Queer as in Goth

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Sat, 10/19/2024 - 10:00pm to Sun, 10/20/2024 - 12:00am
Black and white Queery Image with the October theme "Queer as in Goth"
Let's build some spooky vibes with queer goth/emo/new wave/death metal/shoegaze music!!

The Hunter’s Full Moon was at its peak this week which means we’re officially in spooky season. The October episode of Queery focuses on all those queer musicians who lean into the spooky, witchy, goth, synth-heavy vibes. This month's queer hero is Wendy Carlos, composer, inventor, and a pioneer of synthesized music!

 Wendy Carlos (years active: 1964-2005) built a home computer in the 60s. She studied physics and music. She became involved with the first electronic music center and worked with Robert Moog, providing technical advice in his creation of the Moog synthesizer. She pioneered synthesizer music and really demonstrated the power of the Moog Synthesizer with her first album, Switched on Bach, in 1968. Notes had to be recorded one at a time on an eight track recorder Carlos built because she couldn’t afford one, and then all the notes had to be layered over each other. She originally wanted to record her own album, but was convinced to record works of Bach as a familiar sound to introduce people to the new synth sound.

The success of Switched on Bach led her to collaborate with filmmaker Stanley Kubric. She scored two of his films using the trailblazing synth techniques she invented: A Clockwork Orange and the Shining. Wendy knew she was transgender from an early age, and was able to transition with the success of Switched-On Bach, but still appeared publicly as a man for several years before feeling comfortable enough to come out publicly. A true trailblazer and a true synth artist.

Other artists featured this month:

Blk Wiccan by queer hip hop artist Zebra Katz

Wolf by Sylvan Esso

Haunting by Halsey

Voices by Motionless in White

Dirty by Amiture

Prada by nonbinary Venezuelan DJ Arca

Train by LA punk band La Pregunta?

Damaged Girls by LA post punk band Agender

We Fell in Love in October by Norwegian lesbian, girl in red

Canary by the Queen, Liz Phair.

Girl I Left Behind Me by Clover-Lynn and the Hellfires

Demons by lesbian jesus Hayley Kiyoko

The Liminal from 2024’s She Reaches Out to She by goth folk musician Chelsea Wolfe.

 Veneficium by experimental band Xiu Xiu 

You’re Dead by lesbian folk legend Norma Tanega

Hot On Heels of Love by queer industrial band Throbbing Gristle

Angels in Tibet by Amaarae

Witchy (featuring Childish Gambino) by KAYTRANADA

The Wolf by gender fluid artist Fever Ray

The Maze by queer Belgium Mustii

Heart of Dust by queer band Light Asylum

Eudaemonia by queer femme darkwave band Them Are Us Too

Faceshopping by SOPHIE

Ghosts by PVRIS
Die Young by Chappell Roan

GUY.exe by Superfruit

WATER by Black Dresses

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    girl in red
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    we fell in love in october
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    Marie Ulven
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    10:07
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    Agender
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    Damaged Girls
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    Damaged Girls
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    CLIMAX!
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    10:10
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    ¿La Pregunta?
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    Train
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    EP 2023
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    Fall Down Laughing Records
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    10:12
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    Arca
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    Prada
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    Prada / Rakata
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    XL Recordings
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    10:14
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    Amiture
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    Dirty
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    Dirty
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    Dots Per Inch Music
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    10:19
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    Motionless In White
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    Voices
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    Graveyard Shift
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    SideOneDummy Records
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    10:22
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    Halsey
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    Haunting
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    BADLANDS (Live From Webster Hall)
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    Astralwerks (ASW)
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    10:27
    Artist
    Sylvan Esso
    Song
    Wolf
    Album
    Sylvan Esso
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    PTKF
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    10:30
    Artist
    Zebra Katz
    Song
    Blk Wiccan
    Album
    Drklng
    Label
    ZFK Records
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    10:43
    Artist
    Wendy Carlos
    Song
    Main Title (The Shining)
    Album
    The Shining (Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Label
    WaterTower Music
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    10:46
    Artist
    Xiu Xiu
    Song
    Veneficium
    Album
    13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
    Label
    Polyvinyl Records
  • Time
    10:50
    Artist
    Chelsea Wolfe
    Song
    The Liminal
    Album
    She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
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    Loma Vista
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    10:55
    Artist
    Liz Phair
    Song
    Canary (Remastered)
    Album
    Girly-Sound To Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set
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    Capitol Records
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    10:58
    Artist
    Laurel Hells Ramblers
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    Girl I Left Behind Me
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    County Traditions
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    Lost in the Laurel
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    11:01
    Artist
    Hayley Kiyoko
    Song
    Demons
    Album
    I'm Too Sensitive For This Shit
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    Empire/Atlantic
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    11:08
    Artist
    Norma Tanega
    Song
    You're Dead
    Album
    Halloween
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    Rhino
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    11:10
    Artist
    Them Are Us Too
    Song
    Eudaemonia
    Album
    Remain
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    Dais Records
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    11:14
    Artist
    Light Asylum
    Song
    Heart of Dust
    Album
    Light Asylum
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    Mexican Summer
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    11:18
    Artist
    Fever Ray
    Song
    The Wolf
    Album
    Red Riding Hood: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    Label
    WaterTower Music
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    11:23
    Artist
    Mustii
    Song
    THE MAZE
    Album
    THE MAZE
    Label
    [PIAS] Recordings Belgium
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    11:26
    Artist
    KAYTRANADA
    Song
    Witchy (feat. Childish Gambino)
    Album
    TIMELESS
    Label
    KAYTRANADA/RCA Records
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    11:29
    Artist
    Amaarae
    Song
    Angels in Tibet
    Album
    Fountain Baby
    Label
    UNIVERSAL MUSIC COLOMBIA
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    11:32
    Artist
    Throbbing Gristle
    Song
    Hot On Heels of Love - Remastered
    Album
    20 Jazz Funk Greats (Remastered)
    Label
    Mute (Artist Intelligence)
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    11:42
    Artist
    SOPHIE
    Song
    Faceshopping
    Album
    Faceshopping
    Label
    Future Classic
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    11:46
    Artist
    Chappell Roan
    Song
    Die Young
    Album
    School Nights
    Label
    Atlantic Records
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    11:48
    Artist
    TikTok Mix
    Song
    Da Lo Mejor De Ti Bailando
    Album
    El Mejor Regalo De La Danza Es Inspirarte
    Label
    UMD Recordings Group
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    11:50
    Artist
    Pvris
    Song
    Ghosts
    Album
    White Noise
    Label
    Rise Records
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    11:53
    Artist
    Black Dresses
    Song
    WATER
    Album
    THANK YOU
    Label
    Blacksquares
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    11:58
    Artist
    Superfruit
    Song
    GUY.exe
    Album
    Future Friends
    Label
    RCA Records Label

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