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Scandal w/ Barbara Pleaser – 07/11/2023

Scandal is a determined practitioner amidst the wave of global female empowerment. From Shanghai, China, she is an electronic music label, aiming to discover, support, and promote female power in the local underground club scene. Founded in January 2021, the label has till now released two all-female lineup compilations, featuring both new sounds in response to open calls and tracks by local veterans. Scandal regularly hosts music production and DJ workshops, hoping to build a more inclusive and vibrant space for creative exchange and encourage more women to experience the joy of creativity through electronic music production.

Barbara Pleaser (dia/they) is a neurodivergence transmasculine feminine-presenting multidisciplinary artist. In 2014, they co-founded an Anarchoqueer Punk unit named BANANACH as singer-songwriter. They have been working oƴ-stage as Stage Manager, Assistant Director, and Choreographer on theater, film, and festival productions since 2012. With the Indonesian Nonbinary Forum, they are practicing community-care around South East Asia.
High intensity like a wild rollin’pangolin, their DJ mixes are the many range of Ambiance, Trance, hXc, nXc, Speedcore, Drum n Bass/Jungle, World Hardcore, World Bass, and a little bit of Techno and Fast House – hailing from 80 bpm to 250 bpm. The words that can define their mixes are: Euphoric, Energetic, Cunty, and Sentimental.


Basically this mixtape has a very nostalgic vibe of the songs that we grew up listening to with a sprinkle of vibe towards the incidents that we have to criticize on a daily basis as living a queer lifestyle in Indonesia.
We believe that every little amount of queer joy saves life. It’s pretty hard these days for us because generally the government puts us in hypervisibility as the Presidential Election is coming up next year and it is used as an issue by the political parties to gain votes – religion has a strong value in this country and it affects the moral compass that the system wants. A Large number of people from different islands in this country are experiencing queer migration to Bali during the pandemic. These issues and gentrification of tourism affected our community’s stability in many different aspects, including the little amount of venues that can contain queer nightlife that leads to more homophobia, queerphobia, and classism of nightlife entertainment.
We try to create our way to thrive through creating a memorable set that is funny and banging, as genuine queer raves for the community are not happening so often. Please excuse my sloppy mixing, sometimes my emotion gets me hehe.

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Scandal with Gouachi – 18/07/2023

Scandal is a determined practitioner amidst the wave of global female empowerment. From Shanghai, China, she is an electronic music label, aiming to discover, support, and promote female power in the local underground club scene. Founded in January 2021, the label has till now released two all-female lineup compilations, featuring both new sounds in response to open calls and tracks by local veterans. Scandal regularly hosts music production and DJ workshops, hoping to build a more inclusive and vibrant space for creative exchange and encourage more women to experience the joy of creativity through electronic music production.

Gouachi is a DJ and a producer from Shanghai, China. She has no idea about how to pronounceher DJ name. At the age of 15, she got the first taste of alternative music. Club music has become the most formative influence in her sound. She enjoys playing music for people, dancing with everyone, and taking care of her drunk friends. You can often catch her sets in underground clubs in Shanghai / Beijing / Istanbul / Izmir. She has been invited to play at such radios as NTS Radio, The Boring Room, Far Radio, Hell’s Comedy Club. And supported international artists such as Air Max97 / BAMBII / Sega Bodega / Tommy Cash / TSVI. Her rationality and sensibility make her confused and struggling in this complicated world but mixing music like a chef on the DJ stage is the most balanced and the happiest thing for her. Her DJ set is known for its high energy and combining different genres of dance music.

活跃在中东地下音乐场景中的 Gouachi 发现后疫情时代大家都喜欢听又快又重的东西,内心的热情和爱推动着她做出了这样一个mix。整个set从头到尾都围绕着爱与感受来展开,轻快明亮的旋律贯穿其中,希望这晶莹剔透的声音,能让你感受到她特意为你准备的夏日浪漫。