House/Techno: Digital mixers that auto-pitch to a key have killed one of the best parts of DJ'ing: lucky accidents with pitch, soundscapes and dissonances from out-of-key blends. So we get results like 'Hey congrats, you just won four hours of 124-128 BPM in E minor.' I'm not a fan of harmonic mixing — everything turns into club music's version of the 4-Chord Song. #djing #electronicmusic

I did a bad thing… https://samwhited.codeberg.page/oggstem/

TL;DR this is the initial outline of an Internet Draft (I-D) for stem files using an open and non-patent-encumbered format. Currently it probably does not match the code in the same repo for generating them (https://codeberg.org/SamWhited/oggstem/) as I'm still experimenting with the layout of the files. This I-D has not been submitted to the IETF (at some point I'll move it to their data tracker). Feedback welcome.

#IETF #DJing #Stems

This week's messthetics is coming up tomorrow, at 6pm CET (9am PST, 12pm EST, 5pm GMT, 8pm MSK, 4am AEDT etc.) on https://twitch.tv/dj_cyberpagan!
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#party #djing #livestream #messthetics #postpunk #goth #newwave #coldwave #deathrock #indie #minimal #genrefluid #twitchbatgang

I'm DJing for the local Lindy Hop social tonight, so naturally I spent half the day reverse engineering the Native Instruments stem file format and making a tool to convert them to OGG/FLAC files (mostly just a dumb wrapper around ffmpeg, it just ended up being its own tool because it turns out NI stores their metadata as a JSON blob that ffmpeg can't handle). Can anything actually play the stem part of these files? No (but the regular audio is backwards compatible and most media players can play them).

I wonder if it's worth actually trying to write up an actual open spec to standardize this (since the Native Instruments one is a bit sketchy as far as I can tell and requires lots of things with patents that could cause problems later):

https://codeberg.org/SamWhited/oggstem

Suggestions welcome, debating if I want to write up an RFC for this (what IETF working group would even handle this, or is Xiph a better place if I did?).

#STEMS #DJing #DJ

One week until the great Ductape are coming to my home town - and I'm DJing afterwards 🖤
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#djing #party #aftershow #concert #ductape #postpunk #goth #darkwave #stereowerk #braunschweig

The latest family member: Elektron Digitakt ii. I could not resist.

#gear #techno #elektron #djing #music

Thursday is coming up, and so is this week's messthetics - starting as always at 6pm CET (9am PST, 12pm EST, 5pm GMT, 8pm MSK, 4am AEDT etc.) on https://twitch.tv/dj_cyberpagan!
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#party #djing #livestream #messthetics #postpunk #goth #newwave #coldwave #deathrock #indie #minimal #genrefluid #twitchbatgang

One week to go until I will be DJing at Berlin's famous Dunckerclub for the second time!
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#djing #party #darkmonday #postpunk #goth #newwave #coldwave #deathrock #minimal #darkindie #genrefluid #dunckerclub #berlin #travellinggoth

@Kingu
Re: https://loops.video/v/dIZbMsJV4-

At the moment? This, got bored and made up the video last night :catjam:

Hey fedi, what are you listening to or making? Some video inspiration would be cool.

#fediverse #fediart #fedimusic #music #musicvideo #musica #punk #metal #hiphop #rap #progressiverock #techno #electronicMusic #musicProduction #joinIn #bandcamp #experimental #avantgarde #djing #latin #beats #spotify #deezer #lastFM #listening #flstudio #videoart #musician #mixxx #synthpop #drumandbass

I did a complete run through earlier and I'm happy with how things are progressing! Here's a clip.

At the moment I'm using the controller (little window in the middle) mainly for adding effects but I will practice using it more for "normal" DJ purposes. Next step is getting some vocal stems, and curating a better track selection.

@mixxx

#DJing #livecoding #tidalcycles

It's Wednesday! Are you ready for messthetics tomorrow? Come on in at 6pm CET (9am PST, 12pm EST, 5pm GMT, 8pm MSK, 4am AEDT etc.) on https://twitch.tv/dj_cyberpagan!
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#party #djing #livestream #messthetics #postpunk #goth #newwave #coldwave #deathrock #indie #minimal #genrefluid #twitchbatgang

DJing at Stereowerk in Braunschweig this Saturday - a special set with lots of The Cure and related / fitting music after the gig by my friends Traitrs!
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#djing #party #aftershow #concert #cureparty #thecure #traitrs #stereowerk #braunschweig

This week's messthetics will have a special guest in the house again - Strange L.C. of the Gothic Pogo team will be joining me tomorrow, at 6pm CET (9am PST, 12pm EST, 5pm GMT, 8pm MSK, 4am AEDT etc.) on https://twitch.tv/dj_cyberpagan!
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#party #djing #livestream #messthetics #postpunk #goth #newwave #coldwave #deathrock #indie #minimal #genrefluid #twitchbatgang

INCOMING!
Looking forward to playing some tunes alongside Gianfrancoand Doctor Jeep (among others) in bella Italia again!
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#djing #festival #ghostsinthetrees #postpunk #synthwave #goth #darkwave #minimalwave #synthpunk #deathrock #doric #malefixio #sexblood #esteticanoir #uphoria #luxmala #tibia #ekidna #carpi #grotesquemodena #travellinggoth

Hey it's still #Jamuary and I felt it today. A small dramatic dawless performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueRZEyRWhqI

#oxione #oxi #roland #aira #synths #music #techno #trance #electronica #djing #strymon #dawless

#padova #techno #djing @ csopedro 12 gennaio 2025 https://www.mixcloud.com/pablitoeldrito/

Musikvorbereitung für die kommende Woche: „Haddaway - What is Love“ in diversen Spielarten 💙🩷🧡💚

(jaja, ich weiß – besser sollte es AIFF oder WAV oder FLAC sein als MP3... aber manchmal ist das alles nicht so einfach)

#DJBubble #DJ #DJing #MusicLibrary

I’m going to #NAMM for the day tomorrow. Let me know if you guys would like me to check out any gear that’s been announced and I can take some pics too.

#DJ #DJing #MastoDJs #DJsOfMastodon

It's Wednesday! Are you ready for messthetics tomorrow? Tune in at 6pm CET (9am PST, 12pm EST, 5pm GMT, 8pm MSK, 4am AEDT etc.) on https://twitch.tv/dj_cyberpagan!
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#party #djing #livestream #messthetics #postpunk #goth #newwave #coldwave #deathrock #indie #minimal #genrefluid #twitchbatgang

Looks like I forgot to post here, but I wrote up another retrospective post for my DJ gig at a local #ContraDance a week ago:

https://blog.samwhited.com/2026/01/2026-01-13-trolley-barn-contra-post-mortem/

Probably not of much interest to anyone who's not a #DJ (and probably not even then), but it helps me to learn and do better to write about it afterwards, so here it is just in case!

#Contra #ContraDance #DJing