Lifesavers
2022-PresentOngoing party series based in Brooklyn venues like Paragon, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Elsewhere and The End. Previous guests include Shigeto, D. Strange, Max Watts, Elise, livwutang, RP Boo, Mexican Jihad, Black Noi$e, Huey Mnemonic, and AMAZONDOTCOM. Lifesavers also hosts a monthly radio show on the Bristol-based Noods Radio station.
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Curator
Try Again Later
2021-2022Party series based in Brooklyn venues like Bossa Nova Civic Club and Mi Sabor Cafe on behalf of 8ball Community, a volunteer-run community art collective located in the East Village. Previous guests include SHYBOI, Miley Serious, Ayesha, SUCIA!, lu2k, Mothercell, x3butterfly, DJ Trick and Abby.
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Curator
The Lost Tapes
2021Recurring series on 8ball Radio featuring exclusive archival mixes by legendary Detroit DJs from the 80s & 90s. Produced in close partnership with God Said Give Em Drum Machines, Detroit Sound Project, and Dweller Electronics. Episodes included mixes by DJs like Norm Talley, Stacey "Hotwaxx" Hale, Al Ester and Ken Collier.
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Curator, Video Editor
Finjams
2020-2022Recurring series on 8ball Radio inspired by Turkish coffee and friends, airing on Sunday mornings. The show, which started as a virtual, prerecorded ritual, quickly became a weekly IRL breakfast gathering with 20-40 consistent attendees. Finjams went on to partner with Til Death, a local cafe, and culminated in the creation of an archival zine.
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Curator, DJ, Producer
SHYBOI x 8ball Community Cassette
2022Cassette featuring 90 minute set by SHYBOI recorded at Bossa Nova Civic Club at a prior 8ball party. All proceeds were donated to Bossa Nova following a fire that left the club shuttered in 2022. Dubbed and produced at 8ball Community in the East Village.
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Producer
Tadd Mullinix x Ann Arbor Film Festival
2020The Michigan Electronic Music Collective (MEMCO) teamed up with the Ann Arbor Film Festival to produce a spotlight on the Ann Arbor-based artist Tadd Mullinix. Recording as Dabrye, JTC, Charles Manier, SK-1, and X-Altera, Tadd’s musical repertoire is ever-growing, spanning from ambient and hip hop to techno and jungle productions. Full video on Vimeo.
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Director, Producer, Video Editor
Detroit Techno & Resistance: A BHM Symposium
2020Black History Month Symposium featuring a panel of three prolific Detroit-based producers, DJs, and activists - Mad Mike Banks, Stacey "Hotwaxx" Hale and DJ Jungle 313. During the conversation, each panelist used their own experience to contextualize the emergence of Detroit techno and the music’s DIY ethos. Full recording on Soundcloud.
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Producer
Impulse Ann Arbor2019Impulse Ann Arbor explores the electronic music culture of Ann Arbor as a uniquely young revolution, kept alive by inspired students of the past and present. Professional DJs lay a framework for understanding Ann Arbor’s while students and Ann Arborites delve deeper into city’s relationship with electronic music now. Full video on Youtube.
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Director, Producer, Video Editor
Radio Mixes
2016-PresentOngoing series of DJ mixes featured on radio stations like NTS, The Lot Radio, Noods Radio, Hyde FM, WCBN, WNUR, 8ball Radio, Newtown Radio and more. Archived mixes can be found on Soundcloud.
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DJ