WAVcast

We returned from the Forms of HANDS festival in Bonen, Germany to report on our adventures.

We saw Cabaret Voltaire in London last November and once again in SF and LA. We also try and plan our yearly trip to WGT, the world's largest goth industrial festival.

Does AI music really matter when music has evolved to have less value? We examine the use of artificial intelligence, it's negative and positive effects, and talk about a long game experiment one of us made to test audiences to see if they could tell whether music was AI generated or created by a human. Is it relevant in the grand scheme of things?

We talk about the objectification of women, trans people, the gay community, and also men and how it relates to the industrial music scene.

This episode we name a few industrial acts who have been "cancelled" and discuss how that has evolved and what acts can regain disgruntled fans.

We discuss a Facebook group created to shelter cancelled artists, promoters, and patrons in the goth Industrial scene.

On our first episode we welcome Joy aka DJ Industria Nova from Oakland to Los Angeles and discover her impressions on the LA industrial music scene.

Industria Nova started her DJ career in the Bay Area at Stanford Radio in 2001 and started Body Rapture in the East Bay where she held a residency. After a hiatus, she is bringing back her passion with new energy to the dance floor and has supported at Industrial Room (Los Angeles), Splash (Los Angeles), After Life (San Francisco) and played support for Vagues Lanes and Darkswoon (Los Angeles). In...

Unofficial Cervello Elettronico Remix - For Club Use Only - 130 BPM - bootleg recorded live at Squarewav studios

STRUCTURE: is the DTLA techno party collaboration of super talented DJ Tollefson and HANDS recording artist DJ Cervello Elettronico. Our next edition is this Friday and an after party for the Front 242 show down the street at the Mayan. It's literally blocks away. DJ Bractune (one of my favorite Industrial DJs in Los Angeles) is our guest! DJ Frantastik is a local legend and will be taking us abov...

Hailing from Los Angeles, MMDA makes a soundtrack for the dark underbelly of queer culture. With tortured vocals and hard beats, they summon you to gyrate, grind, throb on the dance floor. Coming from their respective noise and industrial backgrounds, Peter Kalisch and Aaron December’s MMDA is a departure from their earlier work, allowing them to explore dance grooves paired with visceral walls of...

Wednesday March 6th Distorted Disco hosts Mono No Aware(Germany/HANDS) , Threat of Innocence, Ratio Strain, and DJs Cervello Elettronico vs Nick Viola , Bractune, and Spheric. Our other resident, Sleep Clinic contributes this mix from his new home outside of LA. Enjoy as a complimentary soundscape to the night!

KNIVES/INSIDE/HER is a valley girl, designer, single mom and a dj of 16 years. After taking a 4 year break from djing she’s now back playing shows in Los Angeles regularly and will be playing in Chicago mid April. Keep up with her tour dates via her instagram @knivesinsideher https://soundcloud.com/knivesinsideher https://linktr.ee/knivesinsideher

Ahead of Distorted Disco with Rhys Fulber and Blush Response December 9th 2023 in Downtown LA, one of the night's founding members, Jeff Swearengin aka Sleep Clinic, offers up this mix keeping his spirit and energy in the night even after relocating outside of Los Angeles. Listen now or on the way to Distorted Disco on Saturday. Tickets available at LAINDUSTRIAL.ORG Leif Elggren - Fear [excerpt] A...

Tollefson cut her teeth as a DJ in the local Seattle scene for several years before making her way down the West Coast to LA in 2020. Those who have seen her spin can attest to her versatility as a DJ. Tollefson is able to curate sets that range from deep, hypnotic techno openers to peak-time ravey techno performances.

Dahlia Fae is a multifaceted artist, excelling as a music producer, video artist, and DJ. Within the realm of her creative pursuits, she demonstrates an exceptional skill for intertwining music and analog video art. She skillfully crafts art that explores profound themes of intense emotions, identity, intimacy, and spirituality, sparking contemplation and introspection. Dahlia Fae's artistic toolk...

A mix curated by Sleep Clinic for the patio at Distorted Disco August 11th 2023 - Liebknecht / Cervello Elettronico / Fu5k4 / Naked Aggression DJ / Spheric

A mix curated by Sleep Clinic for the patio at Distorted Disco August 11th 2023 - Liebknecht / Cervello Elettronico / Fu5k4 / Naked Aggression DJ / Spheric

Currently residing in the bleak sun of Southern California FRACTURED ARMOUR unearths wounds and techniques in his own tracks and sets buried in dark atmospheric noise and metal rhythms/ hate filled kicks and outer dimensional synths. A sound signature in constant evolution and exploration since it’s conception in late 2021. https://linktr.ee/fracturedarmour https://fracturedarmour.bandcamp.com

Theed3vil is a duo based out of East L.A. Crafting high-energy rhythms that traverse genres from pulsating electro to heavy gritty techno. Drawing inspiration from all across the sonic spectrum, and incorporating elements of breakbeat, hyper-pop, psytrance, ghetto-tech, EBM, and electro. Influence by Silent Servant, Helena Hauf, Skinny Puppy, Lweski, W1b0, L.F.T.

Originating from Los Angeles, Mr Michel has his hands in everything. Playing at all kinds of events from Techno, House, Acid House, Electro, Italo Disco, EBM, Industrial, Goth, Synth, to Dark Wave, while using vinyl and digital disciplines in his sets. Inspired by the heavily influential sounds of Detroit and Chicago, The Berlin rave culture helps mold and inspire a unique electronic sound that gi...

West, the Wild Card of the Technoids Residents, known for her completely unique twist on delivering hard "boom-boom's" to the LA techno crowd. West has curated a unique style that incorporates jaunty and effervescent melodies, groovy and bouncy and deep rhythms, acid baselines, and use of dreamy and transcendental samples. With some deep-rooted influence from Tekno, acid-core, neo-rave and 90's tr...

A Boston native, Dekkatess started DJing with Infra, the up-and-coming collective gaining traction for their intimate events and passion for quality techno. She has since relocated to Los Angeles where she remains a devotee of the underground. For the last 2 years, many of her sets have showcased her favorite hard techno and more downtempo industrial selections. Today, Dekkatess is eager and grate...

A mix curated for Distorted Disco 2.23.23 Irukanji - Forest Speakers Synapscape - Purge Objekt - First Witness Orphx - Tensile Regis - Point Of Entry Regis - We Said No Shadows - Distorted Images Autechre - chimer 1-5 Autechre - Etchogon-S Aoki Takamasa - m4-09

Spheric - Live Vinyl Set @ Distorted Disco 02.23.23 by LA Industrial