I’m very pleased to announce that one of the things I’ll be doing on our upcoming trip to the UK is hosting the main room of Fire for London’s Burning Man Decompression party.
So, say hello to the ♔DIGITAL DANCE DANDIES♕
We’ve curated an amazing selection of installations, art & performances. If you’ve caught any of my recent talks (or seen me at a party rocking a stethoscope) you may have heard about Kikazaru, a DJ friend of mine who is completely deaf, and thanks to his Subpac wearable subwoofer setup he’s able to rock a set of awesome rhythmic techno music which would sound right at home in Berghain or Fabric.
We’ll also be joined by Canadian soprano Adanya Dunn for #OPEREMIX, the live Opera & Techno mashup project which has been making waves in Berlin & Amsterdam.
Multidisciplinary creative technologist & one of my best friends, the fabulous Emi Mitchell will be bringing her interactive Kinect visual installation indepth back after it went down so well at last year’s decom, and as Courier she’ll be treating us to a DJ set that I cannot wait for. Seriously, if you knew how many of the tracks on my “Party Bangers” playlist were things first played to me by Emi, you’d be as excited as I am.
If, like us, you enjoyed the Space Tunnel at any of the burns & festivals at which it has appeared (it's been described as "The ultimate hippy trap") you'll be pleased to know that it's creator Amy Goodchild will be bringing her beautiful new LED geodesic dome installation!
Of course, I’ll also be playing some brain melting psychoacoustically-infused dance music, as well as performing some of my hits from YouTube. Fire has a bangin’ Nova soundsystem, so bring earplugs because I’m going LOUD. I can’t wait!
Also, as a small note I’d like to say that moving to Berlin has given me a great escape from the London party/clubbing scenes which often had a really toxic “boys club” vibe, with the promoters, organizers & DJs being of an overwhelmingly heterosexual cisgendered male flavour. The more diverse & inclusive vibe of the parties here has meant that I’ve personally experienced fewer problems, and has just generally taught me some of the things that could be done better, and in the spirit of radical inclusion I’ve decided to bring some of that vibe back to London with me. Don’t get me wrong, I have no inherent problem with hetero cismen - it’s just nice to have some variety, so it gives me great pleasure to have curated an awesome night of partying with none of those on my team or lineup.
It’s at the Vauxhall arches, home to Fire & Lightbox on November 17th. It’s a sold out party, but keep your eyes peeled for resale tickets closer to the time, and to any of my friends from the Burner community who’ve got their tickets already - SEE YOU THERE! IT’S GONNA BE HUGE <3