Next up we got a RARE ALL VINYL Research & Development to kick off your Movement Weekend or otherwise Chicago weekend!! Featuring some of the most selective local record spinners in town we got @urakan2001 (1/2 of @easyg0ingtech ) and THE Henry Tegethoff (@city_of_chicago_official ) as well as R&D resident @zona_cinco_ ! Join us Thursday May 21st at @whistlerchicago , FREE ALL NIGHT!
🎨 @olemicodd
Research & Development Presents: Mozhgan @mozhyjooon | May 29th 9pm-2am @podlasieclub | with Rabsha @davechannelle and @shantiism for a mind-bending night of converging and diverging soundscapes.
🪄 Mozhgan is a San Francisco-based, Iranian-born artist known for her captivating dark sound infused with percussive psychedelia. She has toured worldwide for the past 10 years and played at venues like Panorama Bar and De School, among others and become an anticipated regular at US festivals and parties like No Way Back and Sunset Campout.
🌅 On direct support is Rabsha! Rabsha, aka Hussain @davechannelle blends psychedelic techno and bass music into atmospheric soundscapes traversing the edge between dystopian wastelands and ethereal dreamworlds.
👽 R&D resident Shantiism will be opening up the dark psychedelic ritual. She has made textured waves in Chicago’s techno scene with her curation of dark, sinister, and ethereal soundscapes. Shanti has been recently touring around the U.S. sharing her bewitching soundscapes.
🖤 R&D is enthused to bring you a post-movement ritual for inquiring minds and devious dancers.
🤓 RA link in bio. Tickets at the door!
@swan_drama started his DJ journey in the mid-2010s, throwing underground raves in Moscow. A co-founder of KOR (@kor.z0ne ), he focuses on creating a contemplative yet visceral dancefloor experience, blending hypnotic and brain-stimulating sounds across techno, bass, and glitch.
His key influence is the idea of defamiliarization (ostranenie): using subtle disruptions in familiar elements—rhythm, voice, space—to pull listeners out of habitual listening. Rather than reinforcing expectation, his sets introduce slight displacements that make the dance floor feel unfamiliar, opening space for new ways of perceiving sound.
The last batch of artists who have contributed to @research.n.development Volume 1 include @jaqattaque , @olemicodd , @easyg0ingtech and the mysterious Richard Hohlburn.
Learn more about the artists here.
Link to the compilation on Bandcamp in the bio.
🎶 ITS BANDCAMP FRIDAY!!! Perfect opportunity to grab our first ever compilation! This week we shine the spotlight on C Powers (@cpowers_ms_mix ), Chainletter (@chainlettermusic ), and Adam 2 (@adam.two ).
👽 Bandcamp link in bio!
🏙️ CB Asher (“Cam”) @camascher is a techno DJ who moved to Chicago in the summer of 2024.
👽Since that time, he has immersed himself in the underground techno scene. Inspired by the Midwest underground, Cam’s sound is firmly rooted in techno, with hints of drum n bass and an experimental bent.
😵💫 This mix begins with some halftime techno at 128 bpm. Then, the bpm is transitioned to 85/170 for a segment of alternative dnb, which occupies the peak of the set. Towards the back end of the mix, the bpm is transitioned back to 128-130, and the mix is finished with a short selection of straightforward techno.
😎 Sit back and let Cam’s journey consume your consciousness for our 154th R&D mix!
Research & Development presents our first compilation from 10 multifaceted artists throughout North America. These artists illustrate different elements of creativity and vision positioned within separate and intersecting spheres of electronic music today.
🌊 Every week we will be featuring our contributing artists and this week, we are highlighting: Dr. Baby (@olemicodd and @danbhood ), NYC-based artist @buzzzzzzi and Evanti (@shantiism and Scum.ee @plumb.eee ).
🤓 Learn more about them here along with their approach to music. And check out their contributions on Bandcamp.
😎 Bandcamp link in bio!
Daybreak is a Brooklyn-based artist known for deep, rolling techno that leans into hypnotic rhythm and emotional tension. She began playing in Shanghai before settling into New York’s underground, where she continues carving out her place in the scene. Her years spent abroad, along with a background in movement, shape the percussive, hypnotic energy of her sound.Link in bio.
DJ Sphinx is a Detroit-based DJ and multimedia artist whose work reflects both her connection to the city’s Techno legacy and her background in visual art. Her sets are evolving narratives that weave layered rhythms, playful acid grooves, and Detroit Techno cuts into hypnotic, immersive sonic journeys. Her mixing style draws inspiration from themes of mythology, history, intimacy, and expanded consciousness- inviting listeners into spaces of connection, self expression, and transformation. Since beginning her journey in 2018, she has become a rising voice in Detroit’s vibrant scene, with performances at Electric Forest, Movement Electronic Music Festival, and The Great Beyond Festival.
Thursday evening at the @whistlerchicago for @research.n.development .
Very honored to play amongst friends for a party I have admired for many years.
It’s been exciting preparing for this weekend, and my back to back gigs. ( @sanctumchicago Vampire Ball Afters Saturday) .
Since nothing is pre recorded , each experience is unique for myself and for all of you. Incredibly rewarding way to be one with the Snake Eater, uncovering more of the hidden mythology behind it all.
#chicago #music #snakeeaterise #electronicmusic #allmyeaters #shedyourskin
Yessi is a Colombian-American DJ, producer, and multidisciplinary artist. Her DJ and live electronic sets contain wide ranging references and combine a distinct DIY, anti-establishment ethos with deep reverence for music history and ancestral sound traditions. Her style on the decks is playful and unapologetically freaky, weaving
together diverse sonic references from her cultural heritage and experiences in queer nightlife across the three U.S. cities she has called home–– Houston, Pittsburgh,
and now Los Angeles. Link in bio.
