Emmy Zero

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Carrie Sours ( @ssoouurrss ) featured DJ for PHOSPHENE, Fri 5/15 at @club_pittsburgh , brought to you by @kindling.pgh . Carrie Sours (she/her) is a disc jockey, musician, and event host and organizer from Cleveland, OH currently living in Pittsburgh, PA. She is currently a crew member of the @sweetabyss23 event series alongside @kiernanlaveaux , @jmal_malzof , and @davisgalvin , showcasing local and international transgender, queer, and esoteric electronic music performances in a relaxed community setting at @banthateabar . She is also a resident DJ at @maryspgh , hosting the recurring events “Carrie-oke” and “Moody B*tch Disco”. She released her debut EP "Advanced Yearning" on her own SOURS Label in 2025. She began her record collection at age 4 and came of age in smoke-filled music shops; throughout the 2010s she became involved in Cleveland’s underground hip-hop and electronic music scenes including vanguard queer parties at infamous punk venue Now That’s Class. With a voracious and irreverent approach to genre, she describes her sound as “moody & funky”, fusing emotional and psychedelic dance music with sensual grooves, post-punk, and private press records with an approach born of the DIY, glamour-free creative environment of the Midwest. She loves listening to, playing, and discovering music; along with bakery, sauna, the sounds of birds, and silliness as a sanity play. PHOSPHENE, Fri 5/15 @club_pittsburgh , is the latest party from Pittsburgh queer show collective @kindling.pgh , bringing you installation art, incredible music, and top notch space-making. PHOSPHENE shimmers with Philadelphia DJ @03_securitydog.flac on tour with Pittsburgh’s incredible @sweetabyss23 artists @jmal_malzof and @ssoouurrss . Support by Kindling crew DJs: @rosy.makes.music and @ca11.11una . Lights by @3dthann and @pathological.zero .

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Malzof @jmal_malzof , featured DJ for PHOSPHENE, Fri 5/15 at @club_pittsburgh , brought to you by @kindling.pgh . Sweet Abyss resident Malzof has been DJing for over a decade, playing their own signature style of transgender dance music. As a life-long music collector, their sound archives go deep. Heavily influenced by IDM, Ambient, experimental music, breaks, sampling, and dance music of all kinds, they are not afraid to collage and blend. They see DJing as an extension of all the work they do- to bring people together, to encourage moments of release and joy, and to support people in showing up in their true expressions as resistance against hegemony. You may have heard Malzof play just about everywhere in Pittsburgh, or recently in Philly, NYC, Ithaca, Rochester, Montreal, Detroit, California or on your radio waves across the world. Malzof brings their creative vision and multimedia art practice into the ways they share sound. Malzof is a studio artist with BOOM Concepts and is a resident artist and co-founder of the Sweet Abyss event series centering trans/queer electronics and live performance. Malzof formerly held a residency at Half Moon BK Radio. You can find archived episodes of Jamming with Malzof Radio on soundcloud and youtube. Special episodes highlighted a label, musical group or genre from the 80s to early 00s, including Guidance Recordings, Deee-lite, Pieces of a Dream, and Bugz In The Attic/Bitasweet Records. As a huge lover of the radio platform, Malzof has played live sets on internet stations like The Lot Radio (NYC), Refuge Worldwide (Berlin), Mutant Radio (in both Tbilisi + Berlin), Radio Relativa (Madrid), Great Circles (Philly) and regional FM stations across Detroit/Windsor, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Philly & more! Malzof loves to explore weird sonics, sampling, storytelling, community collaboration, and dancing. PHOSPHENE, Fri 5/15 @club_pittsburgh , is the latest party from Pittsburgh queer show collective @kindling.pgh , bringing you installation art, incredible music, and top notch space-making. PHOSPHENE shimmers with Philadelphia DJ @03_securitydog.flac , @jmal_malzof , and @ssoouurrss .

Kindling presents: PHOSPHENE 05.15 at @club_pittsburgh Light obscures more than darkness. Energetic currents run over in summer. Let the void swallow you. Feel your body glow. Feel your body move. Feel your body. PHOSPHENE is the latest party from Pittsburgh queer show collective @kindling.pgh , bringing you installation art, incredible music, and top notch space-making at only our favorite queer venues. PHOSPHENE shimmers with Philadelphia DJ @03_securitydog.flac on tour with Pittsburgh’s incredible @sweetabyss23 artists @jmal_malzof and @ssoouurrss . Support by Kindling crew DJs: @apupnamedrosy and @ca11.11una . Lights by @3dthann and @pathological.zero .

Alright babes, my next Pittsburgh show is gonna be a fucking doozy. Get your asses ready and get fucking ~whimsical~ Flyer by @stabbed.by.stinky

Saturday night @intimacyloungepgh was transformed into an Electronica lover's dream by @kindling.pgh In addition to the amazing music, the lighting was next level! There was also soup, coffee, tea, and a cozy fire outside. It was the perfect combination of dance party and sleepover vibes Can't wait for the next one ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

behind the scenes setting up at @intimacyloungepgh ❤️‍🔥 HEARTH 2/28

HEARTH 2/28 welcomes Heather Harper, Cecropia, and Emmy Zero to the fire pit. Heather Harper (@ca11.11una ) is a singer, violinist, DJ, and sound artist. Her DJ sets fill dancefloors with atmosphere like smoke. Subsonic frequencies penetrate cells. Bodies move in mitochondrial pulse to bass music, dubstep, and trap. Heather has played at Pittsburgh's most vibrant underground and experimental music events, including Misophonia, Sweet Escape, PS, Sweet Abyss, Dropout, and the Fire Lights festival, at venues including Collision, Club Pittsburgh, the Government Center, the 40th St Bridge, and HAVEN. She is a violinist in the grindcore project SHAME HOLE, and a DJ and visual artist in the duo Reverse Cowgirl. Cecropia (@everyone_i_fuck_is_gay ) is the experimental synth sound project of Luna Peaks, a multi-instrumentalist, community organizer, synth sorceress, and poet who has fallen deeply in love with her community and the people who share it. Cecropia sets are a gift to the space, prepared for the show where they are played and rarely repeated. Exploring themes of sex, fear, cathartic healing, and ecstatic dance, Cecropia holds the audience through a journey into temporary, intimate, and raw worlds birthed from the deepest vulnerable corners of her shadow, carrying her audience through with a commitment to love. Expect to feel uncomfortable. Expect to be cared for. Expect to dance. Emmy Zero (@pathological.zero ) is not actually a DJ, she’s just transgender. Primarily a skate rat, she also designs lights and video projections, and dabbles in glitch art. HEARTH features: @ca11.11una @everyone_i_fuck_is_gay @apupnamedrosy @pathological.zero @3dthann

Vibe curators @apupnamedrosy and Otherground (@3dthann ) spark the flame at HEARTH, 2/28. A Pup Named Rosy (@apupnamedrosy ) is a producer, DJ, and synthstress based in Pittsburgh, PA. Fusing breakbeats, experimental dance music, and a love of both anime and video game sound, A Pup Named Rosy builds tracks that feel both familiar and unexpected. Her music embraces multiplicity — containing layers of history, queerness, and play that reward repeated listening. Fae has previously played at Club Pittsburgh, Bad Sauna, and Hot Mass and she’s a winner of the Rising Artist Foundation’s Fourth River Grant. Otherground (@3dthann ) is a new media artist and VJ based in Pittsburgh, PA. After building skills and experience in the creative technology industry, they are branching out into performance and events. Blending custom audio-reactive visual effects with video samples, live camera streams, and dynamic lighting, they create an immersive environment that makes a space come to life while centering the performing artists. Previously performing and running lighting for Everdark, they are excited to be curating a new space and environment with such a talented group of artists. HEARTH features: @ca11.11una @apupnamedrosy @everyone_i_fuck_is_gay @pathological.zero @3dthann 2/28 at @intimacyloungepgh

KINDLING is proud to partner with The Intimacy Lounge (@intimacyloungepgh ) for HEARTH, Saturday 2/28. The Intimacy Lounge is Troy Hill's newest queer woman-owned event venue. Photographer Dawn Hartman (@dawnhartmanphotography ), voted "Best Creative Photographer - Portraiture/Fashion & Boudoir" in Pittsburgh City Paper's Best of PGH 2025 Arts + Culture, created the Intimacy Lounge to foster intimate experiences for the queer and trans community. Dance, mingle, and flirt in the front room; chat, shoot pool, and drink coffee in the cozy back room; or get some fresh air by the fire pit on the patio. The Intimacy Lounge is an expansion of The Intimacy Project (@lgbtintimacyproject ), a documentary photography series that celebrates real LGBTQ love and connection. Created by and for the queer community, the project shares honest, everyday moments of intimacy, breaking down stereotypes and countering homophobia. Dawn is a full-time photographer with a wide array of expertise. Follow/book a session at @dawnhartmanphotography . HEARTH (2/28) features performances by: @ca11.11una @apupnamedrosy @everyone_i_fuck_is_gay @pathological.zero @3dthann

It's been a cold winter. On Saturday, Feb 28, thaw the frost at HEARTH. Featuring balearic beats, live-performed techno, and steamy bass, KINDLING and Troy Hill's Intimacy Lounge (@intimacyloungepgh ) will melt you to the core. KINDLING is a collective of musicians, artists, and technicians setting Pittsburgh's underground ablaze. DJ/musicians Luna Peaks, A Pup Named Rosy, and Heather Harper join visual artists Emmy Zero and Otherground to build a haven in the pyre. Legendary sound engineer Alex Icon keeps the coals glowing all night long. Music: @ca11.11una @apupnamedrosy @everyone_i_fuck_is_gay Visuals: @pathological.zero @3dthann Engineering: @luxacon

Taking up space at the skate park used to SCARE me. I was so intimidated rogue skateboards, and I felt so out of place in the traditionally male dominated space. But guess what? I deserved to be there, and every time I showed up it got easier. This week, FOURTEEN quad skaters took over my local and to say it was empowering is an understatement. I love my sport, I love my friends, I love subverting heteronormative expectations. Thank you @switchandsignalskatepark for another great night ✨🛼🫶🏻 #quadskating #parkskating #lgbtcommunity #youcanskatewithus

Welcome to the First Rodeo! This is a community centered event focused on the new, the untested, a fresh start. All performers will be doing something new, it can range from a new batch of songs, a new project, and it's even some participants first time ever getting on stage in front of people. Come one come all, we've got a showcase of Pittsburgh's newest talent. Bring excitement and grace, be supportive and kind as these artists take a new step in their artistic journey at the Babber House (DM FOR ADDRESS). Sounds: Hex Reymann - @hexcat6 - Solo piano fantasias :3 N3tizenfour - @n3tizenfour the incessant noise coming from the basement DJ Meddyglyn - @thehoodedfigures - DJ Meddyglyn plays music for rebirth, forgotten primordial love and trans people shaking ass ShimmerOS - @shimmeros22 - Sparkly electronic pop music with techno and house influences. Original production with live improvisation elements. Sounds like a kiss with your crush on the last night of summer. HEDONIA BELL - @lilith.nil - HEDONIA BELL returns to give new howling voice to a fresh batch of dramatic industrial rocknroll anthems Flood - @flood.wav - Amplifier Worship ‘Flood’ is a guided meditation through tough times. This performance will have distinct flavor notes of loud drone synthesizers, rippling distortion, and lingering mortal fears. grind/sand/paint - @pathological.zero VJs: Olivia Lynn - @jst0r - A series of audio reactive Touch Designer sketches Yorknewboy Hollywood Sleaze - @chxze x @kndylndrs ??? - ??¿?¿?¿¿‽