DJ Hertz van Rental, the latest incarnation of Kirk Wagner [aka DJ ChaotiQueer], has been a keyboardist and producer for over twenty years. He has been a celebrated Portland deejay since 2000. As a keyboardist he has played and recorded with such bands as Ginger Snapt, Nicodemus, and Splendora & the Gender Fluids. In 2007 he headed up his own project called Rough Trade Unlimited, an electronic project that sought to explore the darker sides of queer love, lust, and real life. Most recently he’s played with the Brooklyn electro group called Skulk, the Hulking and appeared in their video "This Commercialism Sure Means Business." As a producer, he not only composes and records his own material but he also remixed artists who shall remain nameless (for legal reasons), Rachel Car, and most recently Matthew Duffy ‘s version of Pete Shelley’s Homosapien.
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As a club DJ, Hertz van Rental plays an eclectic mix of beats spanning many genres and styles. He is currently a lover of dirty/electro house and anything with an overdriven resonating bass line. As DJ Chaotiqueer, he was resident DJ at Portland clubs such as the Eagle PDX and Aura. He has also DJ’d at events such as Booty (Portland, OR), The Blasphemy Ball (Portland, OR), Darklady’s Masturbate-a-Thon (Portland, OR), and produced his own event called Queer Fetish (Portland, OR and New York) for over three years.

Since 2007, he’s been playing every third Sunday at Nowhere Bar in the East Village. In 2010, he was the featured DJ at The Phoenix’s Halloweenix. Currently he has a new gig at the Phoenix once again called Time of the Month every last Thursday night. He is available to play out in the greater New York City area for virtually any occasion including a bris, quinceñera, and mail-order bride reception. He will not play Lady Gaga, and you can’t make him.