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This week at the Bird 🦅

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Be warned Denver, @sweater.dj is coming back to town.

Join us for a gathering @mockingbird.denver this coming Saturday night.

@sweater.dj b2b @derekpoten
@___tonyacosta___ b2b @mean.joe.d

Starts at 8pm and goes till 2am🌀

Come wiggle to some proper selections.

Ticket link in bio. 🎟️

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this week.

fri 10.02
unseen presents wata igarashi at éter. fckdsko and quang.oi in support. techno, 11pm til late, 21+.
staticproof presents octo octa. poten and nelli in support. house and breaks, secret location, 11pm til late, 21+, funktion one sound.
something denver presents space escape. homie, open to close, one dj. progressive house, progressive techno and progressive trance, secret location, 11pm til 5am, 21+. text SPACE ESCAPE to 303-491-6551 for tickets and location.
blacklist techno at milk bar. moonpup then brix, after an opening b2b session at nine. 9pm til 2am, 21+, alley entrance at 1037 broadway.
con amor presents livwutang at subspace, the last con amor of the year, with ethernetspirit, scarien and s.t3v. 10pm til 6am, 21+, breakeven sound system, lights by libuse.

sat 10.03
defy culture and quite right present merricat black's denver debut. soggy noize and double jointed in support, plus special guests. bass, dubstep and halftime, secret location, 11pm til late, 21+, funktion one by 40hz, visuals by mynus.
128 productions presents grid festival at arch warehouse, 3001 walnut st. staticproof curates zone 3: miley serious, soundbyte, bodega cats b2b holothug, gano b2b unmute. across the other two rooms: joris voorn, fahlberg, joseph ray, my friend, goldstar b2b tholin, penultimate b2b gianna giorlando, cole knight b2b dreya v, hiroko yamamura, dansyn, owie, black/tuesday, maro. progressive house, club house, ukg and techno, three rooms, doors 4:30pm, music 5pm til 2am, 21+.

two days, seven parties.

also on the bills: @nelli_sounds @ethernetspirit @s.t3v @soggynoize__ @double_jointed89

if you know, you know.

#denvertechno #denverunderground

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October is creeping closer, and the nights are getting stranger.

The air is cooler, the music hits deeper, and every gathering feels like stepping into a world just beyond reality.

Join us this week as we drift into spooky season with underground sounds, late-night movement, and the kind of moments that only happen after dark.

🌙🕯️🦇✨

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STATICPROOF PRESENTS:

• OCTO OCTA
@octoocta

• POTEN
@derekpoten

• NELLI
@nelli_sounds

FUNKTION-ONE SOUND
@40hzofsound

1pm - LATE
21+

Address will be sent to ticket holders 2 hours before show.

@octoocta Bio:

Maya Bouldry-Morrison (born May 13, 1987, in Chicago), known as Octo Octa, is an American house producer and DJ based in New Hampshire.

She began making experimental electronic, IDM, and breakcore music while studying at the University of New Hampshire. later shiftina to house.

Her debut EP Let Me See You arrived in 2011 on 100% Silk; subsequent releases include the albums Between Two Selves (2013), Where Are We Going? (2017), Resonant Body (2019), and Sigils for Survival (2026), plus EPs on labels such as Argot, Running Back, and others.

Her sound blends lush, emotional, and often breakbeat-inflected house with a personal, autobiographical approach.

📵 no phones 📵 on the dancefloor 📵

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Defy Culture & Quite Right present:

MERRICAT BLACK
[Bass/Dubstep/Halftime]

support from:

Soggy Noize
@soggynoize__

✨ Double Jointed + Special Guests ✨

Funktion 1 Sound by: @40hzofsound

Visual Experience: @mynusme_art

11pm-??? | Denver

Location information will be sent to ticket holders at 8pm day of the event.

It will also be available on your shotgun app once you acquire tickets.

Harlem’s Trap Citchen Food truck on site to fuel up. @harlemstrapcitchen

Merch, Beverages, Snacks and items you need for a late night will be available.

Secret location, Denver. 5 minutes from RiNo and 9 minutes from Downtown.

21+ w/ Valid ID only. No Exceptions

📵 no phones 📵 on the dancefloor 📵

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quiteright.net

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STATICPROOF PRESENTS:

✦ @octoocta
✦ @derekpoten
✦ @nelli_sounds

⟴ FRIDAY OCT 2nd
⟴ 11PM - LATE
⟴ FUNKTION-ONE SOUND by @40hzofsound
⟴ SECRET LOCATION ⟴ DENVER CO ⟴ 21+

@t4tluvnrg label co-founder, @octoocta , is one of underground house music’s most notable producers. Expect vinyl all night long with shimmering club-ready earworms for your soul ✨

🎟️ on sale Tuesday Sept 1st at 11:00am MST

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Shop will stay open longer tonight as the DJs keep on rockin it outside! It’s such a great day here on Kalamath in the Baker neighborhood! #digthedig

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Much love and gratitude to all involved with our gathering last Friday. 💚🌱

We were treated to an insane live set by the one and only @caveweapons 🤯
Luke, you are indescribably talented. Thank you so much for sharing part of you with us.
Beautiful from start to finish.

@dystopik__ mad props for the visual journey and live VG skills. Denver is very lucky to have you in it. Pleasure working with you. Let’s do it again soon.

@t_shockley thanks for coming out to Denver with the selections. Deep digger and mixes with intention. It was great to finally get you out here. 💚

@spike_stephens with the master eye. 👀📸 Thanks for all you do. We appreciate you. Great shots as always!

@breakeven_productions for providing the sound waves. Always a pleasure working with you. Thank you for all you do for Denver’s scene. Respect. 🔊

@glob____ thanks for allowing us into your home for a safe space to gather and make memories. ❤️

@fordeerlife thanks for holding down the door. You are lovely! 🥰

@freakinbeats303 thanks for having a pop-up record shop. Keep spreading that wax! 😵‍💫

All the dancers, shakers and partakers: endless love and gratitude for supporting our curation. Without you there is no party. Thanks for bringing the vibes, smiles and moves. We hope you dig what we have been cooking. Hope to see you on the next dancefloor. Until then please take care of one another.
Love is the answer. ❤️🌀

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Vibemaxxing with @hand_selected_denver_

A very special night with live originals by @caveweapons, and top wax only from @derekpoten and @t_shockley

Bomb CRT TV visuals by @dystopik__

Cherry on top is getting some of my favorite party/performer shots I've ever taken 📷 (really have @dystopik__ to thank for that)

See you at the next one!

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Denver,

We are calling all shakers and groovers to the dancefloor for an evening of cerebral sounds on June 26th.

Our special guest @t_shockley is a Philadelphia-based DJ/producer/label operator from Florida with 15 years
of experience performing and working behind the scenes at events along the east coast.

His hypnotic style pulls inspiration from nature, futurism, technology, and the human psyche.
Taylor is a resident for the collective @vyoo_official in Boston, as well as his own event series and label, @____biome .

In the past, he has played on bills with the likes of Jane Fitz, Carlos Souffront, S.O.N.S, Helena Hauff, DJ Koolt, Spekki Webu, Dan Curtin, Tin Man, Carl H, Evan Baggs, Vera, DJ Masda, Nicolas Lutz, tINI and Christian AB. We are thrilled to host him and are looking forward to hearing what’s in the bag.

Opening the evening will be @caveweapons - Artist is a word that generally extends to anyone dabbling in art or music, but true artists are too busy creating to be worried about how they’re received. Luke is a prime example. When he’s not busy providing a safe space for Denver’s underground (all genres), letting people into his home @glob____ , he’s locked in to one of his many guises (Sleepdial, Cave Weapons, Tabla Rasa) producing ambient and IDM in a style all his own.
Truly a talent and contributor to the Denver underground, we are honored to showcase Luke’s powerful and moving sound as Cave Weapons.

Our resident @derekpoten will be the bridge between soundscapes.

06/26/26
Venue: @glob____
10pm - late
Sound - @breakeven_productions
@dystopik__ on visuals 👀
@freakinbeats303 will have a pop up booth for your wax pleasure🌀
21+ and BYOB “no alcohol sold at event” bring your own. No GLASS please.
Free water and fruit as always. 🍌🍊🍇

We are really looking forward to this one.
Hope to see you there. 💚

Tickets will be available via shotgun/RA
🎟️⛓️ in bio. Limited early birds available till gone.

Bring positive vibes. 🫠

Secure some dancing shoes on your feet as we prepare for lift off. 🛸

#denverunderground #denverrave #vinyldenver #liveelectronicmusic

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Last Saturday is still shaking in our hearts. ❤️‍🔥

Thanks to all the shakers and groovers who made an appearance on the dance floor. The energy in @glob____ was electric.⚡️

@toadzunt and @enjoythebassline brought it and showed us how ladies do it. Proper! 💋
Their bags were carrying just the right amount of medicine we needed.

Endless gratitude and love to all involved.
@glob____ for allowing us to rock the space.🛸
@breakeven_soundsystem for providing the sound waves to take us there. 🔊
@spike_stephens for capturing the special evening. 📸
@freakinbeats303 for vending some wax. 🌀
@toadzunt for the killer opening extended set. 😈
@enjoythebassline for coming out from LA and laying it down. You kept us grooving into the morning light. ❤️

Lastly, we want to give our thanks to all of you that attended or purchased a ticket in support. Without the dancers, there is no party and that’s a fact. Your support means the world to us. We live for the special moments created on the dancefloor when the DJ, the music and the dancers become one. That is where it’s at and this past weekend, we went there. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Hope to connect on the next dancefloor.

06/26/26 - save the date! 👀

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Join us for our next underground adventure, on the night of the Freakquinox quinox.

We’re curating some dirty house music sounds in a dark basement, another low lit ritual where we can get loose and be our authentic selves on the dance floor.

We’re thrilled to collaborate with our friends at Subspace, and looking forward to pushing their updated & calibrated sound system the Holy Rig.

Our guest DJ is a first-time Treehouse Collective guest, lifetime collector of vinyl and expert selector: Poten (Hand Selected, Denver). He’ll be digging deep and dropping a vinyl set for us.

https://events.humanitix.com/freakquinox

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