Bad Times Disco Presents Club Cosmic 18/11/2023

DMK is a Miyazaki native, a specialized Japanese chef by day and digger in his free time. In Miyazaki, he was part of the “Boogie or Die” and “Spice” party crews. Heavily influenced by boogie, funk, and soul, he has a smooth and sensual approach to DJing and an endless appetite for records. As the co-founder and 1 of the 2 main sourcers for Bad Times Disco, he curates rare Asian groove records, dance singles, and only understands pure quality. Bad Times Disco is an online record store, pop up party, and radio show in Hong Kong made up of two committed diggers, Ani Phoebe (NYC) and DMK (Japan). Together, they dig for the city's forgotten records - rare Asian grooves, dubby disco, soul, experimental electronic music, 90s dance and more.

As a professional, K.Woon has curated immersive atmospheres for luxury, sportswear, and food & beverage brands in commercial spaces. She is obsessed with crate-digging when traveling. Her academic work examines how emerging technologies such as AI, streaming platforms, social media are reshaping the music discovery experience, and suggests ways to create sustainability in the creative industry. She is now dedicated to curating a sound of her own in the underground space ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ̸BIOGRAPHY K.Woon is a homegrown crate digger of dark and dissonant sounds. Her selections often resonate the sounds of nonconformity for the untamed, embracing the hazy mirages that emanate from this decaying aura of living dystopia. K.Woon is a homegrown crate digger of dark and dissonant sounds ranging from dub to brutal techno; retrowave to electro, from rhythmic noise to deconstructed beats and so on. Nevertheless, she has curated immersive virtual and music experiences for luxury brands, sportswear, cafe and restaurants across varieties of channels throughout the APAC. Her academic work examines how emerging technologies, such as streaming platforms, social media, AI and algorithms- reshape the music discovery experience and suggest pathways towards a more sustainable creative industry. Her selections often delve into the aesthetic illusion of intense desires in the darkness for the untamed dance floor. 來自香港的 K.Woon 熱衷於發掘概黑暗又出奇不意的音樂，Dub、暴烈Techno，都是她的首選，又或是充滿IDM氛圍、光怪陸離的雜音、機械式嘈音或是打破常規的拍子韻律等等之音樂也是她的心頭好。 她亦曾為不少高級時裝品牌、運動品牌、Cafe及餐廳⋯⋯等等客戶在亞太地區度身訂造音樂體驗。而她在學院裡亦研究串流平台、社交媒體、AI 及演算法等等科技，如何改變人們發掘音樂的方式，並建議音樂產業如何持續發展。 K.Woon 喜歡選取來自世界各地的滄海遺珠，在滿載暗湧的舞池中凝造末日反烏托邦之音。

Through a selection of high-level grooves and top-shelf energy, Vence’s sets deliver a lush blend of bass-heavy rollers combined with euphoric electronica. Raised in The Hague on the coast of the Netherlands, Vence was exploring dancefloors and collecting music as a youngling well before he took up DJing. With a move to North Africa, he quickly became part of the vibrant Tunisian music scene, playing for the influential ‘Downtown Vibes’ collective, the mesmerizing Tunisian ‘Woodstock Festival’ and many clubs such as ‘Wax Bar’, ‘Yuka’ and ‘Habibi’. Vence is currently based in Hong Kong. Though you might catch his jazzier side playing vinyl sets at the Mandarin Oriental, he has found a true home with the minimal stronghold ‘Interlude’, where his sound has been given a platform for opening doors and minds alike. Towering over the decks with a smile, Vence intends to make otherworldly sounds feel familiar and bring listeners together in sonic moments that briefly make us whole.