Trax imprint in 2011 with the help of close friends Alex Falk and Grey People while living in Knoxville. Over the span of four years, the label released eight quality techno and house dancefloor records showcasing unknown American talent from Tennessee, Georgia, Florida. With no strong...