kinetic mix 026: aka Kos "brown sludge"
Groningen based Komoost booker aka Kos steps up for our 26th mixtape with two hours of genre-defying dark & murky textures
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Weโre v excited to share with you our next podcast, from Gronigen based Komoost booker, โโฆโ โฆโชโฎ
From murky dubstep to raw techno & spell binding trance, everything is connected yet conflicting, something aka Kos brings to all of his work.
Below is a very insightful interview into his approach to curation, what makes a good party & how he builds a piece of work. Read whilst locking into the vortex of genre-defying textures which highlight the wide spectrum of his tastes.
๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ / ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ / ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐
Kos / he/him / Groningen, NL
๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ
I think my liking for dark, murky dance music partly comes from the hunger for conflict as an essential building block in storytelling. The โstoryโ metaphor for DJing has been completely overused, even though the conflict part often seems to be absent. Setup, conflict and resolution are always the starting point for any set for me; Iโll fragment, mutate and rearrange them, but these three have to be present. A friend once called it brown sludge with a story, loved that.
Same approach goes here, this time with some pitch black dubstep I had laying around as a literal starting point to a bit of a purge with multiple stylistic blocks.
๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐?
Everything I play in my eyes ties back to early industrial, which definitely comes from my parentsโ love for 70s and 80s wave and experimental music. Industrial (understandably) gets a bad rep but the pioneer movement is so complex: as the birthplace of many genres, but also regarding themes around spirituality, technology, philosophy and economics that are still as relevant 40 years on. Whatever the genre that Iโm playing, that connection is always there: trance state, heavy distortion, dub techniques, spiraling synths, exploiting imperfections, drones & field recordings, etc.
Of course, taste keeps evolving, and itโs a pleasure to connect new dots to your baseline taste thanks to all the fascinating DJs in my close circle. Itโs a powerful thing, mutually influencing each other with the stuff you play. Donโt think Iโd ever be THIS interested in super fast, super minimalist techno were it not for GUI, or the more modern trance bits were it not for RDVSK, for example.
๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐?
I started booking at the end of 2021 during the pandemic, when things were starting to look like we could reopen again soonish(April 1st, 2022). In general, our main goal is to present the most valuable experience of the night; to push local night culture by displaying a broad range of peculiar music. Experimental electronic music of all origins, hc punk and everything in between, basically. The Groningen crowd changes a lot, but all in all is open to a lot of different stuff. Finding out what works is easiest to explore based on regularsโ taste. You can book something super progressive, but that connection between sound and city โ even if it just 2 or 3 people โ needs to be there for me.
๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ / ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐จ?
Berlin Atonal is still no. 1 on the wish list by a country mile
๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ?
At this point more than local and more than a party but with a strong connection to Groningen โ Plor.
๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ (๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐) ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐?
A night at Garage Noord with Sybil, E-Saggila, Remma. Not necessarily because of the music though โ valuable talks were had that night.
๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ?
Haroldโs UTE mix has been a fixed part of the rotation for a while
๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ?
Hammerhead โ Into The Vortex
๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐?
Aboy (GUI) brought me Gundam from Japan <3
๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ?
Tackhead โ Whatโs My Mission Now?
๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ?
Hard to say: lots of special moments come to mind. Last summerโs all night back to back with DJ Leoni was something though. 6-7 hours 100% locked in, I think we spoke about 10 words to each other.
๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ?
Impossible to answer haha. Iโll list Nosedrip at Dekmantel Selectors 2019 โ the fact that it documents one if my most insane dance floor experiences probably helps.
๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ
Feverish, dense, purge