niq V

09/11/2024

The first big snow of the season tends to be a rough hurdle to overcome, and we certainly could've had a lot more people at last night's show - but everyone put their entire being into it, and we still had a great time. Keep your eyes peeled for Nyxx, Danny Blu, and Die S*xual - I think we'll get them back in town before too long.

I had a lot of great tracks ready for this night, and since I know a lot of you couldn't make it, please enjoy the playback below!

LISTEN HERE: https://www.mixcloud.com/niqv/nyxx-danny-blu-die-sexual-kulture-music-hall-2024-11-08/

/ / DOORS / /
ALEX & Megan McDuffee - FREAK LIKE ME [Slowed & Reverb]
Patriarchy - State of Undress [Automelodi Remix]
Matteo Tura - FEMME FATALE
Normal Bias - Falling Down
Zanias - Lovelife [Radondo Remix]
MATTE BLVCK - Holy Wars
SDH - Semiotics Department Of Heteronyms - Do I Look Like I'm Laughing? [Mvtant Remix]
GHOST DATA - Full Bodied (feat. AL!CE)
Orbital - Dirty Rat [Edit] (feat. Sleaford Mods)
IDORU - Love Slave [Extended]
NNHMN - Fusion Opulance
Potochkine - Sauvez Moi du Chaos [SDH Semiotics Department of Heteronyms Remix]
Bloodpanic - Road Rage
Dark Chisme - Vete de Aqui
DJ Hell - Bodyfarm 2
Nuxx Vomica - FTEV [Confines Remix]
Black Light Smoke - Deface
Mica - Vampyr
Northern Lite - In Ganz Berlin
Suede James - 2 Deep
Mascarpone - Modulated Society
Seabound - Contact
Randolph & Mortimer - Flesh Style (feat. Andi)
AGLORY - Necronomicon

/ / DIE SEXUAL -> DANNY BLU / /
REIN - For You
Street Fever - Exultation
Sleek Teeth - Powerless

/ / DANNY BLU -> NYXX / /
Seymour Bottoms x Lizette Lizette - FREAK
KLOUD - PARASITE
Wax Wings, MIHA, Lucille Croft - WHAT IF I TOLD YOU TO

Listen to NYXX / Danny Blu / Die S*xual @ Kulture Music Hall [2024-11-08] by niq V

08/11/2024

The HOT GOTH Tour rolls through Denver tonight to melt away your troubles on the dance floor! I've got a ton of stuff I've been waiting to play for you, this is DEFINITELY worth going out in the cold for.

LINEUP:
- Nyxx
- Danny Blu
- Die S*xual

9 PM doors @ Kulture Music Hall
Parking is free in the BIG attached lot

See you there!

04/11/2024

Somehow in 9+ years we'd never done an anime theme at Outrun - Denver, but that has now been rectified! Big thanks to everyone who came and experienced a little slice of retro Tokyo with us on Saturday, we love seeing so many happy faces and dancing feet. My first set was meant as a soundtrack for the rain-slicked streets of modern day Shibuya, and the second leans into a future funk/city pop disco vibe. Check out the tracklist and recordings below!

LISTEN HERE: https://www.mixcloud.com/niqv/outrun-anime-style-hq-2024-11-02/

/ / SET ONE / /
Oscillian - Rising Sun
Rogue VHS - AKIRA
DEADLIFE - We Are One & the Same
Yota & Johan Agebjörn - Did You Lose Your Mind [Lifelike Remix] (feat. Betamaxx)
Extra Terra x Rogue VHS - STEEL
Emil Rottmayer - Open
ZETA - Beat the System
Absolute Valentine - Spitfire
LukHash - Magnétique
Waveshaper - The Sphere
Power Glove - Wolf
F.O.O.L - TROUBLEMAKER
Dance with the dead - Tilt World
GHOST DATA - Thigh Highs (feat. Jovani Occomy)
Digitalism - Flash Forward

/ / SET TWO / /
Makeup and Vanity Set - Syncro
XINOBI - Japanese [Lazydisco Remix]
Arcade High - Phone Lines (feat. Hayley Stewart)
Desired - Pink Jacket
MACROSS 82-99 - Pocari Lips
The Midnight - Kick Drums & Red Wine
Underworld - Techno Shinkansen
TOKYO ROSE - Moshi Moshi [The Forgotten Remix]
FlashWorx - One More Night in Tokyo
Mecha Maiko - Alive
Tonebox & Mellow Fields - Dimensional
Sferro - PETTY [Makeup and Vanity Set Remix]
Starcadian - P.F.F.D. [2010 Remastered Demo]
Dana Jean Phoenix & Powernerd - Sunrise Stance

Listen to OUTRUN Anime Style @ HQ [2024-11-02] by niq V

27/10/2024

The weekend before Halloween is always an epic time for Repent at Milk Bar 4th Fridays, we had amazing performers and a dance floor full of our favorite bats & ghouls. This month's theme was "Season of the Witch", so enjoy my interpretation on this via the recorded sets rising from the grave below!

LISTEN HERE: https://www.mixcloud.com/niqv/repent-season-of-the-witch-milk-bar-2024-10-25/

/ / SET 1 / /
We Are Magonia - No Request
HAEX - Daggers
N3b x LAGnaf - Echo
Daniel Ash - Spooky
MATTE BLVCK - Vicious Dreams
SIERRA.synthmusic - In My Veins [Matteo Tura Remix]
Sleek Teeth - Sanctuary
Panic Lift - Every Day is Halloween
Priest - The Pit
Patriarchy - No Touch Torture [Baby Magick Remix]
TORUL - A Night Like This
GHOST DATA - Dream Eater (feat. YMIR)

/ / SET 2 / /
HAEX - S*x Magick
DEAD LIGHTS - The Witching Hour
Houses of Heaven - Strange Temptation
The New Division - Synthetique [Discrete Deceit Remix]
Chelsea Wolfe - House of Self-Undoing [Boy Harsher Remix]
BLACKBOOK - My Beautiful Witch
STRNGR & Destryur - Flight of Fear

We closed the night out with a special B2B set, trading off every two songs. We didn't have a way to record this, so next time just come see us live!

/ / B2B w/ DJ Nitrogen / /
Schiller mit Heppner - Dream of You

Maceo Plex x Faithless x Adrian Lux - Insomnia 2021 x Teenage Crime

Mau P - Your Mind Is Dirty [Extended Mix]

Listen to REPENT Season of the Witch @ Milk Bar [2024-10-25] by niq V

24/10/2024

Totentanz is an awesome goth night taking place a couple times a month at The Crypt in Denver. If you haven't checked it out yet, you really should! The vibe is amazing, and there's awesome food and drinks with lots of vegan options. I had done a guest spot for the night years back when it was still at Milk, so it felt both new and familiar at the same time - which is honestly pretty much the vibe of the night in general, as it's largely focused on the classic goth/industrial sound.

Here's everything I threw down, thanks to everyone who came out and danced all the way to the end!

LISTEN HERE: https://www.mixcloud.com/niqv/totentanz-the-crypt-2024-10-23/

[R] = REQUEST

/ / SET 1 / /
X-Marks The Pedwalk - The Day I Start to Die
Liquid Divine - Panic Voice
Mellow Code - Filed to Knubbs [Male Tears Remix]
Korine - Cruel
Male Tears - DEAL3R
TWINS / That Which Is Not Said - New Cold Dream, Pt. 2
WINGTIPS - Escape Plan
Harsh Symmetry - Skin
Blaqk Audio - Waiting to Be Told

/ / SET 2 / /
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
[R] Crosses ††† - Holier [Street Fever Remix]
[R] Funker Vogt - House of Sorrows
Normal Bias - Another Realm
Linea Aspera - Decoherence
Front 242 - Moldavia
Sacred Skin - Call It Off [Dancing Plague Remix]
Fragrance. - So Typical
Rue Oberkampf - Tokyo
Balvanera - My Mind Against Me
[R] Assemblage 23 - Talk Me Down

/ / SET 3 / /
Geneva whirlpool bath - Art is Dangerous
Nine Inch Nails - Down in It
Marza Panther - Falln Angel
Perturbator - Dangerous (feat. Kabbel)
[R] Patriarchy - Hell Was Full [ADULT. Remix]
Tones on Tail - Performance [7" Version]
[R] Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
Rotersand - A Strange Kind of Love
[R] Depeche Mode - John the Revelator
LIGHT ASYLUM - Dark Allies
Antoni Maiovvi - Let the Weapon Come to You
Dark Chisme - La Musica Oscura

Listen to Totentanz @ The Crypt [2024-10-23] by niq V

18/10/2024

October is always a gauntlet of gigs, and even though we're halfway through it I still have a lot of stuff coming up!

* TUE OCT 22: VOID+VEIL s01e10 - Nitrogen / niq V @ Milk Bar
* WED OCT 23: Totentanz @ The Crypt
* FRI OCT 25: Repent at Milk Bar 4th Fridays
* TUE OCT 29: VOID+VEIL s01e11 - Halloween Bash 🎃

And a couple bonus items coming up in early November:

* SAT NOV 2: Synthwave Saturday Night 憂鬱 OUTRUN Anime Style @ HQ
* FRI NOV 8: Nyxx / Danny Blu / Die S*xual @ Kulture Music Hall

13/10/2024

Each year's Fae Masquerade has been better than the one before it, and this year was phenomenal. Everyone dressed up in dazzling costumes and danced all night long - with brief rest afforded by the performances and costume contest. The Mercury Cafe was a perfect place to hold this event, and I'm already looking forward to next year. Thanks once again to Julian Black for making me a part of this wonderful night.

I never know quite how much music I've played at these long-form nights until I look back at the recordings, and this one's a doozy - buckle in and enjoy this journey through enchanted forests, murky oceans, and floating cities!

LISTEN HERE: https://www.mixcloud.com/niqv/third-annual-fae-masquerade-mercury-cafe-2024-10-12/

/ / OPENING SET / /
Loreena McKennitt - The Mystic's Dream
thewalkingicon - Wastelands of Your Stars
Violet Cold - Ehtiyat Hissələr
CORVAD - Khomus [Throwing Snow Remix] (feat. Alisa Dolgunova)
Riki - Come Inside
Errrilaz - Valhalla
ERAAS - Briar Path
Drymer - Bee Wax [Extended Mix]
White Ritual - Head On Fire
iVardensphere - Thin Veil
AES Dana - Lysistrata
Aethyrien - The Dísir [Dance Version]
The Future Sound of London - My Kingdom
Keluar - Volition
Madeaux - Wings of a Butterfly

/ / PEAK TIME SET / /
Bedless Bones - Tongue and Rhythm
BARA HARI - Tempest [Acoustic]
Chelsea Wolfe - The Warden
Gustavo Bravetti - Babel [Bravetti Club Remix]
Bedless Bones - A Poison Tree
Velvet Velour - Dense Ocean
ESA: Electronic Substance Abuse - While You Sleep I Converse with the Dark Birds
No Mana - Underwater (feat. Isis Rose)
Eartheater - High Tide [Doss Remix]
WHIPPED CREAM x Nostalgix - I AM A GOD
La Croix et La Bannière - Ritual [NNHMN Remix]
Carpenter Brut - Fab Tool
Die Arkitekt - Mirkhel (feat. Lena Platonos)
Thy Catafalque - Töltés 23
Public Memory - The Spider Starves
Amanati - Medusa

/ / CLOSING SET / /
CABLE - Heaven Superior
Adrienne Lavey - Goddess in a Glass [Male Tears Remix]
Ummet Ozcan X Otyken - Altay
Fiery Dawn - Magic Mirror
LukHash - The Kingdom
CARV.R - Erase Me (feat. Goo Munday)
ZHU & JOY. - Bleed (feat. Andy Caldwell, Birds of Mind, & Satellite Mode)
The Knife - We Share Our Mothers' Health [Trentemøller Remix]
iVardensphere - Seven Gates
Björk - Hyperballad
SDH - Semiotics Department Of Heteronyms - Talk in Dreams
Zanias - Duneskipper
rivoices & STM - eclipse
KALEIDA - Take Me to the River
CABLE - Ghostcore
The Synthetic Dream Foundation - Construction of the Underworld
LAUSBENGEL - Paradise
Rotersand - A Million Worlds to Lose
Purity Ring - Obedear
thewalkingicon - We Are Memory [Sonum Unum Remix]
Kite - Remember Me [Pelada Remix]
Die Arkitekt - Dark

Listen to Third Annual Fae Masquerade @ Mercury Cafe [2024-10-12] by niq V

08/10/2024

Who am I seeing at the Pixel Grip + Madeline Goldstein show at Hi-Dive tonight?

If you didn't get tickets, just head over to Void+Veil @ Milk Bar and let Aphotica & Nitrogen spin a vast array of sweet tracks for you. I'll be headed there after the concert!

https://www.mixcloud.com/niqv/pixel-grip-deadluv-idnty-theft-2022-02-28/

If you want some music while you get ready for either event, here's a flashback to when Nitrogen and I had the immense honor of DJing the first Denver Pixel Grip show!

This week, I had the amazing opportunity to DJ before the Pixel Grip show in Denver. There were two local support acts - IDNTY THFT and Deadluv - who were both really great. This mix combines my initial set played when the doors opened, along with my set played between the two openers. Bridging the....

06/10/2024

Have I fully recovered from SynthBangers Festival 2024? Nope. Am I already getting hyped for next year's festival? HELL YEAH! Last night was mind-bendingly awesome. Putting on a 9-hour event is no small feat, and we have DJ Tower and Mark deLight to thank for arranging the pieces so it all fell into place. Every band in this year's lineup crushed it, and the merch was SICK! DJ Jay Eric Overmind and go-go team Crème Brulesque rounded out the crew, rad as always. I recommend blocking out your calendar for the first Saturday of October 2025 right now.

Also, MASSIVE kudos to the stage techs @ The Oriental Theater - Chase, Keegan, & Ethan are absolute miracle workers for getting the largest band of the night loaded in, assembled, sound-checked & ready to go with full visuals and lighting only 45 minutes from when they arrived after a 20-hour drive from their last tour stop. This included a full drum kit and multiple stage props. Incredible.

Enough of my rambling, here's what I played between the live acts:

https://www.mixcloud.com/niqv/outrun-denver-synthbangers-festival-2024-10-05/

/ / DOORS -> Kosmonic / /
Adieu Aru - Analogue
Caspro - Moments (feat. LukHash)
Mercury 82 - Baby
A-Reis - Singularity
Caspro - Hurricane (feat. Sferro)
Tonebox - Reanimated
Destryur - Splatterday Night [MAGNAVOLT Remix] (feat. Hunter Norton)
Donbor - Over Time
Thought Beings - Higher

/ / BOB SYNC -> jacket. / /
ALEX & TOKYO ROSE - RAVE ETERNAL [Waveshaper Remix]
Cassetter - Slasher
New Arcades - Evolve [Owen Gallagher Remix]
PRIZM - Lose You
PYLOT - The Return [Rework]

/ / The Runaway Wild -> Starfarer / /
Droid Bishop - Murder Miami 1983
SPACEINVADER - Memory Lane
MATTE BLVCK - BLISS
Max Cruise - Never Ending Story (feat. The Motion Epic & Alessandra Gonzalez)

/ / Watch Out For Snakes -> MASTER BOOT RECORD / /
Robert Parker - Better Without You
Makeup and Vanity Set - Pursuit
Shirobon - Renegade
They Speak in Tongues of Black Fire - Necromancer
DEADLIFE - Big Dark
Starcadian - Ramps! Walls! Shields! [Instrumental Version]
BSOD - Afterburner
Gryff - Landslide

/ / The Bad Dreamers -> Arcade High / /
Mecha Maiko - Phones
Stilz - Acceleration
Sunset Neon - Got You [YUNG BAE Remix]
Isidor - V.A.N.T.A. the Lost Signal

Listen to OUTRUN Denver SynthBangers Festival [2024-10-05] by niq V

04/10/2024

Today is your final day to get SynthBangers Festival 2024 tickets at the lower price, they go up $10 on Saturday- which is STILL an incredible bargain. Just look at this massive lineup:

3:00-4:00 DOORS OPEN w/DJs
4:00-4:30 Kosmonic
4:45-5:15 BOB SYNC
5:30-6:00 jacket.
6:15-7:00 The Runaway Wild
7:15-8:00 Starfarer
8:15-9:00 Watch Out For Snakes
9:15-10:00 MASTER BOOT RECORD
10:00-11:00 The Bad Dreamers
11:00-12:00 Arcade High

Crème Brulesque go-go dancers will be performing between the bands.

See you there!

01/10/2024

🌊 We're just a few days out from SynthBangers Festival 2024 - our second annual MEGA-festival of epic synthwave! Here's the playback of my sets from last year's show, but you can bet I'll be bringing you the hottest new selections on Saturday 🤘

https://www.mixcloud.com/niqv/outrun-synthbangers-ball-2023-09-02/

See you Saturday!

Listen to OUTRUN Denver SynthBangers Ball [2023-09-02] by niq V for free. Follow niq V to never miss another show.

30/09/2024

I know I JUST posted a massive recorded set over the weekend, but I also got to DJ a super fun show with TRAITRS & BlakLight on Saturday night, and I'd be remiss if I didn't get this one out there. Many thanks to Ritual Noize Denver for having me, and the crew at HQ for being rad as always.

LISTEN HERE: https://www.mixcloud.com/niqv/traitrs-blaklight-hq-2024-09-28/

/ / BEFORE SHOW / /
Llumen - Die Stille Totgeschwiegen [GRENDEL Remix]
Velvet Condom - Menace
Poison Point - Mysteries in Fire
LLORA - Let Me In
Code 64 - Protection Reformed
Blaqk Audio - Waiting to Be Told
Night Drive - Vultures
Paranormales - CAMINO
Haujobb - Uselessness
Void Palace - Paralyze
Ghost & Writer - Beyond Repair [Diskonnekted Remix]
Houses of Heaven - Sleep
LEATHERS - Divine
Skeleton Hands - Unwanted
You Shriek - Shadow Girl [Cellmod Mix]

/ / BlakLight -> TRAITRS / /
Radioaktivists - Pieces of Me [Album Version]
The Anix - Again
DE/VISION - Subtronic
Bootblacks - Parallel
Urban Heat - Too Much Too Soon

/ / AFTER SHOW / /
Harsh Symmetry - Mirror Twin
Minerve - In Love With an Open End [Closure Mix by Iris] (feat. Frank Spinath of Seabound)
ULTRA SUNN - Can You Believe It [Kris Baha Remix]
Dead Astronauts - Missing Person [ULTRA SUNN Remix]
Korine - Heaven's Servant
WINGTIPS - Cross the Line

Listen to TRAITRS / BlakLight @ HQ [2024-09-28] by niq V