Episode 40: MOONSHINE CREW
Rave to the Grave podcast with Hervé Kalongo and San Farafina of Montreal’s Moonshine Crew. The post-border interdisciplinary collective talks about their journey from throwing full-moon loft parties in 2014 to wild international events in Kinshasa, Abidjan, Dar Es Salaam, Lisbon, Paris and beyond. We discuss the collective’s ethos, the music of Africa and the African diaspora and building a brand, creative hub and party institution. Plus we hear how not even power cuts, traffic, police and giant insects can keep them from a party, and we discuss our run-ins with Game of Thrones characters at the rave.
Episode 39: VANYFOX
Rave to the Grave podcast with DJ/producer Vanyfox, who started producing at 12, influenced by his family's Congolese and Angolan music, his older brother’s love for Afrohouse and kuduro dancing, and hip-hop artists like Pharrell, Dr Dre and Nipsey Hussle. Upon moving to Lisbon’s Quinto do Mocho neighborhood, he met producers like Marfox and Danifox and began making batida, Lisbon’s homegrown Afro-Latin electronic dance music. Calling in from France, where he’s lived since age 15, Vany talks about his inspirations and production process, the genres that have influenced batida, his new EP Melodias E Choros and some of his favorite DJ travels, including trips to Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and Zanzibar.
Episode 37: TERRE THAEMLITZ
Rave to the Grave podcast with Terre Thaemlitz aka DJ Sprinkles. Vivian and co-host Thomas Venker speak to Terre about electronic music and queerness, softness as rebellion, memorable nightlife characters, sampling, hedonism, ACT UP, ambient music, performance, identity and the politics of the club. Come along for the ride. Recorded at the Monheim Triennale Festival in Germany. Visit RavetotheGrave.org or Instagram @ravetothe.grave for more info and extras.
Episode 36: HAAi
Rave to the Grave podcast with HAAi, the Aussie-born, London-based DJ & producer known for her eclectic, psychedelic take on techno. Topics include wild rave locations, drug trips, fat pants, dinosaur energies and doof sticks; how she selects records and going B2B with The Blessed Madonna, plus her forthcoming record HUMANISE on Mute.
Episode 32: HANDSOME TIGER
Canada’s Handsome Tiger on how he flipped from metal to dubstep, growing up mixed-race in Canada (his father is from Libya and his mother is Anishinaabe Métis), dance and ritual, and fusing indigenous culture with bass music.
Episode 30: THE LIBRARIAN
Bass Coast Festival co-founder and Canadian DJ The Librarian on the ins and outs of throwing an indie festival, vibe management and partying in British Columbia.