Chaotic Mix - quest?onmarq by Refraction

controlled chaos is a key element in my practice. in this mix, things get dialed up a notch. while spiraling, time seemed to go much slower while recording!
making use of intuitive, rapid mixing and flexible shifts in tempo and genre.
the sounds in my minted chaos mix explore the complete spectrum of chaotic good, neutral and evil - illustrated through the selections and their handling.
recorded on a pioneer xdj-rx controller, and madly manipulating just a few parameters.. tracks are handled with an appropriate level of recklessness in each section.
tightly contracting and rapidly accelerating tracks seemed to unleash their most chaotic inertial potential.

one of the transitory points between themes are marked by flowing water. these are recordings from years back.. i swear in that moment i was fascinated by the chaotic potential of water.. here recognizing its potential as an instrument. (i'd eventually make a whole 'liquindi-techno' track which did not make it into the mix)
water is the key of life but under the right set of influences can destroy cities.
drawn to ebb and flow by the moon.. when i felt myself get too calm as a lake i'd take the mix in the direction to be wild as a river.
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Tracklist:

Chaotic Good:
“Geni Tirta” - Will Guthrie
“Wrath Sabbath” - Energie Noire
“exp_fold” - pent
“Lemon Day” - Nils Frahm
“Science of Dust” - HHY and The Kampala Unit
“Neurasthenia” - B E N N
“Take Me Up Remix” - DJ Phantasy & Aphrodite
“Tokyo Dawn” - Doc Scott
“Atlantis” - LTJ Bukem
“take u there” - Bell Curve

Chaotic Neutral:
“Bujang Ganong” - Raja Kirik
“Spiral” - Artilect
“Sakata” - Authentically Plastic
“Unsuccessful attempt at tryin 3” - Anthems for Unsuccessful Winners
“Soft Injection” - Avbvrn
“Rising” - Ruins
“Pyroclasts C#” - Sunn O)))
“365” - Bloodz Boi 血男孩, Quit Life
“River Sounds (Yosemite 2017)” - Field Recording
“River Sounds (Yosemite 2017)” - Field Recording
“Presence” - ???

Chaotic Evil:
“Church of Herrmann” - The Lord
“Dis” - Avbvrn
“Automaton Clock” - Torn
“Drum Track” - Arnaud Krakowka
“Orthodox Caveman” - Sunn O)))
“Aghartha (quest?onmarq Remix)” - Sunn O)))
“Ixoshi” - Slikback x Exploited Body
“Tanah Prahara” - Raja Kirik
“Skin Tight” - Slikback x Van Boom
“Kerokerosene” - Vibrisse
“To Fall Into The Pit” - Teya Logos
“Walk With Me In Hell” - Klereherriekrew
“Drag” - Civilian Camo
“Lionsblood” - Duma

https://www.refractionfestival.com/editorial/chaotic-mix-quest-onmarq
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Bio:
Amorphous and adaptable, quest?onmarq is a sonic and physical shapeshifter channeling sounds from all corners of the global underground.
When guiding the vibration of the room, the ‘spiral effect’ takes place — a collective state of inhibitory submission by way of frequency manipulation often in the form of genre defiant DJ set performances that incorporate turntablism, sharp technical prowess and their own productions and remixes. They can be heard monthly as a bi-monthly fixture presenting mixes and guest features on Paris’ arm of Rinse.FM as well as a monthly resident, producing audio-visual mixes on New York’s The Lot Radio.

Links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmequestion
Bandcamp: https://questionmarcdj.bandcamp.com
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/iamquestionmarc